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functions until the relevant longer-term constitutional
issues have been settled.
The number of Official
Members was reduced in 1985 from 18 to ten.
As a
result, Official Members now have to handle some
matters in the
the Council for which they have no direct
responsibility. This system is not ideal: it would
clearly be better to have the official directly
responsible for each item of business present in the
Council to handle it. However, this would mean either
/
appointing more Official Members or finding
alternative ways of enabling a wider range of officials
to participate in the
the Council's proceedings. The
response to the Green Paper shows that most people are
not in favour of increasing the number of Official
Alternatives might be to arrange for
Members.
different groups of officials to attend each meeting or
to have officials attend meetings as non-members. An
ever-changing team of Official Members would, however,
run the risk
risk of radically altering the relationship
between the Council and the Administration or damaging
the cohesion of the Council.
Elected Members
40.
As set out in Chapter III of this White Paper,
ten directly elected members will be introduced into
the Legislative Council in 1991. They will replace the
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