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basically essential

can

sometimes include some non-

essential items too. They should be clearly distinguished,

and before including them Departments should consider their effect on the length of the Bill and the need to avoid controversial provisions which might affect the Bill's prospects of enactment by the required date.

b. Contingent. These are 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

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 9b

(see paragraph 9b 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 B).

Priority and Title

4. Within each class, please number your Bills in the order in