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Chairmen's Committee - Approved Care of Children Review Panel Minutes - 5 September 2017

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Review Panel – Care of Children in Jersey

Record of Meeting

Date: 5th September 2017

 

Present

Deputy S.Y. Mézec , Chairman Deputy T.A. Vallois, Vice-Chairman

Senator S.C Ferguson Deputy J.A. Hilton

Apologies

 

Absent

 

In attendance

Mr A. Harris , Scrutiny Officer

 

Ref Back

Agenda matter

Action

 

1. Chairmanship  

The Panel agreed to appoint Deputy S.Y. Mézec as its Chairman and Deputy T.A. Vallois as its Vice-Chairman.

 

 

2. Scoping Document

The Panel noted and approved a draft Scoping Document. It was noted that this Scoping Document was intended to be overarching and further Scoping Documents would be produced for any specific reviews the Panel undertook.

 

 

3. Terms of Reference

The Panel discussed and approved its Terms of Reference for the review.

The Officer advised that the Terms of Reference would be circulated to the Chairman's Committee for approval and then to the Chief Minister.

AH

 

4. Next Steps

The Panel discussed the next steps for it to take in this review and agreed to request an update from the Chief Minister regarding the progress made to  date  on  the  eight  core  recommendations. The  Panel  also requested  that  an  update  be  provided  regarding  any  legislation surrounding the eleven categories of stakeholder recommendations. The Officer advised that this would be requested and circulated in due course.

The Panel agreed to make a formal statement in the States Assembly at the next sitting informing Members of the Panel and its remit.

AH AH

 

5. Communication

The Panel agreed that communication between Scrutiny Panels was key to the success of the Review Panel. The Officer advised that discussion would take place with other Officers to agree a strategy.

Due to the high profile nature of this review the Panel agreed that unless the information being was presented was strictly confidential, all briefings should be held as public hearings.

AH

 

 

6. Future Meetings

The Panel agreed that it would meet fortnightly on Wednesday mornings. In that regard it was noted that the next scheduled meeting would take place on Wednesday 20th September at 9:30am in the Le Capelain Room, States Building.