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Corporate Services - Approved Panel Minutes - 8 October 2015

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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel

Record of Meeting

Date:  8th October 2015

 

Present

Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré, Chairman Deputy S.M. Brée, Vice-Chairman Deputy K.C. Lewis

Connétable C.H. Taylor

Apologies

 

Absent

 

In attendance

Mrs J. Hales , Scrutiny Officer Mr T Oldham , Scrutiny Manager

 

Ref Back

Agenda matter

Action

Item 1 05/10/15

513/46

1.  Jersey International Finance Centre

The Panel agreed it would consider its draft interim report over the forthcoming  weekend  and  discuss  any  suggested  amendments  on Monday 12th October 2015.

 

Item 2 07/09/15

513/47

2. Transfer of Functions

The Panel considered a conference call with its advisors, Concerto, due to  take  place  on  19th  October  2015.   The  Panel  agreed  areas  of questioning and asked that the call be confirmed for 12pm.

The  Panel  was  informed  by  the  Vice-Chairman  that  the  Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel, of which he was Chairman, had yet to receive a response from the Chief Minister to its latest correspondence regarding the date of debate and, as such, was not in a position to move forward with its part of the review. The Panel considered the options available to  it  to  allow  adequate  time  for  the  appropriate  scrutiny  to  be undertaken, including Article 72(1) of Standing Orders Referral of draft Law  or  Regulations  for  scrutiny,  should  this  be  necessary.  The Chairman agreed he would speak to the Chief Minister during that day's States' meeting to request an update on the timetable issue.

JH

Item 1 23/07/15

513/48

3.  PECRS

The Panel was informed that its advisors, BWCI, had drafted a set of questions for the Panel to use as part of its evidence gathering. The Panel agreed that due to the time constraints of this review, it would not hold a Public Hearing and the questions should be sent to the Chief Minister's Department for written responses. The Panel was informed that the Officer was due to have a conference call with BWCI on Friday 9th October 2015. The Panel requested the advisors send a draft of their report highlighting the key issues and noted the debate date of 4th November 2015.

JH

Item 5 24/08/15

513/37(6)

4.  PFL Amendment 3

The  Panel  recalled  the  recent  briefing  it  had  received  from  the Department of Home Affairs regarding the amendment to the Public Finance  (Jersey)  (2005)  Law. The  Panel  was  informed  that  the

 

 

correspondence received from HM Attorney General to the Department of Home Affairs was considered confidential by the Department and, as such, could not be circulated to the Panel. The Panel agreed to write directly  to  HM  Attorney  General  asking  for  the  same  clarification granted  to  the  Department  and  requested  a  letter  be  drafted accordingly.

JH

 

5.  Budget 2016

The Panel was advised that20th October 2015 would be the lodging date for the Budget with a proposed debate date of 15th December 2015. The Panel was informed a request had been made of the Department of Treasury and Resources for any draft papers that could be shared with the Panel on a confidential basis. The Panel was also reminded of a presentation on the Budget 2016 to all States Members on Friday 16th October 2015 at 9.15am in St Paul's Centre. The Panel discussed the use of advisors and agreed to further discussion once the workload was known. The Panel requested a draft scoping document be circulated together with Terms of Reference.

JH

Item 7 24/08/15

6.  Draft Extradition Law

The Panel agreed to receive a briefing from the Department of Home Affairs on Friday 6th November at 3pm in Le Capelain Room, States Building.