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ultimate target figure which should be aimed at.
is much to be said for keeping the body small enough to be directly susceptible to influence by the Governor in the pursuit of the policies advocated
in this Paper. The question of differentiation of function between the Executive and Legislative Councils is,fex however, more difficult. The present discussion and coordination of view which takes place between unofficial membersof the executive and Legislative Councils does much to make the Governors task easier. On the other hand, important decisions can be and are settled behind the scenes without
public discussion and debate. This can suggest that all views are not given adequate weight in the policies of Government. . We, but not necessarily the Governor consider that the latter considerations outweigh the former and would advocate a return to the formal constitutional position where the Executive Council remains the policy making body and the Legislative Council the law making body. It would follow that the members of the Executive Council would be required to explain policy to the Legislative Council in open discussion. The proposal above for the appointment of "members" responsible for particular fields of policy would assist this.
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BID. But even after substantial change along the lines proposed above the Executive and Legislative ouncils will be neither democratic nor directly answerable to an electorate, and their composition will not satisfy
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