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that this procedure works effectively and
openly.
A Government Business Committee
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With these new arrangements,
different relationship will have to be
created between the Council and the
Government to ensure that public business -
that is the Government's legislative and
financial
efficiently.
programmes
is conducted
A Government Business
Committee will be established where the
Administration can discuss with members of
this
Council
the handling of the
Administration's legislative and financial
programmes.
This new non-statutory body
will be chaired by me or by the Chief
Secretary or Financial Secretary according
to the subject under discussion. I invite
the Council to decide for itself the Members
whom I should ask to join this new body. I
Council will wish to ensure that
assume the
they are
broadly representative
overall membership.
of its
We will need to discuss the precise
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arrangements
for the
establishment of this
of
Committee. But its main purpose will be the
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