95 358.  The evaluation has dwelt a good deal on what practical mechanisms might be available   to   advance   the   co-operation   and   co-ordination   required   in   the reciprocal way outlined by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. Minister for Law Reform 359.  The  question  arises  whether  it  is  appropriate  to  designate  a  Minister  with specific responsibilities for the Legal System who has responsibilities across the whole range of Government and the Statute Book, who is on the lookout for law reform projects, and who takes up some responsibility for implementing them.   The  Minister  most  connected  with  responsibility  for  operation  of  the  Legal System is the Attorney-General.    360.  Given  the  experience  the  Law  Commission  has  had  since  its  inception,  and given the silo effect of the New Zealand Government that has increased since the  State  Sector  reforms,  it  would  in  the  evaluator’s  view  be  a  positive development to give the Attorney-General this overall responsibility.    361.  From  a  practical  point  of  view,  the  Attorney-General  would  carry  out  these responsibilities by each year asking his or her departmental colleagues for bids for use of the Law Commission’s time on a  reference that will be of interest to those  Ministers.    Those  bids  could  be  evaluated  by  the  Attorney-General  and discussed  with  the  Law  Commission  and  a  set  of  references  could  then  be settled.    362.  Given the relative lack of activity on law reform in recent years in New Zealand and the balkanised character of responsibility for law's empire within the New Zealand Government, it should be made clear that the Attorney-General is the Minister responsible for the operation of the legal system.    363.  The evaluator notes that to some extent the new Government has already moved down the path towards a Minister responsible for Law Reform, by delegating some responsibility for law reform to the Associate Minister of Justice, the Hon, Margaret  Wilson.        In  the  Ministerial  delegations  the  Associate  Minister  of Justice  is  responsible  for  “Law  reform,  in  areas  other  than  commercial  or