This Week's States Meeting

28th March 2022

This week's States Meeting will commence at 9:30am tomorrow, Tuesday 29 March. 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 10 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 Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Senator Lyndon Farnham;
The Minister for Children and Education, Deputy Scott Wickenden; and
The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré.

After question time, the following topics will be debated (in this order):

Topics:	More information:
Permanent use of tasers by the States of Jersey Police	The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition and the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's amendment
Updating references to criminal procedures	The Chief Minister's proposition
Changes to the Control of Housing and Work Law	The Chief Minister's proposition
Appointment of members to the Rate Appeal Board	The Minister for Treasury and Resources' proposition
Inclusion of an Island Identity statement in propositions	The Minister for International Development's proposition
Maintenance of Jersey's credit rating	Deputy Kirsten Morel's proposition and the Minister for Treasury and Resources' amendment
Law to embed children's rights in policy development and decision-making processes	The Minister for Children and Education's proposition and the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's 1st amendment, 2nd amendment and 3rd amendment
Extension of Jersey Financial Services Commission supervisory powers to bank auditors	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Zero-hours contracts: Ban on exclusivity clauses	The Minister for Social Security's proposition
Complaints against police officers	The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition
Winding up and dissolution of limited liability companies	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Amendment to the Law in keeping with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Provision for the taxation of profits of limited liability companies	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Extension of the Law which enables implementation of Covid-19 legislation	The Minister for Health and Social Services' proposition
Extension of temporary Covid-19 legislation to the end of September	The Minister for Health and Social Services' proposition
Establishment of a "Portelet no-take zone" for fishing	The Minister for the Environment's proposition
Miscellaneous amendments to the LLC (limited liability companies) Law	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Provisions for limited liability companies	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Defining the status, role and function of the Jersey Financial Intelligence Unit	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Changes to legislation to allow the 'LLC Law' to come into force	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Bringing into force the 'LLC Law' and the 'Amendment Law'	The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition
Re-appointment of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commissioner	The Minister for International Development's proposition
Community Cost Bonus increase	Senator Kristina Moore's proposition and amendment and Senator Tracey Vallois' amendment
Mechanisms to discourage properties being left vacant for long periods	Deputy Montfort Tadier's 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 Tuesday.

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