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b. Contingent.

These are Bills which

Bills which might during the

relevant Session become essential as defined above, for

example if a pending court judgement were to put important 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 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

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 tire.

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) 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

schedule covering

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.

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