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functions until the relevant longer-term constitutional

issues have been settled.

The number

of

Official

Members

was

18 from in 1985 reduced

to

ten.

As a

result, Official Members

which do not fall within their particular areas of

now have to handle

some

matters in the

Council for which they have no

responsibility.

clearly

be

responsible for

each

is This system

better to have the official directly

item of business

business present in

not ideal:

direct

it would

the

Council to handle it. However,

this would mean either

appointing

more

Official Members,

or

finding

The

alternative ways of enabling a wider range of officials

to participate in the Council's proceedings.

response to the Green Paper shows that most people are

not in favour of increasing the number of Official

Alternatives might be

to

arrange

for

An

Members.

different groups of officials to attend each meeting or

to have officials attend meetings as non-members.

ever-changing team of Official Members would, however,

run the risk of radically altering the relationship

between the Council and the Administration or damaging

the cohesion of the Council.

Elected Members

40.

As set out in Chapter III of this White Paper,

introduced into ten directly elected members will be

the Legislative Council in 1991. They will replace the

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