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E)

PARAGRAPH 9.

'REPRESENTATION' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARA 9.

F)

Now

out

G)

+

H)

SINCE, AS THE SECOND VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 12 STATES,

THESE CONSIDERATIONS APPLY TO CANDIDATES FOR BOTH

ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES,

SUGGEST THAT THESE PARAGRAPHS SHOULD FOLLOW PARAGRAPH 21.

PARAGRAPHS 14-15. WE SUGGEST THAT SOME REFERENCE TO

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES SHOULD BE

INSERTED, AS HAS BEEN DONE FOR OTHER PROPOSALS.

CONSTITUENCIES IN FACT CONSIST OF ONLY ONE DISTRICT.

SUGGEST DELETE 'TWO OR THREE'.

PARAGRAPHS 11-12. ON BALANCE OUR PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR THE

FIRST

VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 12. THE FOREIGN NATIONALS WOULD OF

COURSE NEED TO MEET THE REEVANT CRITERIA

APPENDIX A SHOWS THAT MANY OF THE

WE

X

I)

J)

K)

L)

PARAGRAPH 25. LAST SENTENCE COULD BE DELETED IF

SUGGESTION AT (B) ABOVE IS PURSUED. IT DOES IN ANY CASE

LOOK ODD TO INCLUDE IT ONLY FOR THE SECTION ON OFFICIAL

MEMBERS.

PARAGRAPH 36. WE SUGGEST THAT LAST SENTENCE ENDS 'IN THE

NEXT REVIEW'.

PARAGRAPH 40. THE REFERENCE TO 'PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE'

COULD BE WRONGLY TAKEN TO REFER DIRECTLY TO THE

APPOINTMENT OF THE GOVERNOR BY THE QUEEN. WE SUGGEST THAT

'IN THE POSITION AND ROLE OF THE GOVERNOR' BE INSERTED

AFTER CHANGE'.

PARAGRAPH 45. THE REFERENCE TO OCTOBER 1985 PRECEDES THE

EXPLANATION OF THE INTENTION TO DELAY ELECTIONS, AND COULD

BE OMITTED.

PARAGRAPHS 31 AND 49(H). 'IN 1987' SHOULD SURELY BE IN

SQUARE BRACKETS.

3. IN GENERAL A READING OF THE WHOLE TEXT CONSIDERABLY

STRENGTHENS US IN THE VIEW THAT THE WHITE PAPER SHOULD SPECIFY

THAT THE REVIEW WILL BE IN 1987. INDEED IT IS REALLY ONLY ON

THIS BASIS THAT THE DECISION TO LIMIT THE WHITE PAPER TO THE

1985 ELECTIONS (WHILE THE GREEN PAPER DEALT WITH 1988 AND 1991

2.

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