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Corporate Services - Approved Panel Minutes - 25 April 2016

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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel Record of Meeting

Date:  25th April 2016

 

Present

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

Apologies

Connétable C.H. Taylor

In attendance

Mrs J. Hales , Scrutiny Officer

Mr S. Spottiswoode, Scrutiny Officer

 

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Agenda matter

Action

Item 1 19/04/16

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1.  MTFP Addition

The Panel agreed its Terms of Reference and Scoping Document for its review into the MTFP Addition. The Panel discussed the generic Terms of  Reference  and  Scoping  Document  for  other  Departments  and requested an additional Term of Reference be added before circulation to other Panels. The Panel requested an engagement brief be drafted and sent to the two advisors who had previously worked on MTFP 2016

– 2019 to ensure consistency. The Panel noted a private briefing with the  Department  of  Treasury  and  Resources  on  17th  May  2016  to discuss the status of the MTFP and the 2015 outturns.

The Panel discussed holding hearings with the Minister for Treasury and  Resources  and  the  Chief  Minister  for  the  MTFP  Addition  and agreed it would schedule initial hearings in July soon after the MTFP Addition had been lodged, with a final hearing in late August before drafting its Report. The Panel discussed the need to hold the public hearings  over  the  summer  recess  and  in  this  regard,  the  Panel proposed some dates and asked if these could be confirmed with the Departments as soon as possible.

The Panel discussed its recent correspondence with the Chief Minister regarding Impact Assessments and the distribution of the Council of Minister's confidential document to all States Members. The Panel was informed that a response had not yet been received from the Chief Minister's Department. The Panel requested a follow up be sent and agreed it would defer its own decision to circulate its comments on this matter until it had received a response.

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2.  Ministerial Decisions

The Panel noted the recent Ministerial Decisions and requested the report  be  obtained  for  MD-TR-2016-0034   States  of  Jersey Development  Company:  Annual  General  Meeting:  2016  Voting Instructions.

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3.  Jersey International Finance Centre (JIFC)

In relation to the draft summons decision received from the Privileges and  Procedures  Committee,  the  Panel  discussed  correspondence received from the lawyers representing States of Jersey Development Company. The officer was asked to seek advice from the Law Officers and draft a response on behalf of the Panel.

The Panel noted receipt of a paper in relation to the Regeneration Steering Group and agreed to meet separately to discuss the relevance of the RSG to its review of the JIFC.

 

 

4.  Future Meetings

The Panel noted its next scheduled meeting would take place on 23rd May 2016 at 9.30am in Blampied Room, States Building and will include a quarterly public hearing with the Minister for Treasury and Resources.