1. Green Papers and Changing Methods of Consultation in British Government.
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Silkin, Arthur
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PUBLIC administration ,MEMORANDUMS ,PUBLIC records ,GREAT Britain. National Economic Development Council ,MEDICAL care - Abstract
This article focuses on the changing methods of government consultation in Great Britain. The method used in the first Green Paper of April 1967 was to invite public discussion on the memorandum which the Green Paper contained and which the Government had previously sent to the National Economic Development Council and the regional planning councils for their comments. In the nine Green Papers published by the Labour Government, five of them followed the pattern of the first Green Paper in inviting public discussion while policy was still in a formative stage. A comparison was made between the two Green Papers on reorganization of the national health service and the Consultative Document with a view to arriving at an understanding of the fundamental differences which exist between these two types of document. But there has been little, if any let-up in the production of Green Papers since the Conservative Government came to power.
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- 1973
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