49 New bills and the Commission reports on them are discussed at the LAC monthly meeting. If significant issues have been identified in the report or the LAC has concerns about a bill, the most usual action is for the Committee to provide the relevant select committee with comment The Commission�fs performance standards apply to the reports provided to the LAC. The process for the allocation, supervision and monitoring of the reports is routinised within the Commission to ensure the quality, timeliness and cost standards are met. This works as follows: New Government bills are entered by the Librarian into a Commission database that provides a standard analysis template. Bills are allocated to Legal and Policy Advisers and Commissioners on the basis of expertise in the particular content and sharing the workload equally. Legal and Policy Advisers do the analysis and complete the report, discussing it with the supervising Commissioner prior to finalis A date for completion of each report is set, based on the date it is introduced, the date of the next LAC meeting, allowing about 3 weeks for completion of the work, and ensuring the report will be completed before the date when submissions are due at select committee. Reports completed to the satisfaction of the supervising Commissioner are sent to the Secretary of LAC in the MOJ, who sends out the papers for each LAC meeting. (MOJ provides administrative services for LAC.) Reports are usually sent from the Commission to MOJ a week before the LAC meeting. After LAC has considered the bills at its monthly meeting, Commission staff may carry out follow-up work such as preparing a submission to Select Committee, contacting officials or writing to the Minister. This work is supervised by the relevant Commissioner and signed out by the President, as the Chair of the LAC. All bills, their relevant dates and outcomes are recorded by the Commission on a status report, with an update being provided for each LAC meeting. The Commission status report records the date the report was considered by LAC. The Commission also maintains an allocation report for internal management. The election during the financial year meant the above process was varied to some extent. The LAC did not consider bills from September 2008 until the incoming Government�fs legislative programme was available. Commission reports were therefore not written for bills introduced after this date.