Next Week's States Meeting

9th December 2022

Next week's States Meeting will commence at 1:30pm on Monday 12 December. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Public-I from the States Chamber.

On Monday, States Members will ask Ministers up to two hours and 20 minutes of oral questions, which have been issued to them in advance (i.e. 'with notice'). Details of this week's oral questions with notice can be found on page 11 of the Order Paper. The following Ministers will answer oral questions which they have not been given in advance of the meeting (i.e., 'without notice') for 15 minutes each:

Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Deputy Kirsten Morel
Minister for the Environment, Deputy Jonathan Renouf
Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore

After question time, the Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture will make a statement on the Export Strategy.

At 9:30am on Tuesday, 13 December, the States Assembly will begin the debate on the proposed Government Plan 2023-2026. After it is proposed by the Council of Ministers, the following amendments to the Government Plan will be debated by the States Assembly (in this order):

Topics:	More information:
Introduction of a new 'rent a room' tax relief	Council of Ministers' twenty-sixth amendment and Deputy Rob Ward's amendment to the twenty-sixth amendment
Tax increases on tobacco products in line with inflation	Deputy Max Andrews' amendment
Stamp Duty increase on buy to let investments, second homes and holiday homes	Deputy Max Andrews' second amendment and Deputy Kovacs' amendment to the second amendment* *If part 1 of Deputy Andrews' amendment or the amendment to the second amendment is adopted, the third amendment falls away
Exempting property developers from higher rate of Stamp Duty	Council of Ministers' twenty-fifth amendment
Funding for the hospital and healthcare facilities	Council of Ministers' twentieth amendment
Stopping the transfer of £12.4m in from the Health Insurance to the Jersey Care Model	Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel's fourth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the fourth amendment
Reducing the rate of G.P. consultations for Islanders with two or more chronic illnesses	Deputy Geoff Southern's sixteenth amendment
Free G.P. consultations for Islanders under age 18	Deputy Carina Alves' eighteenth amendment
Changes to proposed heads of expenditure	Council of Ministers' tenth amendment
Flights for people accompanying Islanders in need of off-Island medical care	Deputy Rob Ward's fifteenth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the fifteenth amendment
Removal of additional funds allocated to Jersey Business	Deputy Moz Scott's twelfth amendment
Extending the £20 per year bus scheme to all students in full-time education	Deputy Carina Alves' seventeenth amendment
St Helier urban renewal programme	Connétable Simon Crowcroft's twenty-fourth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the twenty-fourth amendment
Removal of the Upper Earnings Limit on Social Security Contributions and Long-Term Care Tax	Deputy Sam Mézec's twenty-third amendment
10% Stamp Duty increase on residential properties not permanently lived in	Deputy Raluca Kovacs' third amendment
Increase of Stamp Duty on real estate	Deputy Max Andrews' eighth amendment
New capital allowance for small and medium sized businesses	Deputy Steve Luce's thirteenth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the thirteenth amendment
New tax for offshore property owners	Deputy Steve Luce's fourteenth amendment
Suspension of High Value Residents scheme to new applicants	Deputy Sam Mézec's nineteenth amendment
Ring-fencing Stamp Duty for home ownership schemes	Deputy Max Andrews' eleventh amendment
Removal of GST on sanitary products	Deputy Lyndsay Feltham's twenty-second amendment
Co-operation with Guernsey to improve value for money	Council of Ministers' ninth amendment
The development of a St Helier Country Park	Connétable Simon Crowcroft's fifth amendment
The establishment of a St Helier Town Council	Connétable Simon Crowcroft's seventh amendment
Primary school site and Town masterplan	Council of Ministers' twenty-first amendment, Deputy Tom Coles' amendment and Connétable Simon Crowcroft's second amendment to the twenty-first amendment
Safe walking and cycling routes	Connétable Simon Crowcroft's sixth amendment

The States Assembly will then vote to approve or reject the Government Plan, as amended by the approved amendments.

Subject to approval of the Government Plan 2023-26, the States Assembly will debate the draft Finance Law, which gives effect to the above taxation decisions. The following amendments to the draft Law will also be debated if the first, second, third, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth amendments to the Government Plan were approved.

Tax increases on tobacco products in line with inflation	Deputy Max Andrews' amendment
4% Stamp Duty increase on buy to let investments, second homes and holiday homes	Deputy Max Andrews' second amendment
10% Stamp Duty increase on residential properties not permanently lived in	Deputy Raluca Kovacs' third amendment
Introduction of a new 'rent a room' tax relief and exemption of property developers from higher rate of Stamp Duty	Minister for Treasury and Resources' fourth amendment

If approved, the draft Finance Law will come into immediate effect, although in practice the amendments will come into force on 1 January and 1 July 2023.The States Assembly will then move on to debate propositions which are unrelated to the Government Plan (in this order):

Law to deal with a criminal offence by way of deferred prosecution agreement	Minister for Home Affairs' proposition and amendment
Law to enhance obligations of non-registered non-profit organisations	Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Replacement of former Food Safety Law	Minister for the Environment's proposition
Stopping transfer of States grant from Consolidated Fund to Social Security Fund	Minister for Social Security's proposition
Comparison of multi-site and single site options for new hospital	Deputy Lyndon Farnham's proposition and Connétable Simon Crowcroft's amendment

From Tuesday onwards, the States Assembly will adjourn for lunch between 1pm and 2pm. A notification when each debate begins, a summary of the proposal and the results of each debate will be shared on the States Assembly Twitter pages throughout the meeting. A summary of the meeting will be shared at the end of each day on the news section of the States Assembly website.

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