Next Week's States Meeting

22nd April 2022

This final States Meeting of this term will commence at 9:30am on Monday, 25 April. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Public-I using the following links:

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 next 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:

The Minister for the Environment, Deputy John Young;
The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services, Senator Ian Gorst; and
The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré.

After question time, the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Richard Renouf, will make a statement regarding radiotherapy options for Jersey. Then, the following topics will be debated (in this order):

Topics:	More information:
Changes to the Planning and Building Law	The Minister for the Environment's proposition (to resume in the 2nd reading), Deputy Maçon's amendment and the Minister for the Environment's 2nd amendment
Portelet "no-take zone" for fishing	The Minister for the Environment's proposition (to resume in the 2nd reading)
New process for setting States Members' pay	The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition
Establishment of the Official Analysist on a new statutory basis	The Chief Minister's proposition and the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's amendment
Transferring moveable estate in limited circumstances	The Chief Minister's proposition
Changes to judicial fees charged for civil actions in court	The Chief Minister's proposition
List of persons registered in register of Jersey ships	The Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture's proposition
Regulation of health and social care services for children and young people	Regulations package: The Minister for the Environment's 1st proposition, 2nd proposition (and amendment), and 3rd proposition
Empty property tax	Deputy Tadier's proposition
Filming of hustings	Deputy Maçon's proposition
Code of Practice for Scrutiny, the Public Accounts Committee, and the Executive	The Scrutiny Liaison Committee's proposition and Senator Vallois' amendment
New offences relating to financial services and money laundering	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Ministerial responsibilities and structure	Deputy Young's proposition and the Council of Minister's amendment
Updating the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing Law	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition and amendment
New statutory process for terminating a limited partnership	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Safe management of public events	The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition
Protection of non-profit organisations from being used to fund terrorism	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Changes to the rules for Written Questions	The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition
Change to the Standing Order which governs land transactions	The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition
Removal of 'Senator' from candidate election form	The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition
Removal of remaining references to Senator	The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition
Havre des Pas Lido maintenance	The Connétable of St. Helier's proposition and the Minister for Infrastructure's amendment
Accommodation for temporary workers	The Deputy Huelin's proposition and amendment
Remote participation and proxy voting in States Meetings	Deputy Gardiner's proposition
Sub-Committee to review the machinery of Government	Senator Vallois' proposition and the Council of Minister's amendment
Monitoring arm's lengths organisations and green and white papers	Senator Vallois' proposition and amendment
Removal of GST from sanitary products	Senator Moore's proposition and the Minister for Treasury and Resources' amendment
Allocation of 2021 Channel Islands Lottery proceeds	The Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture's proposition
Making domestic abuse a statutory offence	The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition and amendment, and Senator Vallois' 2nd amendment
Suspension of drive to net zero	Senator Ferguson's proposition
Public sector employment contracts	Deputy Higgins' proposition
Appointment of the new Greffier of the States	The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition
Parishes' green waste	The Connétable of St. Brelade's proposition and the Minister for Infrastructure's amendment
Carbon Neutral Roadmap	The Minister for the Environment's proposition The Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel's amendment The Minister for the Environment's amendment to Scrutiny's amendment (debate subject to the minimum lodging period being reduced) Deputy Ward's 2nd amendment
Technology Accelerator Fund	The Council of Ministers' proposition
Compromise and non-disclosure agreements	Deputy Higgins' 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 Twitter and Facebook pages throughout the meeting, which is expected to extend beyond Monday.

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