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Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel
Record of Meeting
Date: 25th November 2013 Meeting No: 43
Present | Deputy J. M. Maçon, Chairman Connétable M. P. S. Le Troquer, Vice Chairman Deputy M. Tadier Deputy G. Southern |
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In attendance | M. Haden, Scrutiny Officer |
Ref Back | Agenda matter | Action |
| 1. Minutes The Minutes of meetings held on 21st and 28th October and 19th November 2013 were approved and signed. |
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Item 5 28.10.13 (516/1(44) | 2. Topic proposal: review of Education Department's investigation of incident at Le Rocquier School The Panel received notes of the meeting with Mr McMurray on 28th October 2013 which had been held to explain the Panel's position on the matter. It was noted that individual members had lodged both written and oral questions for the Minister at the last States meeting. |
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Item 2 21.10.13 516/1(51) | 3. Quarterly Hearing with Minister for Education Sport and Culture The Panel considered notes on the quarterly hearing held on 21st October 2013. It was agreed in principle to undertake a review of Higher Education funding in 2014. The Panel also agreed to write to the teachers' unions to request their views on the recently published report into the review of Mathematics and to ask the Minister for details of his department's action plan to respond to the recommendations of the review. |
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Item 2 28.10.13 516/27 | 4. CCTV Camera Surveillance The Panel considered the second draft of its report and requested a number of amendments to the Executive summary and recommendations. Members noted that further changes might be made to the report once the advisers' final report had been received. The Scrutiny Officer was requested to contact the Data Protection Commissioner to clarify the resource implications of their recommendations. The Panel noted that the target date for presentation of the report was 10th December 2013. | MH |
Item 1 18.11.13 | 5. Introduction of Tasers The Panel considered notes of the meeting with the States of Jersey |
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516/32 | Police on 18th November 2013 and agreed to forward the notes to the States of Jersey Police. Members requested access to the remarks of the Metropolitan Police peer review relating to the introduction of Tasers | MH |
| 6. Policing of Parks and Beaches The Panel agreed to request the Minister for a progress report on implementing the recommendation for the introduction of fixed penalties from the previous Panel's review | MR |