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Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date: 28 May 2013 Meeting No: 33

Present

Deputy J. M. Maçon, Chairman

Connétable M. P. S. Le Troquer, Vice Chairman Deputy M. Tadier

In attendance

Deputy G. Southern

M. Haden, Scrutiny Officer

Ref Back	Agenda matter	Action
	1. Minutes The Minutes of the meetings held on 8th & 19th April and 2nd & 15th May 2013 were approved and signed.
	2. Welcome The Panel welcomed Deputy G. Southern as an observer to the meeting in advance of his formally joining the Panel at the next States meeting.
Item 4 08.04.13 516/33	3. Control of Public Entertainment Review Members received an oral update on the public consultation for this review and agreed to extend the timetable for the consultation to allow additional time for the public to respond.
Item 5 08.04.13 516/27	4. Camera surveillance Review Members received an oral update on the consultation for this review and agreed to arrange public hearings on 27th & 28th June. Members recalled the two days spent with advisers on their preliminary visit. It was agreed that the current arrangements, whereby Panels were not able to provide for a working lunch with advisers unless members paid for the lunch themselves, were unsatisfactory and requested the Chairman to raise the matter with the Chairmen's Committee.	JM
516/1(51)	5. Work programme The Panel reviewed its current work programme and identified the following issues for discussion with the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture at the next quarterly hearing: Apprenticeship Scheme: Review of Core Subjects: update on the first review, ie maths Higher Education: progress on work with the Treasury on changes to tax allowances and asset thresholds for higher education funding Further Education: progress on finding a long term solution to the issue of income support for mature students on access courses Future of Education: progress on establishing a ministerial

commission to examine the way forward

Sports Strategy: initial view of public consultation

The Panel requested the Scrutiny Officer to arrange a hearing with the Minister.

The Panel also agreed to hold a quarterly hearing with the Minister for Home Affairs and to consider the issues at its next meeting.

Members noted that the Department had refused the Panel's request to provide details of their workstreams on the template agreed by the Chairmen's Committee. The Chairman was requested to report the matter to the Chairmen's Committee.

6. Date of next meeting: 10th June 2013

Education and Home Affairs - Approved Panel Minutes - 28 May 2013