Recommendations

Recommendation 1

3.12      The committee recommends that the government take steps to ensure that explanatory memoranda provide members of parliament with the information necessary to be able to make informed decisions about the legislation before them. For instance, it suggests that the Legislation Handbook be worded more forcefully to alert those preparing the documentation to the importance and function of an explanatory memorandum. It also suggests that the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet monitor and report on the standard of memoranda.

Recommendation 2

3.43      The Committee recommends that the bill be passed.

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