Questions

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• Title:	Tax Information Agreement with India and reasons it was not signed during ministerial visit
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	20/06/2011
  Reference:

  2.6.1 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Can the Minister give us a little bit more detail in terms of … 2.6.6 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Can the Minister give assurances that it is not related in any …

• Title:	Questions to Minister without notice Chief Minister
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	07/06/2011
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  We come to questions without notice to the Chief Minister … Could he tell us who negotiated this change and whether the change affected the final pay-out … I do not have the date to …

• Title:	Facilities for the disabled at Highlands College
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Montfort Tadier
  Answered by:	Minister for Education, Sport and Culture
  Question date:	07/06/2011
  Reference:

  The Deputy of St. Ouen (The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture): Highlands College … Development to the Minister for Treasury and Resources and will be asked by Deputy Higgins

• Title:	So-called 'golden handshakes' paid to 2 senior civil servants
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Trevor Pitman
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	07/06/2011
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  Will the Chief Minister clarify the exact sums paid as golden handshakes to … C) Connétable of St. Brelade Deputy M.R. Higgins (H) Connétable of St. Martin Connétable …

• Title:	Minister's plans for £14 million extra in 2010 accounts
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Geoffrey Southern
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	20/06/2011
  Reference:

  2.8.3 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Can I ask the Assistant Minister how accurate the 2010 Accounts … Deputy M.R. Higgins: The booklet contains an omission because it has no reference of that …

• Title:	Are there signs of recovery in the economy and in which sector it is envisaged there will be an increase in employment
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Economic Development
  Question date:	07/06/2011
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  THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVEL OPMENT BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON … Answer There are a number of positive signs regarding the local economic outlook …

• Title:	Criteria for free passes on Connex buses for senior citizens
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:
  Question date:	07/06/2011
  Reference:

  FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED … (b) whether the staff at Liberation Station have any literature setting out the …

• Title:	Outline the technical and operational problems affecting the new Energy from Waste facility
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:
  Question date:	07/06/2011
  Reference:

  FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED … Answer The Bellozanne Incinerator was shut down at Christmas 2010 and since then new …

• Title:	Have the courts ever used super injunctions which prevent disclosure of certain facts, such as identity, also do such injunctions exist at all
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:
  Question date:	07/06/2011
  Reference:

  QUESTION TO H.M. ATTORNEY GENERAL BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON … Answer The existence of a “super injunction” as described in the question will only …

• Title:	How jobs wil be created in the private sector to replace those lost in the public sector
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
  Question date:	07/06/2011
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  2.16 Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier of the Minister for Treasury and Resources … Deputy M.R. Higgins: The Minister goes on about Jersey finance going out and trying to get …

• Title:	Questions to Minister without notice Social Security
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Social Security
  Question date:	20/06/2011
  Reference:

  If not, will he assure Members that those groups will be identified before he brings the Annual … 3.2 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Has the Minister had any discussions with the Minister for …

• Title:	Questions to Minister without notice Home Affairs
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Questions without notice
  Answered by:	Minister for Home Affairs
  Question date:	20/06/2011
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  4.5 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Is the Minister happy with the workings of the Police Complaints … a year or 2. 4.5.1 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Just following through, does the Minister see any …

• Title:	Sex Offenders Law and a recent UK Supreme Court judgement
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Kevin Lewis
  Answered by:	Minister for Home Affairs
  Question date:	20/06/2011
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  Senator B.I. Le Marquand (The Minister for Home Affairs): I understand that the question … Deputy Higgins mentioned that he thought there was an error in the States Accounts that …

• Title:	Optimum population for the Island and how this is to be achieved
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Daniel Wimberley
  Answered by:	Chief Minister
  Question date:	20/06/2011
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  Senator P.F. Routier (Assistant Chief Minister - rapporteur): The Council of Ministers is … 2.1.6 Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier: Again, the Assistant Minister did not answer the …

• Title:	Urgent oral question concerning the proposed railings for the Millennium Town Park
  Question type:	Urgent
  Asked by:	Simon Crowcroft
  Answered by:
  Question date:	22/06/2011
  Reference:

  Urgent question 22nd June 2011 1.1 Connétable A.S. Crowcroft of St. Helier of the Minister for Transport and Technical Services regarding the ordering of railings for the St …

• Title:	Lessons learnt from situation regarding Low Value Consignment Relief
  Question type:	Oral
  Asked by:	Daniel Wimberley
  Answered by:	Minister for Economic Development
  Question date:	20/06/2011
  Reference:

  Senator A.J.H. Maclean (The Minister for Economic Development): Life is a continuous … 2.14.3 Deputy M.R. Higgins: Does the Minister thinks that the Jersey Chamber of Commerce’s …

• Title:	Is the new copyright law compatible with the 10 major recommendations made by Professor Ian Hargreaves
  Question type:	Written
  Asked by:	Mike Higgins
  Answered by:	Minister for Economic Development
  Question date:	07/06/2011
  Reference:

  THE MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVEL OPMENT BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON … Answer The independent report by Professor Ian Hargreaves, “Digital Opportunity …