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Corporate Services - Approved Panel Minutes - 22 May 2012

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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date:   22nd May 2012 Meeting No:  30

 

Present

Senator S.C. Ferguson, Chairman Deputy J.G. Reed, Vice-Chairman Deputy S. Power [For a time] Deputy R.J. Rondel

Apologies

Connétable D.J. Murphy

Absent

 

In attendance

Ms. L. Rowley, Treasurer of the States [For a time]

Ms. D. Le Gresley, Director of Financial Planning [For a time] Mr. C. Haws, Head of Financial Planning [For a time]

Mr. K. Hemmings, Head of Decision Support [For a time]

Mr. W. Millow , Scrutiny Officer

 

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Agenda matter

Action

11/05/12 Item 4

513/35

1. Medium Term Financial Plan

Consideration was given to draft Terms of Reference for the proposed review of the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP). It was noted that the Chairmen's Committee had asked the Panel to develop Terms of Reference upon which other Panels could feasibly base their own work on the MTFP. The Panel amended and agreed provisional Terms of Reference  and  requested  that  the  Scrutiny  Officer  circulate  them amongst the Panel for approval.

The Panel recalled that each Panel was due to review the MTFP from the perspective of the relevant Ministers and would forward a report on that work to a Corporate Services Sub-Panel. It was noted that, within that structure, consideration would need to be given to which body took responsibility for reviewing matters of overarching process with respect to the MTFP. It was further noted that, within the Terms of Reference provisionally agreed by the Panel, that responsibility fell to the Sub- Panel.

The Panel considered whether the Chairmen's Committee would want a Member from each Scrutiny Panel to sit on the Sub-Panel. It was agreed that the Committee should be asked to confirm its intentions in that regard.

Consideration was given to the timetable of work on the MTFP. The Scrutiny Officer was requested to inquire into the matter in order that a provisional action plan could be developed for Panel consideration.

The Panel received a briefing from Ms. L. Rowley, Treasurer of the States, on the current status of the MTFP. The briefing was provided in private session under Paragraph 3.2.1(a)(xiv) of the Code of Practice on  Public  Access  to  Official  Information  and  a  private  record  was

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therefore taken.