3 -
Two important Select Committees have sat during
the year with their meetings largely held in public.
This
in itself was an important development towards a more open
And this, too, is the first full year in
government.
the
which
meetings of the Finance Committee
Public Accounts Committee have been
providing an
opportunity to
to taxpayers
as well as
held in public,
see how their
money is being spent and accounted for.
for In thanking members
this session,
their
contribution to
the work of Council in
I should like to
thank the staff who, behind the scenes, have supported us
So
well
complexity.
as
our
work
has
expanded
and
increased
in
May I wish you all a most enjoyable break before
the start of the next session, which will be opened on the
8th October by the Governor.
I
now
declare the 1985
-
1986 session of
this
Council to be at an end.