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(c) Flexibility in membership

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(2)

Ability of any member moving amendments)

as the current session

subject

OF

So far

session is concerned I believe that membership of ad hoc committees have ranged from say 5 to is that Aver 20. The second feature that I have noticed members join ad hoc committees because they are particularly

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subsidiary 13 8411 interested the legislation. Their joining a particular ad hoc committee is not limited by either their membership of any Omelco Panel or The disadvantage of a indeed their primary areas of interest. standing committee system even though membership is not going to be limited is that in reality members' flexibility will be limited. I am not suggesting that the current informal system be continued because we should formalise the ad hoc committee

the

levels of that with I believe and system participation plus open sittings the concern regarding lack of I will call such interest by members will not materialize. formalised ad hoc committee a Bills Committee.

One advantage

chairmanship

is

is

that

likely

to

be

present

chairmanship

spread

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out

and

rather

deputy

than

Members will

concentrated as in a standing committee system.

gain experience as well as build up a relationship with policy branches as well as the media.

Another dimension of flexibility is that if a Member is only interested in, say Stock Exchange reform rather than in and all

the covered by areas

Pinance, Monetary Affairs Taxation standing Committee that Member will not have to join The the standing committee

committee but only that Bills Committee.

advantage

vote on that bill rather than juez express an opinion as a non-voting ad hoc member of a standing committee.

can is that that Member

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