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REALLY MAKES SENSE WITH THE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. IF SUPPORT DEVELOPS FOR A RETURN TO THOSE SORT OF CONSTITUENCIES, ONE MAN ONE VOTE IS A PROPOSAL WHICH WE COULD SUPPORT AT A LATER STAGE.
5. THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF THE IDEA OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ADVISERS. THESE PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE VOTES, NOR WOULD THEY BE MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE. THEY WOULD BE APPOINTED JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE PERIOD OF THEIR TENURE. WE WILL PROBABLY LEAVE OPEN THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE A PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY PART OF MCS AND DBS. THAT CAN BE FOR THE SAR TO DECIDE IN 1998.
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THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF PUTTING FORWARD, IN PARALLEL WITH OUR PROPOSALS (OR JUST BEFORE WE PUBLISH THEM) AN INFORMATION PAPER CONTAINING ALL ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS MADE. THIS COULD BE COVERED BY A SHORT INTRODUCTION WHICH WOULD WELCOME THESE PROPOSALS AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEBATE. IT MIGHT ALSO LIST THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAD INFORMED OUR OWN PROPOSALS (OPEN, FAIR, ACCEPTABLE, AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE JD, BL AND PAST DISCUSSION). THIS IDEA WAS GENERALLY SUPPORTED.
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