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powers into question.

You should make clear in the case of

contingent Bills what would be the effect of deferral to a

later Session. Bills which may become desirable for some non-technical reasons should be included in the 'programme' or 'uncontroversial' class with a brief explanation at the

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bottom of the PURPOSE entry of what they depend on.

c.

Programme.

These will form the main part of the legislative programme and are Bills which can already be identified as being desirable for enactment in the relevant

Session, have a significant political priority and can be prepared in good time.

d.

Uncontroversial. These are Bills which are desirable

for enactment in the relevant Session but are not expected

to be controversial in Parliament. It will be assumed that

a Bill in this class is suitable for Second Reading

Committee Procedure (see paragraph 8b. below)

below) unless the PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE section specifically records that it is not, in which case you should briefly indicate why not).

In the case of a Bill which might also be suitable for a Private Member, reference to this should be made in the PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE section and a full entry should also be made in the separate schedule covering Bills suitable for

offering to Private Members (Annex C).

Priority and Title

3. Within each class, please number your Bills in the order in which your Department would like to give them priority.

Purpose

4.

Please describe the purpose of the Bill as briefly as possible, ideally in a single sentence, and then list the various. topics to be covered indicating the purpose of each more fully.

This list should cover all the topics you would like to be

included. The business managers and other members of LG

Committee are likely to resist attempts to add new topics later on, because of the impact on drafting capacity and Parliamentary

handling.