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Title:	Structural deficit in the States finances from 2016
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	25/11/2014
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Will the Minister outline his definition of what constitutes a structural deficit in States finances and state whether he believes there will be one going forward from 2016 based …

Title:	Amount of income tax paid by non finance utility companies
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	13/05/2014
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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): Consistent with the information provided today in response to the written question of the Connétable of St. John …

Title:	Cost of living in Jersey than UK including supplementary questions
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	18/03/2014
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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): Questions on the economy and the retail economy are rightly a matter jointly between myself and the Minister for …

Title:	Moving away from reliance on finance and greater support of industries such as tourism with supplementary questions
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	01/05/2012
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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): I have spoken and exchanged messages with both my former colleague in Guernsey and spoken to the former Chief …

Title:	Awarding of Managed Print Tender to Danwood with supplementary questions
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	23/10/2012
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Deputy E.J. Noel (The Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources - rapporteur): Danwood did not score consistently lower than the other competing companies … I do believe it is a …

Title:	Introduction of a tax system where all citizens and businesses bear the costs and burden of recession not just middle and low earners with supplementary questions
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	01/05/2012
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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): Firstly, I acknowledge that the combination of tax competition, imprudent spending by governments in the eurozone …

Title:	Managed print service tender process with supplementary questions
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	25/09/2012
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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): Yes, this process I believe has been well handled … A competitive tender process began in 2008 with adverts appearing …

Title:	Managed Print Service tender process with supplementary questions
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	09/10/2012
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Deputy E.J. Noel of St. Lawrence (Assistant Minister for Treasury and Resources - rapporteur): The tender process was not compromised and the tender documents from one participant …

Title:	Sum allocated to Jersey Sea Cadets for premises
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	20/01/2015
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Would the Minister advise Members what remained of the sum allocated by the States to the Jersey Sea Cadets for a new building before the Port Galots scheme was devised with a …

Title:	Challenges in relation to the Fiscal Policy Panels pre Medium Term Financial Plan
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	24/02/2015
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Following the publication in January 2015 of the Fiscal Policy Panel’s pre-Medium-Term Financial Plan report, will the Minister advise Members what his main challenges are and his …

Title:	Expenditure on new police station
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	05/10/2015
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Will the Minister give Members an update on the expenditure on the new police station and whether it is within budget … Senator A.J.H. Maclean (The Minister for Treasury and …

Title:	Levels of tax revenue lost to Treasury since Zero Ten was introduced
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	05/10/2015
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Will the Minister advise Members how much tax revenue has been lost to the Treasury overall, and on an annual basis, since Zero/Ten was introduced, breaking it down into its …

Title:	Distributional effect of measures proposed in Medium Term Financial Plan
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	22/09/2015
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Given that the Fiscal Policy Panel’s annual report stated that the changes proposed in the draft M.T.F.P. may not be sustainable and that there was a risk that they may not be …

Title:	Reduction to the marginal rate of tax
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	22/09/2015
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Will the Minister advise the Assembly whether he intends to reverse the reduction to the marginal rate of … If you would like to pause for a moment … Does anyone have any machines on …

Title:	States of Jersey Development Companys 2014 accounts
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	28/04/2015
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In light of the forecast deficit, will the Minister, as shareholder representative, advise Members when the States of Jersey Development Company’s 2014 accounts and the evidence …

Title:	Zero Ten tax policy
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	28/04/2015
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Will the Minister, using the latest figures, advise members of the total amount of revenue lost on an annual basis through the Zero/Ten tax policy and, in particular, the …

Title:	OQ.153/2018 Application of the Goods and Services Tax (G.S.T.) to goods imported into the Island
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	09/10/2018
Reference:	OQ.153/2018

Following her answers in the States on 23rd September 2018 regarding the de minimis level for goods imported into the Island and whether they are subject to G.S.T. (Goods and …

Title:	Has Jersey come out of the recession? If yes on what basis is his belief based; and if no, when does he think the Island is likely to do so
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	01/11/2011
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Does the Minister believe that Jersey has come out of the recession … ? Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources … There are signs that our economy is no longer in …

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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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): If I may, first of all, tackle the issue of the University of Manchester study … That study conducted by the Centre of …

Title:	Changes that could be of greatest risk or threat to Jersey finance industry
Question type:	Oral
Asked by:	Mike Higgins
Answered by:	Minister for Treasury and Resources
Question date:	06/12/2011
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Senator P.F.C. Ozouf (The Minister for Treasury and Resources): This is an important question, one probably which deserves more than just an oral answer in terms of its …