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functions until the relevant longer-term constitutional
issues have been settled.
The number of Official
was
Members
result, Official Members now have
reduced in 1985 from 18
to
ten.
As a
to
handle some
matters in the Council for which they have no direct
responsibility.
is This system
not ideal:
it would
better
to have
the official directly
clearly be
responsible for each
for each item of business present in the
Council to handle it. However, this would mean either
finding
appointing
more
Official
Members, or
alternative ways of enabling a wider range of officials
the
Council's proceedings.
The
to participate in
response to the Green Paper shows that most people are
not in favour of increasing the number of Official
Members. Alternatives might be to arrange for
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 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,
be introduced into ten directly elected members will
the Legislative Council in 1991. They will replace the
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