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including the advice of the Governor, whether to recommend to
the Queen the exercise of the prerogative. He would thus be
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in the same position as, so I understand, is the Home Secretary in the areas under his jurisdiction, and differences of view between himself and the Governor in particular cases would not be exposed.
Since I believe that there was general support in the
Committee for this alternative proposal, it seems to me desirable that it should be on the record, since the question of abrogation
may arise again in future discussions in the Committee.
I am sending a copy of this minute to the other members of
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