Next week's States Meeting - Tuesday 10 September
6th September 2024
On Tuesday 10 September, the next meeting of the States Assembly will commence at 9:30am. The meeting takes place in the States Chamber and is open for the public to attend, as well as being broadcast live via Public-I and on the States Assembly YouTube channel.
Oral Questions
States Members will question Ministers for up to 2 hours and 20 minutes. These oral questions will have been issued to them in advance (i.e. 'with notice'). Details of next week's oral questions with notice can be found on page 8 of the Order Paper.
The following Ministers will then answer oral questions which they have not been given in advance of the meeting (i.e., 'without notice') for 15 minutes each:
- Minister for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel
- Minister for Treasury and Resources, Deputy Elaine Millar
- Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham
Public Business
The States Assembly will then begin debating the following topics
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Significant changes to the governance of Statistics Jersey.
| Chief Minister's proposition Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache's amendment Chief Minister's amendment to the amendment |
Whether the annual interest rate chargeable on agricultural loans should be reduced. | Minister for Sustainable Economic Development's proposition |
Whether three bilingual schools should be established by the beginning of the academic year 2025-2026. | Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache's proposition |
Whether the Government should be allowed to impose, monitor and enforce controls on the use of certain vendors' goods, services, and facilities by Jersey's public communications providers. | Minister for Sustainable Economic Development's proposition |
Whether the UK's Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Geneva Act (1999) to Jersey should be extended. | Minister for External Relations' proposition |
Whether access to beneficial ownership information held by the Jersey Financial Services Commission should be permitted. | Minister for External Relations' proposition |
Appointment of Member to the Comptroller and Auditor General Board of Governance. | Chief Minister's proposition |
Appointment of Chair and Member to the Jersey Police Complaints Authority. | Minister for Justice and Home Affairs' proposition |
A notification when each debate begins, a summary of the proposal and the results of each debate will be shared on the States Assembly X page (formerly Twitter) 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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