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Privileges and Procedures Committee 5th September 2019

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KS/MH/261

PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE (46th Meeting)

(Business conducted by electronic mail)

5th September 2019

PART A (Non-Exempt)

All  members  were  present,  with  the  exception  of   Deputy  J.H.  Perchard  of St. Saviour , from whom apologies had been received.

Deputy R. Labey of St. Helier , Chairman Connétable A.S. Crowcroft of St. Helier Connétable C. H. Taylor of St. John Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour Deputy M.R. Le Hegarat of St. Helier Deputy C.S. Alves of St. Helier

In attendance -

L.M. Hart , Deputy Greffier of the States

Note:  The Minutes of this meeting comprise Part A only.

States of  A1.  The Committee, with reference to Minute No. A4 of 6th February 2018 of the Jersey  Committee, as previously constituted, received and considered the States of Jersey Complaints  Complaints Panel's Annual Report for 2018.

Panel Annual

Report 2018.  The Committee noted that 2018 had been an exceptionally busy year for the Complaints

Panel (the Panel'). 21 formal complaints had been received, in addition to 7, which had been carried forward from 2017. A further 11 enquiries had been received by the Deputy Greffier in relation to complaints, which had not been taken forward. A number of  matters  had  been  resolved  informally,  through  the  intervention  of  either  the Chairman, Deputy Chairmen or the Deputy Greffier.

Eight formal hearings had been convened during 2018, which was the most ever held in one year. In 6 of the 8 cases, the relevant Complaints Board had upheld the complaint and in each case had made recommendations that modifications should be made to existing processes in order to avoid a repetition in the future.

The Committee expressed its sincere gratitude to the Chairman, Deputy Chairmen and all the members of the Panel for their hard work in dealing with complaints, on an honorary basis, during a particularly busy year. It indicated that they had been most impressive.

The Committee approved the Panel's Annual Report for 2018 and agreed that it should be presented to the States in the Reports series at the earliest opportunity. It instructed the Deputy Greffier to take the necessary action.