non-compulsory

An additional non-compulsory 10th form is offered at many schools.

The wearing of caps was made non-compulsory after summer 1968.

I have voted against increases in agriculture which are of a non-compulsory nature.

Above all, for the first time we now have new rights in terms of non-compulsory expenditure on agriculture.

Annual non-compulsory school trips are available for the students.

In other cases of non-compulsory transfer the parties will probably still be under the same constraints about fixing the price.

The funds for international fisheries agreements are, of course, non-compulsory expenditure.

As this is clearly a case of non-compulsory expenditure, Parliament cannot endorse these plans.

There is no longer a distinction between compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure.

Almost every article contains one of the words optional and non-compulsory .

Otherwise, we will inevitably be left with patchy and non-compulsory measures.

The distinction between compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure could also be done away with.

However, you all know what my view is on the issue of the division between compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure.

Curriculum and testing are non-compulsory, so there are no required activities.

The rural development measures are financed as non-compulsory expenditure under Category 1.

Pupils choose one technology subject and three other non-compulsory subjects to learn in Key Stage 4.

Parliament was given the right to reject the draft budget, and to have the last say on non-compulsory expenditure.

Moreover, no provision was made regarding the need to reduce other non-compulsory forms of expenditure.

In 1912, Massachusetts organized a commission to recommend non-compulsory minimum wages for women and children.

Amidst the criticism, the government subsequently made the evacuations non-compulsory.

The third stage of education covers all non-compulsory, post-school education.

They must be able to decide when they wish to take the non-compulsory part of their maternity leave.

Parliament confuses itself with this argument about what is compulsory and non-compulsory.

The same goes for the question of whether agricultural expenditure should be classified as compulsory or non-compulsory.

After non-compulsory pre-school education, children enter the nine-year primary school at the age of six.