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Frevention of Bribery Bill
There appears to be considerable misunderstanding
over this matter.
Since Roberts raised the subject
of the Bill with McPetric, the latter naturally mentioned objections which he as a lawyer saw to the
retention of Clause 10.
He certainly did not express
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the view that Ministers would not approve the Clause
hacerswry, Mmisters thought it done to refer the although he did say that if the mattop-worq puturënd
latter
Bill
to the Law Officers he thought would share his
Lto
doubto. Nor did he say or imply that you "would
get no answer this year"
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At no stage has it been suggested or expected that you should defer to informal opinions from our
Legal Advisers. The question whether Clause 10
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