Agenda item

To receive a resolution from the meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee which was held on 17 March 2016.

The Committee received a resolution from the Policy and Resources Committee which advised that the Policy and Resources Committee had agreed to remove the Finance Committee Chairman’s Discretionary Relief Fund of £10,000.

The Chairman commented, and Members agreed, that the resolution did not provide the Committee with sufficient information regarding why the decision had been taken to remove the Finance Committee’s Chairman’s Discretionary Relief Fund. The Chairman also noted that there had not been any consultation with the Finance Committee prior to this decision being taken, and there had not been an opportunity for the Finance Committee to provide information regarding recent uses of the Discretionary Relief Fund, such as supporting the State Trumpeters through a donation to the Crown Equerry Fund.

The Committee requested that the Policy and Resources Committee provide the Finance Committee with this information, to allow the Finance Committee to consider whether it would be appropriate to request that the Policy and Resources Committee reconsiders this action.

RESOLVED – That the Committee requests that the Policy and Resources Committee provides the Finance Committee with further information regarding why the decision had been taken to remove the Finance Committee’s Chairman’s Discretionary Relief Fund.