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E)
PARAGRAPH 9.
'REPRESENTATION' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 9.
F)
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G)
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H)
SINCE, AS THE SECOND VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 12 STATES,
THESE CONSIDERATIONS APPLY TO CANDIDATES FOR BOTH
ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES,
SUGGEST THAT THESE PARAGRAPHS SHOULD FOLLOW PARAGRAPH 21.
PARAGRAPHS 14-15. WE SUGGEST THAT SOME REFERENCE TO
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE
INSERTED, AS HAS BEEN DONE FOR OTHER PROPOSALS.
CONSTITUENCIES IN FACT CONSIST OF ONLY ONE DISTRICT.
SUGGEST DELETE 'TWO OR THREE'.
PARAGRAPHS 11-12. ON BALANCE OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR THE
FIRST
VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 12. THE FOREIGN NATIONALS WOULD OF
COURSE NEED TO MEET THE REEVANT CRITERIA
APPENDIX A SHOWS THAT MANY OF THE
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J)
K)
L)
PARAGRAPH 25. LAST SENTENCE COULD BE DELETED IF
SUGGESTION AT (B) ABOVE IS PURSUED. IT DOES IN ANY CASE
LOOK ODD TO INCLUDE IT ONLY FOR THE SECTION ON OFFICIAL
MEMBERS.
PARAGRAPH 36. WE SUGGEST THAT LAST SENTENCE ENDS 'IN THE
NEXT REVIEW'.
PARAGRAPH 40. THE REFERENCE TO 'PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE'
COULD BE WRONGLY TAKEN TO REFER DIRECTLY TO THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNOR BY THE QUEEN. WE SUGGEST THAT
'IN THE POSITION AND ROLE OF THE GOVERNOR' BE INSERTED
AFTER CHANGE'.
PARAGRAPH 45. THE REFERENCE TO OCTOBER 1985 PRECEDES THE
EXPLANATION OF THE INTENTION TO DELAY ELECTIONS, AND COULD
BE OMITTED.
PARAGRAPHS 31 AND 49(H). 'IN 1987' SHOULD SURELY BE IN
SQUARE BRACKETS.
3. IN GENERAL A READING OF THE WHOLE TEXT CONSIDERABLY
STRENGTHENS US IN THE VIEW THAT THE WHITE PAPER SHOULD SPECIFY
THAT THE REVIEW WILL BE IN 1987. INDEED IT IS REALLY ONLY ON
THIS BASIS THAT THE DECISION TO LIMIT THE WHITE PAPER TO THE
1985 ELECTIONS (WHILE THE GREEN PAPER DEALT WITH 1988 AND 1991
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