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I think it would be most helpful both to
you and ourselves if you could send us drafts
of the more important pieces of legislation
at quite an early stage. Me have in mind
particularly legislation on industrial
relations, e.g. illegal strikes and lock-outs
(item (vi) in the Executive Council paper).
On some measures consultation could, we feel,
be most useful even before drafting instruc-
tions are finalised; we think, for example,
that we might have a useful contribution to
make on the apprenticeship legislation and
would welcome at an appropriate stage a
statement of your policy in this matter
(it would appear that this is still under
consideration by the Industrial Training
Advisory Committee).
Finally, I should mention how glad we are
was
that it has been possible to obtain Executive
Council's blanket approval for the programme
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in terms which made it possible to give some
publicity to it. We note that you have-
already found the opportunity to air the
Urban District Officers proposals in
Legislative Council and that this has been
followed by press releases and an explanatory
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