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Before the
proposition is proposed, the Chief Minister is expected to make an official
statement on the Government Plan 2020-23.
The Greffier
will read the whole proposition (P.71/2019):
THE STATES
are asked to decide whether they are of opinion –
to receive
the Government Plan 2020 – 2023 specified in Article 9(1) of the Public
Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 (“the Law”) and specifically –
(a) to
approve the estimate of total States income to be paid into the Consolidated
Fund in 2020 as set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 1 to the Report, which
is inclusive of the proposed taxation and impôts duties changes outlined in
the Government Plan, in line with Article 9(2)(a) of the Law; and
(b) to
approve each major project that is to be started or continued in 2020 and the
total cost of each such project, in line with Article 9(2)(d), (e) and (f) of
the Law and as set out in Appendix 2 - Summary Table 2 to the Report; and
(c) to
approve the proposed amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Fund for
2020, for each head of expenditure, being gross expenditure less estimated
income (if any), in line with Articles 9(2)(g), 10(1) and 10(2) of the Law
and set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Tables 3(i) and (ii) of the Report; and
(d) to
approve the estimated income, being estimated gross income less expenditure,
that each States trading operation will pay into its trading fund in 2020 in
line with Article 9(2)(h) of the Law and set out in Appendix 2 – Summary
Table 4 to the Report; and
(e) to
approve the proposed amount to be appropriated from each States trading
operation’s trading fund for 2020 for each head of expenditure in line with Article
9(2)(i) of the Law and set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 5 to the Report;
and
(f) to
approve –
(i) the
establishment of a “Climate Emergency Fund”, in accordance with the
provisions of Article 6 of the Law, as set out at Appendix 3 to the Report;
and
(ii) the
estimated income and expenditure proposals for the Climate Emergency Fund for
2020 as set out in Appendix 2 - Summary Table 6 to the Report; and
(g) to
approve the amounts to be transferred from one States fund to another for
2020 in line with Article 9(2)(b) as set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 7
to the Report; and
(h) to
approve the estimated income and expenditure of the Social Security, Health
Insurance and Long-Term Care Funds for 2020 set out in Appendix 2 - Summary
Tables 8(i), (ii) and (iii) to the Report, with –
(i) the
estimated income to be raised from existing social security contributions
defined in the Social Security Law and the proposed changes to contribution
liability; and
(ii) the
estimated expenditure to be paid to support the existing benefits and
functions defined in the Social Security Law, the Health Insurance Law and
the Long-Term Care Funds and new benefits, if any, to be paid from the Funds;
and
(i) to
approve, in accordance with Article 9(1) of the Law, the Government Plan
2020-2023, as set out at Appendix 4 to the Report.
The Minister
for Treasury and Resources will propose the entire Government Plan and the
proposition will be seconded at the conclusion of the proposer’s speech.
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