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to be necessary,

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Special meetings of the Council continue

and every opportunity is taken for the

Council to meet with Ministers and senior FCO officials on

future related matters.

The Council in action

Work

a proposal on

to the Executive Council may

In the start many months before it is placed on the agenda.

case of a policy proposal or legislation, for example, there

will be exhaustive consultation inside the Administration

itself and with District Boards, statutory and non-statutory

boards and committees, interests groups and Unofficial ·

Members

the

of

Executive

Council

the Legislative

memorandum is set in

Council

before work

on

hand.

Similarly

where the matter is concerned with an individual, there will be a very careful screening process in which, in many cases,

a statutory body or appeal board may play a part.

Executive Council memoranda are drawn

accordance

with

set

up

in

which ensure

that the

clearly and comprehensively

procedures

are

background and arguments

presented together with the supporting evidence and that the

financial

economic and staffing

implications

of the

progress are clearly set out. Additionally it is a standard requirement that the likely public reaction to the proposal

whose job is carefully assessed by those

public

opinion

(e.g.

the

Secretary

is to

monitor

for

District

Administration and the Secretary for Administrative Services

and Information).

Where appropriate,

the memorandum will

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