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Privileges and Procedures Committee 16th May 2017

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PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE (61st Meeting)

16th May 2017

PART A (Non-exempt)

All members were present, with the exception of Connétable D.W. Mezbourian of St. Lawrence and Deputy M.J. Norton of St. Brelade , from whom apologies had been received.

Connétable L. Norman of St. Clement , Chairman Connétable C.H. Taylor of St. John

Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier

Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier

Deputy S.M. Brée of St. Clement

In attendance -

L.M. Hart , Deputy Greffier of the States W. Millow , Assistant Greffier of the States

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 25th April 2017 (Part A and Part B),

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

Forthcoming  A2.  The Committee received a list of forthcoming business for debate by the business for  States Assembly at its next 3 meetings and considered whether it wished to make a debate by the  formal comment on any of the Propositions that had been lodged au Greffe'. States

Assembly.  The Committee recalled that it had expressed the wish to present a comment on the 465/1(210)  Proposition of Senator S.C. Ferguson, Chief Minister: Term Limit' (P.24/2017) and

noted that a draft comment was the subject of item B5 of the current meeting.

It further recalled that it would be presenting a comment on the Proposition of Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier 's Proposition, Standing Orders: answers to questions' (P. 25/2017), which was the subject of item B6 of the current meeting.

Establishment  A3.  The Committee, with reference to its Minute No. B5 of 25th April 2017, of a Sub –  recalled that it had decided to present a comment in respect of the Proposition of Committee to   Deputy S.M. Wickenden of St. Helier , entitled – E-Petitions' (P.14/2017), which formulate  indicated that it was broadly supportive of the initiative.

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respect of  The Deputy Greffier advised the Committee that it had been suggested that a e-petitions.  Sub-Committee should be established to give consideration to this matter and that 465/4(25)   Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour and Deputy S.M. Wickenden of St. Helier had

volunteered to be members thereof. The Committee indicated that the Sub- Committee should be chaired by one of the Committee members and suggested that Deputy M.J. Norton of St. Brelade should be asked to fulfil this role.

The Committee instructed the Deputy Greffier to seek Deputy Norton's agreement accordingly.

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States meeting  A4.  The Committee, with reference to its Minute No. A2 of 7th March 2017, dates for 2018.  recalled that it had previously agreed the States meeting dates for the first session of 1240/2(86)  2018, but had been unable, at that juncture, to agree the dates for the second session

as the term dates for the 2018 – 2019 school year had not been published.

The Committee noted that those dates had now been released and received the proposed meeting dates for the States for the whole of 2018 from the Deputy Greffier. It noted that the half-term week of 28th October to 2nd November 2018 had been avoided and that the first meeting of the States in 2019 would commence on 15th January 2019.

The meeting dates were accordingly approved as follows:

First Session

Continuation (if necessary) January 16th  January 17th and 18th January 30th  January 31st and February 1st February 20th  February 21st and 22nd March 6th   March 7th and 8th

March 20th  March 21st and 22nd

April 10th   April 11th and 12th

May 9th

June 4th

June 7th  June 8th

June 12th

June 26th   June 27th and 28th

July 10th   July 11th and 12th

Second Session

Continuation (if necessary) September 11th  September 12th and 13th September 25th  September 26th and 27th October 9th  October 10th and 11th October 23rd  October 24th and 25th November 6th  November 7th and 8th November 20th  November 21st and 22nd December 4th  December 5th and 6th

The Committee requested the Deputy Greffier to arrange for the meeting dates for 2018 to be presented to the States as a Report.