50  Annual Report The new Government held over almost all bills from the previous Parliament in their first sittings in 2009. After the 2009 Legislative Programme was developed several bills were discharged and this process is continuing. Some of the retained bills have still not had their first reading and been sent to select committee, so it is unknown whether they will proceed. Others have now had a first reading, sometimes after revision or under a new name and also sometimes with a short time between first reading and the due date for submissions to select committee. The new Government also passed several bills under urgency in the first months, without time for them to be considered by the LAC. The Commissionfs March status report for LAC noted that nine bills had been discontinued, leaving 13 bills carried over for which no reports had been prepared in 2008. Reports on 63 bills were provided in the 2008/09 year. The months when reports were provided illustrate the point that in election year the usual timeframes could not operate for some months. Twenty five Commission reports went to LAC before September 2008, 16 reports to the first LAC meeting in February 2009, and 23 reports were provided from March to the end of June. The LAC requires the Commission to manage the provision of reports so as to enable the Committee to consider the reports before the date on which submissions are due with select committee. The current performance standard which requires the Commission to provide the reports within one month of the introduction of a bill will be revised, as the Committee does not need to consider a bill in advance of it having its first reading and being sent to the select committee. The Commission meets the service standards required by LAC. Where the timing of the next LAC meeting means that it cannot consider the bill before the due date of submissions, the Commission either forwards the report to LAC members outside of the meeting and co-ordinates the LAC response, or seeks agreement from the Clerk of the select committee for a late submission. It is sometimes preferable for LAC members to have a full discussion at the regular meeting and make a late submission. Other advisory work In addition to the work of the two executive committees, the Commission has provided advice directly to Government on other matters pertaining to policy and/or legislation. The burden of this work usually falls on Commissioners. In 2008/09, of the total substantive hours available for