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YOUR TELNO 859: FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
1.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE USEFUL SUMMARY IN TUR WHICH LOOKS
BROADLY RIGHT TO US. OUR ONLY SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
A)
THIS
YOU ARE ALLOWING 5 MONTHS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE GREEN
PAPER, FOLLOWED BY 2 MONTHS (MAX) TO FINALISE COLLATION AND
PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHILE APPRECIATING THAT WE
MUST NOT APPEAR TO RUSH THE CONSULTATION PERIOD THROUGH, WE
WONDER IF 5 MONTHS IS NOT TOO LONG. MIGHT NOT 4 MONTHS BE
ADEQUATE? THIS WOULD THEN ALLOW MORE TIME FOR US TO CONSIDER
HOW THE COLLATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD BE PRESENTED.
COLLATION MAY IN LARGE PART DETERMINE WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WHITE PAPER: THERE MAY THUS BE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THIS STAGE AND WE SHALL WISH TO
CONSULT MINISTERS UPON THEM. AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL
APPRECIATE THAT IT IS EASIER TO CONSULT MINISTERS DURING
OCTOBER THAN SEPTEMBER: THIS SUGGESTS THAT YOU MIGHT STILL AIM
TO TABLE THE REPORT OF PUBLIC COMMENT NOT EARLIER THAN LATE
OCTOBER.
B) YOU ARE ALLOWING 2 MONTHS BETWEEN PUBLICATION OF THE
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