9.

in 1985 and, later on, those which will provide

an additional six members in 1988.

We shall

need to define these constituencies carefully

as well as determine how the electoral rolls for

each of these constituencies should be drawn up:

As has been indicated in the Green Paper, some

functional constituencies will probably consist of

the leading organisations within that sector of the

community: others will consist of the individual

members of the profession concerned. It will also be

necessary to consider such questions as how the

elections by these various functional constituencies

should be conducted, and what the qualifications for

voters and candidates should be.

13. Careful consideration is now being given to all

these complex matters and proposed solutions will be

put forward for debate in the White Paper. Then,

detailed legislative proposals will be laid before

this Council in the normal way.

A Ministerial System

14. Miss Dunn argued that, only by linking the

/people's

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