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c)
d)
Legislative Council
i) Encourage emergence of subject leaders by appointments to committees;
ii)
encourage Unofficials to
form a full range
of policy committees, outside present Standing Orders;
iii) establish Standing Policy Committees
(2 probably);
iv)
v)
increase indirectly elected component (1);
introduce (small) directly elected component (1);
Boards and Committees
i) increase proportion of Legislative Council Unofficials;
ii)
merge as appropriate with present UMELCO committees;
iii) merge more formally with Legislative Council, either as advisory to Standing Policy Committees. or subsumed by them (2).
(A.J. Scott) Deputy Chief Secretary 2nd December, 1985
Note
1.
2.
Would require legislative or constitutional (L.P. or R.I.) changes.
Would/might require changes to Standing Orders of Legislative Council.