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Chairmen's Committee - Approved Committee Minutes - 29 April 2015

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Chairmen's Committee

Record of Meeting

Date: 29th April 2015

 

Present

Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré, President and Chairman, Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

Deputy  L.M.C.   Doublet ,  Vice-President  and  Chairman,  Education  and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel

Connétable J.E. Le Maistre, Chairman, Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel Deputy R.J. Renouf , Chairman, Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel Deputy A.D. Lewis , Chairman, Public Accounts Committee

Deputy D. Johnson , Vice-Chairman, Environment, Housing and Technical Services Scrutiny Panel

Apologies

Connétable  A.S.   Crowcroft ,  Chairman,  Environment,  Housing  and Technical Services Scrutiny Panel

Absent

 

In attendance

Mrs. K. Tremellen-Frost, Scrutiny Manager Mr. T. Oldham , Scrutiny Officer

 

Ref Back

Agenda matter

Action

21.04.15 Item 5

510/1(5)

1.  Code of Practice for engagement, for the purposes of Scrutiny between elected Members conducting Scrutiny and Ministers and Assistant Ministers.

The Committee continued its consideration of the above in particular with regard to the section on legal advice and compliance. Subsequent to consideration of compliance matters, the Committee agreed that if a matter could not be resolved by the Committee itself, it would wish to make a recommendation to the Privileges and Procedures Committee about which action that Committee should take. The Committee also decided  that  it  would  verify  whether  the  Privileges  and  Procedures Committee should have the power to remove a member from a Scrutiny Panel in the event of a breach of the Code by a Panel Member who refused to stand down upon request by the relevant Chairman.

The Committee compared the terms of reference as set out in Standing Order 136 with the section in the draft Code which referred to topic areas which Panels might choose to reject. The Committee agreed to retain the statement in the draft Code.

 

 

2.  Staffing

The Committee expressed a vote of thanks to the Scrutiny Manager who was to retire at the end of the week and welcomed Mr. T. Oldham who had been appointed to the post. The Committee wished him all the best for the future.

 

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