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Corporate Services - Approved Panel Minutes - 26 January 2012

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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date:   26th January 2012 Meeting No:  5

 

Present

Senator S.C. Ferguson, Chairman Deputy J.G. Reed, Vice-Chairman Deputy R.J. Rondel

Apologies

Deputy S. Power Connétable D.J. Murphy

Absent

 

In attendance

Mr W. Millow , Scrutiny Officer Miss S. McKee , Scrutiny Officer

 

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1.  Population and Migration

After consideration the Panel reconfirmed that Population and Migration was a significant subject that warranted a review. The Panel agreed that it was vital that the Chief Minister's work, in relation to this topic and the recent Census results, was conveyed to the public.

The  Panel  recalled  that  an  investigation  of  the  recently  published census  results;  the  implications  of  those  results  for  the  Population Policy;  and  how  these  implications  would  be  addressed  during  the development of the new Strategic Plan had been previously highlighted as  feasible  areas  of  investigation  when  reviewing  population  and migration. In addition to these, the Panel agreed that a follow up on the recommendations  that  were  made  by  previous  Corporate  Services Panels on the Population Policy' and Migration: Control of Housing and Work'  Scrutiny  reviews  would  be  extremely  valuable.  It  was  also recalled that, in addition to the Chief Minister, the Panel might also need to hear from the Ministers for Economic Development and Housing during the review. It was further noted that, although currently it was hard for the Panel to determine the need for an external advisor, the possibility would be revisited after the review had commenced.

The  Panel  therefore  requested  the  Scrutiny  Officers  to  produce  a revised Scoping Document, taking the above points into account, and draft Terms of Reference. The Panel noted that, given the need to undertake its work within a short time frame, it was imperative that the review  was  tightly  focused  and  the  Terms  of  Reference  clear  and concise. The Panel further noted that there was a high possibility that its work on Population and Migration would be presented as an Interim report.

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