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Privileges and Procedures Committee 4th October 2016

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KS/SC/288

PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE (46th Meeting)

4th October 2016

PART A (Non-exempt)

All members were present, with the exception of Senator P.F.C. Ozouf , from whom apologies had been received.

Connétable L. Norman of St. Clement , Chairman

Connétable D.W. Mezbourian of St. Lawrence

Connétable C.H. Taylor of St. John

Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier

Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier (not present for the item at B7) Deputy S.M. Brée of St. Clement

In attendance -

Dr. M. Egan, Greffier of the States

L.M. Hart , Deputy Greffier of the States

W. Millow , Acting Assistant Greffier of the States

J. Reed, Assistant Law Draftsman (in attendance for item B1 only)

M. Waddington, Assistant Law Draftsman (in attendance for item B2 only) K.L. Slack, Clerk to the Privileges and Procedures Committee

Note:  The Minutes of this meeting comprise Part A and Part B.

Minutes  A1.  The Minutes of the meeting held on 6th September 2016 (Part A and Part B),

having previously been circulated, were taken as read and were confirmed.

British-Irish  A2.  The Committee noted a report by the Senior Committee Clerk in respect of Parliamentary  his attendance at the British-Irish Parliamentary Reporting Association (BIPRA) Reporting  Annual Conference, which had been held in Belfast between the 23rd and 26th Association  August 2016.

(BIPRA)

Annual  The Committee was informed that the BIPRA conferences were hosted by each Conference –  member  jurisdiction,  in  rotation,  and  provided  learning  and  development report from the  opportunities for staff members involved in producing the Hansard' reports. Senior

Committee  This year's conference had been opened by the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Clerk.  Assembly, Mr. Robin Newton, MBE, MLA, and had included various presentations 1240/10/1(2)  on a range of subjects, such as the production, storage and usage of public records;

reporting languages, other than English; and swearing in Parliament.

The 2017 BIPRA conference would be hosted in Jersey and it was hoped that approximately 40 delegates from all over the British Isles and Republic of Ireland would be in attendance.

The Committee noted the report with interest.