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Corporate Services - Approved Panel Minutes - 25 February 2013

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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date:   25th February 2013 Meeting No:  73

 

Present

Senator S.C. Ferguson, Chairman Deputy J.G. Reed, Vice-Chairman Connétable D.J. Murphy

Deputy S. Power

Deputy R.J. Rondel

Apologies

 

Absent

 

In attendance

Mr. M. Matthews, Joint President – Jersey Estate Agents Association [Part of Item 1]

Ms. S. Marett, Joint President – Jersey Estate Agents Association [Part of Item 1]

Mr. W. Millow , Scrutiny Officer

 

Ref Back

Agenda matter

Action

18/02/13 Item 1

513/37(2)

1. Deposit Loan Scheme

The Panel received draft heads of report and noted that the draft would be considered at its meeting on 27th February 2013.

The  Panel  was  advised  that  a  request  had  been  made  to  The Mortgage Shop for information on the mortgage market in Jersey. The Panel noted receipt of documentation from The Mortgage Shop which had been provided in confidence. The Panel identified an apparent discrepancy between the documentation and the testimony provided by the Managing Director of The Mortgage Shop at a public hearing on 13th February 2013. The Scrutiny Officer was requested to ascertain clarification of the matter in question.

It was noted that further advice from the Statistics Unit would be beneficial. It  was  therefore  agreed that  the Vice-Chairman  would correspond with the Scrutiny Office regarding arrangements for him to meet the Chief Statistician.

Further consideration regarding lines of enquiry for the review was undertaken in private session for which a private record was taken under Paragraph 3.2.1(b) of the Code of Practice on Public Access to Official Information.

The  Panel  received  Mr.  M.  Matthews  and  Ms.  S.  Marett,  Joint Presidents  of  the  Jersey  Estate  Agents  Association,  for  a  public hearing. The hearing was recorded in order that a transcript might be made.

The Panel noted that a request for a written submission had been made  to   Deputy  R.C.  Duhamel,  Minister  for  Planning  and

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Environment, and that a response had yet to be received. It was further noted that the Scrutiny Officer awaited correspondence from a potential expert advisor, about which an update would be provided at the Panel's subsequent meeting. The Panel was advised that drafting of the report was due  to begin on 4th March 2013 with eventual presentation to the States to occur during the week beginning 25th March 2013.