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PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE (79th Meeting)
9th November 2017
PART A (Non-exempt)
All members were present, with the exception of Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour , from whom apologies had been received.
Connétable L. Norman of St. Clement , Chairman Connétable D.W. Mezbourian of St. Lawrence (not in attendance for item B6)
Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier
Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier
Deputy S.M. Brée of St. Clement
Deputy S.M. Wickenden of St. Helier
In attendance -
Dr. M. Egan, Greffier of the States
W. Millow , Assistant Greffier of the States
J. Reed, Assistant Law Draftsman (in attendance for item B1 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 meetings held on 3rd October 2017 (Part A and Part B),
10th October 2017 (Part B only), 16th October 2017 (Part A only) and 23rd October 2017 (Part B only), 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 meetings to be held on 14th November 2017, 28th November debate by the 2017 and 12th December 2017 and considered whether it wished to make a formal States comment on any of the Propositions that had been lodged au Greffe'.
Assembly.
465/1(210) The Committee decided that it wished to present a comment on Senator P.F.C.
Ozouf 's amendment to Senator Sir P.M. Bailhache 's third amendment to the Chief Minister's Proposition Elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the States Assembly: selection and appointment' (P.84/2017), as it had a number of concerns in respect therewith, not least that the amendment contravened the Council of Europe's Venice Commission code of good practice on referendums.
The Committee further decided that it wished to present a comment on Senator Ozouf 's fourth amendment to the Chief Minister's Proposition Elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the States Assembly: selection and appointment' (P.84/2017), because it felt that there were procedural complexities arising from the amendment, which it wished to bring to the attention of the States Assembly.
Accordingly, the Committee requested the Greffier of the States to prepare draft comments for its consideration and to circulate them by electronic mail in short order.
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Meeting dates A3. The Committee agreed its scheduled meeting dates for 2018 as follows: for 2018.
465/1(204) Current Committee:
9th January 2018 6th February 2018 13th March 2018 17th April 2018
New Committee:
3rd July 2018
4th September 2018 13th November 2018 11th December 2018
The Committee noted that, wherever possible, school holidays had been avoided and that the meetings had been alternated with those of the States Assembly. The Committee was mindful that the general election would take place on 16th May 2018 and that Purdah would commence on 25th April 2018.
It was noted that all the meetings would take place in the Blampied Room, States Building and would commence at 2.30 p.m., unless otherwise advised.