ANNEX B
GENERAL
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Annex A
NOTES ON COMPLETING ANNEXES B ANC C
1. Entries should be in note form, grouped by class of Bill (see below)
and numbered in order of priority within each class. If there is space
successive items may be listed on the same page; conversely a few longer
items may need to run over onto a further page. Returns should be on
white paper.
CLASS OF BILL
'uncontroversial'.
2. Bids should be classed as 'essential', 'contingent', 'programme' or
There are notes on these descriptions below. Where
different parts of a Bill fall into different classes, please include
brief notes on this at the foot of the Bill's entry in the PURPOSE column.
a.
Essential.
Bills may be included in this class only if they
must be enacted during the Session eg because existing powers or finance would otherwise expire or because of treaty obligations.
Please give the reason in the PURPOSE column. A Bill should not
be classed as essential simply because it has high political priority;
that can be made clear in the POLITICAL ASPECTS column. A Bill which
is basically essential can sometimes include some non-essential items
too. They should be clearly distinguished, and before including them
Departments should consider their effect on the length of the Bill
and the need to avoid controversial provisions which might affect the
Bill's prospects of enactment by the required date.
b. Contingent. These are Bills which might during the relevant
Session become essential as defined above, for example if a pending
court judgment were to put important powers into question. Bills which