Meetings of the States in 2020

2019  R.82

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REPORT

The Privileges and Procedures Committee is required to fix dates for States meetings for the following year no later than the end of September each year, but for the convenience of Members and others who need to arrange meetings, PPC has fixed dates much earlier than September in recent years.

Following a decision taken by PPC a number of years ago, the dates in recent years have been drafted as far as possible to avoid meetings during any school holiday periods.

Standing Orders 3 and 4 read as follows –

"3  Sessions of the States

1. There shall be 2 sessions of the States in each year during which they shall meet.
2. The 1st session shall start on the 3rd Tuesday in January and end no later than the last Tuesday in July.
3. The 2nd session shall start on the 2nd Tuesday in September and end no later than the 3rd Tuesday in December.

4  Planning days for meetings of the States

1. The PPC shall, no later than the end of September in each year, present to the States a list of days for meetings of the States in the 1st and 2nd sessions in the following year.
2. Ordinarily, a meeting day is a Tuesday.
3. The list may include continuation days."

The dates agreed by the Committee for 2020 are shown in the Appendix to this Report.

In accordance with the requirements of Standing Orders, the first meeting of 2020 will be on the third Tuesday of January, namely 21st January. Please note that when the dates for 2019 were published, it was erroneously indicated that the first meeting of 2020 would take place on 14th January.

The normal fortnightly cycle continues, with the exception of a gap to avoid meeting during the Spring half-term (17th to 21st February). After the Easter holidays (6th to 19th April), the States will meet on 21st April and will then meet on Liberation Day, 9th May, which falls on a Saturday. The States will meet again on the Tuesday following Liberation Day, 12th May, and there will then be a gap for half-term (25th to 29th May) before the States' meeting on 2nd June. The fortnightly cycle is then followed until the last meeting before the summer recess, which will commence on 14th July.

In accordance with the requirements of Standing Orders, the first meeting of the 2nd Session has to be on the second Tuesday in September, namely 8th September 2020. The fortnightly meetings cycle will continue through until the final meeting of 2020, which will commence on 1st December 2020. Standing Orders require the 2nd Session to end no later than the 3rd Tuesday in December (15th December 2020). The schools break for Christmas on 18th December 2020.

The first meeting of 2021 will be on Tuesday 19th January 2021.

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APPENDIX

2020 SESSIONS

In accordance with Standing Order 38, I hereby give notice that

the Privileges and Procedures Committee has fixed the following days for the holding of meetings of the States in 2020.

First Session

Continuation (if necessary) January 21st  January 22nd and 23rd February 4th  February 5th and 6th February 25th  February 26th and 27th March 10th  March 11th and 12th March 24th  March 25th and 26th

April 21st  April 22nd and 23rd

May 9th

May 12th  May 13th and 14th

June 2nd  June 3rd and 4th

June 16th  June 17th and 18th

June 30th  July 1st and 2nd

July 14th  July 15th and 16th

Second Session

Continuation (if necessary) September 8th  September 9th and 10th September 22nd  September 23rd and 24th October 6th  October 7th and 8th October 20th  October 21st and 22nd November 3rd  November 4th and 5th November 17th  November 18th and 19th December 1st  December 2nd and 3rd

The first meeting of 2021 will be on 19th January 2021. Greffier of the States

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