States Meeting Summary 21 March

This morning’s session began with the nominations for a new Chair of the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel. Deputy Rob Ward and Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache were nominated. Both Deputies had the opportunity to speak for up to 10 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of questions from States Members. 
 

The States Assembly voted to approve Deputy Rob Ward’s appointment as Chair, with 32 votes for Deputy Ward and 14 votes for Deputy Sir Bailhache. 

 
Watch the beginning of this morning’s recording to see the speeches and the vote. 

Question Time 

Questions with Notice 

Ministers then answered States Members’ questions with notice. Go to page 6 of the Order Paper to find out which questions were asked and watch from 1 hour and 12 minutes into this morning’s States Meeting to hear questions with notice in full.  

Questions Without Notice 

States Members then asked the Minister for Social Security, Deputy Elaine Millar; Minister for Treasury and Resources, Deputy Ian Gorst; and the Deputy Chief Minister, Deputy Kirsten Morel, speaking on behalf of the Chief Minister, questions without notice for 15 minutes each. 
 

Watch the beginning of this afternoon’s recording to hear the questions without notice. 

Statement 
 

Deputy Montfort Tadier made a statement regarding the ‘Mois de la Francophonie 2023’ in his capacity as President of the Jersey Branch of the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie. 

Watch from 47 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to hear the statement. 

Public Business 

Draft Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law  

The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services proposed to amend the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019. The proposal aimed to remove power to implement EU sanctions provisions by Ministerial Order and implement standards of the Financial Action Task Force.  

The States Assembly voted to approve the proposition with 43 votes for, no votes against, and no abstentions. 

Go to 1 hour and 7 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate. 

For more details on today’s States Meeting, watch the full recording of this morning’s recording and this afternoon’s recording.