In view of the part-time nature of the Chairman and Members of the Commission, the Government set up a Secretariat headed by a full-time Secretary at the level of Additional Secretary and other technical and administrative staff to provide secretarial and administrative support to the Commission. The list of officers and staff of the Secretariat is given in Annexe 1.2. The Secretariat assisted the Commission by way of preparing agenda papers for the meetings, participating in the various committees constituted by the Commission, in the arranging of meetings, making available to the members important papers and documents on various subject areas, and finally by providing secretarial assistance to the Commission in its task of finalising the report.
