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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

PUBLIC MEETING Record of Meeting

Date: 5th September 2008 Meeting Number: 71

Present	Deputy C Egré, Vice-Chairman Connétable J L S Gallichan Connétable D Murphy
Apologies	Deputy R Le Hérissier Deputy P J D Ryan, Chairman
In attendance	M. Haden and S Power, Scrutiny Officers

Ref Back	Agenda matter	Action
1	Minutes of meetings held on 1st and 5th August were approved and signed.
2	Matters arising - Action update noted.
3. Item 4a 01.08.08	Migration Sub-Panel The Panel noted that the Migration Sub-Panel had been provided with confidential copies of the Draft Register of Names and Addresses (Jersey) Law 200- and the Draft Migration (Jersey) Law 200-, and that the Sub-Panel's adviser had provided a brief summary of both documents. The Panel agreed that as a result of the Chairman's absence it would be necessary to defer consideration of this issue until the next meeting; however it was further agreed that it might not be possible to continue this review as a result of time pressures imposed by the forthcoming elections.
4	Council of Ministers' amendments to the Business Plan The Panel noted the Council of Ministers' amendments to the 2009 Business Plan, however it was agreed that the time pressures involved prevented the Panel from making any response to these amendments.
5	Report of Fiscal Policy Panel The Panel considered and discussed this report.
6	Land Transactions Tax

The Panel considered the letter from the Minister for Treasury and Resources explaining that at this stage he did not intend to actively pursue the matter of Land Transactions Tax on Commercial Property Transactions.

The Panel requested for a response to be sent to the Minister thanking him for his letter, and requesting for the future Corporate Services Panel to be kept informed should this decision be reconsidered in the future.

Draft States Business Plan 2009

The Panel noted the PAC briefing on plans for amendments to the States Business Plan.

The Panel received the preliminary report into financial forecasting and noted that another report would follow in due course.

The Panel noted a paper prepared by Rodger Mann on the Business Plan process. It was agreed that this document should be circulated to all Scrutiny Panels for comment.

The Panel noted that this was the final item of work to be completed by Rodger Mann for this review, and that he should therefore be thanked for his input, before drawing his involvement in the review to a close.

The Panel noted that several useful meetings had been held with the Directors of Property Holdings; IT; and the Procurement Function. It was agreed that the Scrutiny Officer should draft a report for consideration at the next meeting, outlining the work that had been completed on these issues, with the view to helping to inform the future Corporate Services Panel of the work that had been undertaken.

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Future Meetings: The Panel noted its next meeting was scheduled for the 3rd October at 9.30 am (Blampied Room).

Signed Date:

3rd October 2008

Chairman

Corporate Services Panel

Corporate Services - Approved Panel Minutes - 5 September 2008