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Administration on matters of public interest and debate
questions of policy. However, there may be scope for
some development in the use of Select Committees, based
on the present informal system of UMELCO Working Groups,
to examine specific policy issues and major items of
legislation; and the further development of meetings in
public by some of the Committees of the Council.
30.
The main
question with regard to the
Legislative Council concerns its composition and the
methods to be adopted for the selection and appointment
of its members. As has already been indicated, it is
considered that the aim should be the progressive
replacement of the appointed Unofficial members of the
Legislative Council by members elected indirectly
-
(a) by an electoral college of Urban
Council,
the
new Regional
Council and District
Board
members, and
(b) by
functional
groups,
or
"constituencies",
and a gradual reduction in the number of Official
members.
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