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CONFIDENTIAL

From:

The Legal Adviser

Date:

April 1993

Private Secretary

LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 1993-94

Problem

A 1. The Lord President's Memorandum, containing the FLG

Committee's recommendations, will be taken at Cabinet on

29 April.

Recommendation

2. I recommend that the Secretary of State accept the Lord

President's proposals as regards FCO/ODA bids, but support

the President of the Board of Trade and/or the Defence Secretary in arguing for the inclusion of the Chemical Weapons Bill [+ others???].

Background

B

C

3.

Mr Chamberlain's submission of 8 March (recirculated

herewith) contains the background. Notes on the individual Bills proposed by the FCO, together with those from other Departments in which the FCO has an interest, are in the

annex.

4.

The Lord President's Memorandum draws attention to the key

importance of the second Session in any Parliament, but also to the severe pressures constraining the size of the programme

next time. High amongst these is the overhang from the present

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