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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, 3 APRIL 0900

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References: (A)

Agenda L (90) 8th Meeting;

(B)

Home Secretary's Memorandum L (90) 14;

(C)

(D)

Home Secretary's letter of 2 April (the Bill);

Secretary of State's letter of 30 March;

(E)

(F)

Home Secretary's letter of 2 April (the Garrison);

Home Secretary's letter of 2 April (Sect 4 of BNA).

BACKGROUND

Outstanding Issues

Clause 2 (2)

1.

The

The Home Secretary has agreed to retain Clause 2 (2).

reasons for his decision are set out in his minute of 2 April.

outcome is very satisfactory from our point of view.

Approved Secondment Scheme

This

2. The Home Secretary has not yet responded to the Secretary of

State's letter proposing an ASS outside the Bill and outside the

50,000 limit.

Garrison

3. The Home Secretary has now written to OD (K) colleagues recommending that they agree to the garrison having a separate formal category of its own within the Disciplined Services Section,

with the proportion of places being determined on the same basis as that for the other disciplined services. We have recommended that the Secretary of State should write supporting this.

TELAEB (2)

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