FORMER Health Minister Karen Wilson will take a lead role in Scrutiny over the next political term after being elected as the president of an influential committee.
Deputy Wilson, who won a second successive term representing St Clement at last month’s election, was chosen by the Assembly to head up the Scrutiny Liaison Committee.
The committee is made up by the chairs of the five Scrutiny panels, as well as the Public Accounts Committee, and has responsibility for maintaining oversight of the work, and cost, of the Scrutiny panels and PAC.
The appointment was one of a number made during the third sitting of the new States Assembly.
In her new Scrutiny Liaison role Deputy Wilson was among six nominations to the Privileges and Procedures Committee made by committee chair Deputy Carina Alves, along with Senator Serena Kersten, Constable Andy Jehan, and Deputies Tom Coles, Louise Doublet and Kirsten Morel. All the nominees were accepted by Members.
Membership of the Public Accounts Committee and Scrutiny panels was confirmed as following:
- PAC (chaired by Deputy Wilson): Constable Marcus Troy and Deputies Lee Carpenter and Victoria Li.
- Corporate Services Panel (chaired by Deputy Lyndsay Feltham): Deputies Carpenter, Hilary Jeune, Chris Leck and Chris Rebindaine.
- Economic and International Affairs (chaired by Deputy Samantha Gleave): Constable David Johnson and Deputies Leck, Gabriel Raimondo and Rebindaine.
- Children, Education and Home Affairs (chaired by Deputy Li): Constables Dave Curtis, Mark Labey and Tina Palmer, plus Deputy Rebindaine.
- Environment, Housing and Infrastructure (chaired by Deputy Jeune): Constable Curtis and Deputies Coles, Alex Curtis and Arlene Maltman.
- Health and Social Security (chaired by Deputy Beatriz Porée): Deputies Carpenter, Leck and Raimondo.
Eight members of the Planning Committee, which will be chaired by Deputy Alex Curtis, were appointed: Constables Richard Honeycombe, Jehan, Labey, Steve Pallett and Karen Stone, plus Deputies Coles, Gleave and Maltman.
Senator Mary Le Hegarat and Deputy Maltman were elected as members of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, with each candidate receiving 37 votes in a secret ballot.
Membership of the States Employment Board was confirmed as Constables Pallett and Palmer were appointed.
Six candidates were put forward for five vacancies on the Bailiff’s Consultative Panel. After a secret ballot, the chosen quintet were Constable Inna Gardiner and Deputies Alex Curtis, Morel, Lucy Stephenson and Montfort Tadier, with Deputy Doublet missing out.
In choosing representatives for the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, Deputy Jeune defeated Deputy Coles by 31-16 in the first ballot. A second ballot for an associate member saw Constable Stone elected with 22 votes, ahead of Deputies Coles and Raimondo, who gained 12 and 11 votes respectively.
The Assembly has now adjourned for the summer recess, with the next meeting scheduled for Tuesday 8 September.
