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4.9 The Deputy of St. John of the Chief Minister regarding the appointment of a candidate to chair the Committee of Inquiry into Reg's Skips Limited:
Given that, following the States approval of P.50/2009, the Chief Minister advised the Assembly on 13th July 2009 that his department were seeking to appoint a candidate to chair the Committee of Inquiry into Reg's Skips Limited and he would lodge a proposition before the end of the summer recess for debate in September, would he outline the reasons for the delay in taking this matter forward?
Senator T.A. Le Sueur (The Chief Minister):
I refer to my answer to the Deputy 's question on 13th July in which I indicated that an advertisement should be placed later that month for a potential chairman. The advertisement should have been placed in the Jersey Evening Post and Gazette on 16th July but, unfortunately, due to a clerical error, the advertisement was delayed for 2 weeks and did not appear until 30th July. A number of people have put themselves forward for this Committee of Inquiry and, having reviewed all the applications, I
decided it was necessary to know whether they had any previous involvement with the Planning Department and, if so, the extent of that involvement. I did not want any conflicts of interest. So the interviews for chairman and members of the committee took place during the week before last and I approved a draft proposition to put to the States last week. I am just waiting for the contents of that proposition to be approved by the people being nominated in respect of their biography and I hope to lodge that proposition either today or tomorrow for debate as soon as possible.
The Deputy of St. John :
I thank the Minister for his reply.