to release its Civil Service Review -- accusing them of being "contemptuous and disrespectful'' toward the public.

Mr. Barritt said the people are entitled to know what is contained in a review carried out by the UK Civil Service College for the PLP in 1999.

And he said many of the recommendations in the report are already being implemented or considered by the Government.

He said it was hard for anybody to consider any of the changes alone, when the full review was not available.

And he renewed his call for its release, after saying Premier Jennifer Smith highlighted the review as a major initiative of her Government to visiting Commonwealth Parliamentary Association members on Monday.

"It is clear that the document is being used by the PLP Government as a blueprint for change and the people of this country, the taxpayers who fund Government, are entitled to know what is proposed and why,'' he said.

"If it is such an important document from which the Government is working, the recommendations of which could have a major impact on our form of Government, then it ought to be made public.

"The taxpayers have a right to know. In fact it is contemptuous and disrespectful to continually keep the people in the dark.'' Proposals leaked from the review include cutting the current 13 Ministers to eight, and establishing a central policy unit to co-ordinate Government planning.

Mr. Barritt hit out at the possible appointment of a Government ombudsman and two new judges, both changes he said that were included in the document.

"Surely the people should be told why an ombudsman is a good idea. All they tell is that it is a recommendation of the Civil Service Review.

"How can anybody possibly discuss the merits of an ombudsman if the Government refuses to share the plan from which they say they are working?'' He added that plans to reduce the number of MPs "fitted hand in glove'' with proposals in the review to reduce the Cabinet to eight Ministers.