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REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 1991-92

1.

in May.

When the Cabinet considered FLG Committee's recommendations

on the 1991-92 legislative programme on 28 February (CM (91) 8, Conclusion 5) we were asked to review the provisional programme We were particularly asked to consider whether the fifth Session programme could include some politically more attractive

Bills. It was recognised that this would make the programme heavier and more contentious and that it might be difficult to achieve the enactment of everything in a fifth Session which, by definition, would be bound to be shorter than normal.

2.

In the meantime colleagues were invited to press on with

policy clearance and the submission of instructions on the Bills

in the provisional fifth Session programme, and I am grateful to them for the good progress which has been made. It is essential

that we should continue to meet deadlines so that we can, if

necessary, make a prompt start to the fifth Session.

Provisional programme for a fifth Session

3. Colleagues will recall that our original proposals for a

fifth Session comprised a programme of 23 Bills plus 3

proposed Bills were long or

in the current Session, while 12

Only 4 of the

contingent.

substantial, compared with 9

were short or very short. We thought that none of the long or substantial Bills and only 3 of the medium Bills seemed likely to

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