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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER BY DEPUTY J.H. YOUNG OF ST. BRELADE
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 4th MARCH 2014
Question
Will the Chief Minister provide an comprehensive up to date list of all advisory or oversight groups which have been established by members of the Council of Ministers for the development or revision of public policy, the list to include for each group –
- details of the constitution of the group;
- its terms of reference;
- the membership of Ministers, Assistant Ministers and other elected members, if any, and the civil servants advising the group;
- the frequency of its meetings;
- whether formal minutes are produced and published;
- whether the group has any delegated authority from the members of the Council of Ministers for spending decisions; and
- the date of the last meeting. Answer
Yes.
At the meeting of 21st February 2014, the Council of Ministers agreed to publish a list of ministerial groups in response to the third recommendation of the Machinery of Government Review Sub- Committee's Interim Report April 2013 (R.39/2013), which was lodged by the Privileges and Procedures Committee. The recommendation reads;
Recommendation 3 – The Council of Ministers should be required to publish, and to keep updated, a collated list of all advisory and oversight groups formed to progress the development or revision of policy.
The list will be published during March 2014, responding to each of the points a) – g) above.