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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel
Notes from meeting held on Wednesday 15th February 2006 1st Floor Meeting Room, Morier House
Present Deputy P J D Ryan, Chairman
Senator J L Perchard Connétable J L S Gallichan Deputy J Gallichan
Apologies Connétable D J Murphy Absent
In attendance Mr M Haden, Scrutiny Officer
Miss S Power, Scrutiny Officer
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1 Item 4 03.02.06 | Meeting with the Greffier The Greffier attended the Panel meeting and discussed with the Panel the States of Jersey Law and Standing Orders in relation to the role of the Council of Ministers and ministerial decisions, with particular emphasis upon the Strategic Plan and the Annual Business Plan. The Panel agreed to write to the Chief Minister requesting privileged access to information on the development of the Plan; in particular to review how the Plan was amended as a result of the Council's deliberations over its two day conference in January | MH |
2 Item 1 03.02.06 | Age of consent review The Panel acknowledged the proposed question plans for the Chief Minister and Senator Kinnard. The Panel agreed to invite Deputy Le Hérissier to attend a Public Hearing on the 3rd March from 9.30 – 10.15 am. The Panel noted e-mail correspondence with Mr. D. Pearce and agreed that Mr Pearce should be contacted and informed that if he wished to provide the Scrutiny Panel with any further information then he would need to produce a written submission for the Panel, detailing any evidence he wishes to provide. In this connexion the Panel also acknowledged a memo dated 14th February 2006 received from the Solicitor General, | MH |
3 Item 2 03.02.06 | Briefing note from the Treasury & Resources Department regarding the Fiscal Strategy The Panel decided that when they met with the Minister for Treasury & Resources to discuss the Fiscal Strategy, they would also like to ask the Minister further questions relating to:
Scrutiny Officers were therefore asked to inform the Treasury & Resources department of this in advance of the public meeting. The Panel also came to the view that they required a better understanding of the mechanics of the processes and the | MH |
opportunities for scrutiny involvement before they could agree to
the proposals from the Treasury & Resources department. The Officers Panel therefore decided that it would be helpful for officers from
this department to be invited to a briefing meeting with the Panel,
before the Public Meeting. The Panel arranged to meet on
Monday 27th February 2006 from 12 – 2 pm (lunch to be
provided), and to invite the relevant officers from Treasury &
Resources to attend this meeting from 12 – 1 pm. Panel The Panel discussed their approach to the public meeting with the members Treasury & Resources Minister, and the information that they
would like to gain from this meeting. It was decided that the best
way to approach the question plans for this meeting would be for
the Panel members to prepare some questions that they would
each like to ask the Minister, and for these questions to then be
forwarded to the Scrutiny Officers so a question plan could be
arranged.
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The Panel agreed to meet half an hour before all Public Meetings, as a matter of course.
Officers The Panel requested that Scrutiny Officers be included on the
mailing list for the Council of Ministers minutes, so that they might
highlight any relevant items to the Panel. Scrutiny Officers to
arrange this with Greffier.
Signed Date . ..
Chairman, Corporate Services Panel