These changes are usually made with the consent of the minister in charge of the bill, and the Parliamentary Counsel, as well as the permanent head of the department concerned, is often present under the gallery to give his advice; but still the amendments mar the fair handicraft of the draftsman, and an effort has to be made to improve the text either on the report stage or in the House of Lords.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The draftsman, therefore, disturbs existing statutes as little as he can, either in the way of revising or incorporating their provisions.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
I opened a handsome case and found that it contained a set of draftsman's instruments.
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
Meredith Nicholson