This week's States Meeting
28th June 2021
The next meeting of the States Assembly will commence tomorrow, Tuesday 29 June, at 9:30am. The entire meeting will be broadcast live using Microsoft Teams via the following links:
The first item for the States Assembly will be the nomination and appointment of a new Minister for Children and Education and a new Minister for Home Affairs. The Chief Minister will nominate Deputy Scott Wickenden as the Minister for Children and Education and Deputy Gregory Guida as the Minister for Home Affairs. Deputy Robert Ward and Deputy Louise Doublet have both announced their intention to stand for the position of Minister for Children and Education. Each candidate will speak for up to 10 minutes and answer questions from States Members for up to 20 minutes. If there is only one candidate, that individual will automatically be appointed. If there is more than one candidate, States Members will vote on who to appoint as Minister.
Appointments will be followed by up to two hours and 20 minutes of oral questions with notice, details of which can be found on page six of the Order Paper. The following Ministers will then answer oral questions without notice for 15 minutes each:
The Minister for the Environment, Deputy John Young
The Minister for Housing and Communities, Deputy Russell Labey
The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré
After question time, the following topics will be debated (in this order):
Topics | More information |
Extension of economic substance rules (taxation law) to partnerships | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Extension of the Immigration Acts to Jersey by Order in Council | The Chief Minister's proposition |
The legal definition of criminal conduct in relation to the production, supply, use, export and import of cannabis | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Financial support for low income households through the 'Income Support' scheme | The Minister for Social Security's proposition |
The detection and prevention of money laundering by trustees outside financial services | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Amendments to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law in relation to supervisory bodies | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
The confiscation of gifts made into trusts up to five years before an offence took place | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
The standardisation of tobacco product packaging | The Minister for Health and Social Services' proposition |
The cost of repairs for Les Quennevais Park Flat balconies | Deputy Montfort Tadier's proposition and amendment |
Appointment of Mr. David Porter as a Member of Jersey Police Complaints Authority | The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition |
Appointment of Jurats by the Electoral College | The Minister for Health & Social Services' proposition
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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 Tuesday.
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