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PPC Minutes 14th July 2006

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PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE (21st Meeting)

14th July 2006

(Business conducted by telephone)

PART A

All members were present.

Connétable D.F. Gray of St. Clement - Chairman Senator S. Syvret

Senator M.E. Vibert

Connétable K.A. Le Brun of St. Mary

Deputy G.C.L. Baudains

Deputy C.H. Egré

Deputy J. Gallichan

In attendance -

M.N. de la Haye, Greffier of the States

Miss P. Horton, Clerk to the Privileges and Procedures Committee Note: The Minutes of this meeting comprise Part A only.

Composition and A1. The Committee, with reference to its Minute No. A1 of  5th July 2006, election of the considered the proposed survey of public opinion on electoral reform.

States - opinion

survey on The Committee recalled that it had engaged Ipsos MORI to undertake the public electoral reform. opinion survey on electoral reform and in this regard it considered a revised draft of CP-PPC/01/06 the  proposed survey  (designated Committee Paper PPC/01/06). The  Committee 465/1(75) noted that the proposed amendments had been incorporated into the draft survey and

approved the final version of the public opinion survey on electoral reform. The Committee further agreed that a press release should be prepared to inform Islanders that a survey on electoral reform would be conducted by MORI from 17th July 2006 and that 1,000 residents would be selected at random and contacted over a three week period.

The Greffier of the States was requested to take the necessary action.

Senator M.E. Vibert requested that his dissent be recorded with regard to Q32 as he was not satisfied with the wording of the proposed question.

Deputy G.C.L. Baudains was of the opinion that the survey should not be carried out by telephone as he felt it would be more effective if the survey was conducted in person and requested that his dissent from this decision be recorded.