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c) to

to recommend that petitions, motions or

amendments be received or accepted in regard to

financial matters:

these powers enable the

Executive to retain its right to propose

expenditure. These powers should be retained;

the question is whether they should be kept

outside the Council by leaving them

them with the

Governor. If placed within the Council, they

could be assigned to the Financial Secretary.

d) to control the agenda:

it could be better

that

Government

specified in Standing Orders

business has priority, as certified by the

Senior Official Member.

this power could

e) to nominate members of the Public Accounts

and Select Committees:

reasonably be placed in the hands of the

President, after consultation with the Senior

Official Member and the Senior Member.

nomination of the one Official Member to Finance

The

Committee

should

lie with an official

CONFIDENTIAL

member