Page 1741 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 29 May 1990
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Mr Speaker, this arrangement involving Executive Deputies is designed primarily to provide a collegiate and co-operative Government involving all members of the Alliance who are participating in the majority government of ten elected representatives in this Assembly.
The arrangements set out in the paper are predicated on three basic principles.
One: the over-riding principle that Ministers will be
entirely responsible for all matters in their
portfolios
Two: that Ministers will be responsible in the Assembly for
all matters in respect to their portfolios
Three: that the Executive Deputies role is to provide an
additional source of advice and assistance to
Ministers in the exercise of their Ministerial
authority
Mr Speaker the schedule is a set of guidelines to the relationship between Ministers and their Executive Deputies. I am certain that these arrangements will facilitate all the features of Westminster Ministerial responsibility while enabling the Alliance Government to draw effectively on the particular talents and expertise of all the members involved. By this arrangement, we will have a fully representative and responsive Government acting for the people of the ACT.
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