It certainly would have strengthened the argument that those grounds ought to be included. My advice would be to be as specific as possible—either set the grounds themselves or, if referring to a statute, refer to a specific statute. Again, what matters is not so much the form but that the committee turn its mind and confirm that it is endorsing those grounds or any given process.
As I say, sometimes the issue is whether to make the document public to the world, as opposed to making it known to the committee members, who may well need to know but it may need to be maintained as confidential and not go beyond the committee members, for instance.