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The issue is whether powers of appointment should overlay, eg should CS have the power to appoint to the positions for which SCS has that power as well as positions. It has arisen in the context of changes to reduce the Secretary of State's powers of appointment. 3. The present Civil Serice Regulations (show powers of appointment defined without any overaps. Hong Kong now tell us that in fact the CSR are wrong, since the more senior officers have always had all the powers of their juniors. They value the flexibility this provides and want to confen it in CSR in the new situation.
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I am not convinced by Hong Kong's arguments but do not think it worth pursuing the matter any further. I recommend that we agree, as Miss Williams and to stone have suggested, to approve Hong Kong's preferred approach. If so Miss Williams in her draft reply might gently take note that the present CSR do not reflect prevent realities.
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