Is it then, I ask, the work of
or is that the work of a lame duck ?
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the White Paper.
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Sir, concrete proposals were
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made in the Green Paper published in July 1984.
In contrast, the 1987 Green Paper did not contain
a single proposal in it. This, I respectfully submit, is regrettable in itself
because it suggested
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opinion,? And so it is only with the publication
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of this White Paper that we are told about the Government's policies, formulated after a long period of consultation,
and after a debate on the 1987 Green Paper on the .
15th and 16th July 1987, and another debate on a Survey Office Report on the 18th November, 1987. During these two debates, I should add a note, It
for was fitting that the motion on each occasion was
and worded That this Council takes note" et cetera,
because there was no proposal contained in it.
But this White Paper is a totally different proposition
because it contains concrete proposals, whether you agree with them or not and the whole purpose of
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having a debate yesterday and today on is to
give to Members of this Council an opportunity to
say whether they support the White Paper or otherwise.
It has been openly acknowledged
that the issue of direct elections for 1988 is, and
has been during the entire political review, the most important single issue so far as public opinion
is concerned.: That being the case, it is fitting
that we should focus on this issue in our debate
on the White Paper.
Sir, I have not moved this amendment