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YOUR TELNO 120 :
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS. REF.
I AGREE YOUR PROPOSED REPLY TO THE FIRST QUESTION.
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2. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, QUITE APART FROM MR. CARTER'S QUESTION,
THERE IS A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT THE
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION IS A COMMISSION OF
INQUIRY WHICH IS GOING TO PROVIDE A DEFINIT REPORT ON CORRUPTION IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE. I SHOULD, THEREFORE, LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THE FINAL SENTENCE OF YOUR PROPOSED REPLY AND SUGGEST
IT BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING:-
''THE COMMISSION IS A PERMANENT BODY AND ITS FUNCTIONS BROADLY
ARE TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF CORRUPTION, TO TAKE STEPS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION AND TO ENLIST COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN
LTS ELIMINATION. ITS WORK WILL BE CONTINOUS AND LONG-TERM, IT IS NOT A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IN THE SENSE SUGGESTED IN THE QUESTION, THOUGH THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE REQUIRED TO REPORT ANNUALY TO THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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