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Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel: Comprehensive Spending Review: 2012 - 2013 and Delivery: Joint Comments of the Chief Minister and Minister for Treasury and Resources

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A decision made 20 December 2011 regarding:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2011-0154

Decision Summary Title:

Joint Ministerial Response to the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel’s report on the CSR (S.R. 14/2011)

Date of Decision Summary:

20 December 2011

Decision Summary Author:

 

CSR Programme Director

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

 N/A

Written Report

Title:

Joint Ministerial Response: S.R.14/2011

Date of Written Report:

20 December 2011

Written Report Author:

CSR Programme Director

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject:  

Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel: Comprehensive Spending Review: 2012-2013 and Delivery – Joint response from the Chief Minister and the Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Decision(s):

The Minister approved a joint response from the Chief Minister and the Treasury and Resources Minister to the Scrutiny review undertaken by the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel of the Comprehensive Spending Review: 2012-2013 and Delivery.

Reason(s) for Decision:

The Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel undertook a review of the Comprehensive Spending Review: 2012-2013 and Delivery. A commentary in response is found in the attached Written Report.

Resource Implications: 

There are no resource implications

Action required:

The Greffier of the States is requested to arrange for the Joint Ministerial response to the Comprehensive Spending Review: 2012-2013 and Delivery to be presented to the States at the earliest opportunity.

Signature:

 

Position: 

 

Senator I Gorst, Chief Minister

Date Signed:

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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