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SEPT 2023

Ministerial Plans

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Government

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Ministerial Plans

Contents

Introduction 5 Chief Minister 7 Minister for Children and Education 13 Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture 19 Minister for the Environment 23 Minister for External Relations 27 Minister for Health and Social Services 33 Minister for Justice and Home Affairs 39 Minister for Housing and Communities 43 Minister for Infrastructure 47 Minister for International Development 51 Minister for Social Security 55 Minister for Treasury and Resources 59 Council of Ministers Legislative Programme for 2024 62

Ministerial Plans

Jersey: A Thriving Community

Introduction

The Ministerial Plans form part of the Government Programme 2024-2027 and set out:

  each Minister s priorities; and

  the Council of Ministers Legislative Programme for 2024

The Ministerial Plans will be updated each year.

Further information on the functions discharged by each Minister and Assistant Ministers is published online in this report: Art. 30A Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministers and Assistant Ministers Report (gov.je)

Ministerial Groups are established by the Chief Minister or the Council of Ministers to provide a central ministerial forum in which to consider and deliberate matters ranging across a number of portfolios. A list of Ministerial Groups, including terms of reference and membership is published online here: How the Council of Ministers works (gov.je)

Chief Minister

Deputy Kristina Moore

Assistant Ministers

Deputy  

Lucy   Deputy   ConnØtable   Stephenson Alex Curtis Andy Jehan

Deputy   Deputy   Elaine Millar Ian Gorst

Ministerial Priorities

I will work to lead a government that is    I will also continue to work closely with  trusted, compassionate, and responsive to  relevant ministers to:  

Islanders. I will do so through my leadership  

i.  sustain political and executive focus  

and co-ordination of the work of the Council of  

on the Island s recovery from recent  Ministers.  

major incidents, placing those  

My priorities are: affected at the heart of all decision-

making  

  1. Supporting Ministers to deliver on  

our areas of relentless focus: ii.  coordinate and facilitate delivery of  

new healthcare facilities

   helping Islanders to cope with the cost  

iii. provide strategic direction on  

of living

improvements to the public realm     addressing the causes and effects of  as Chair of the Future Places  

the housing crisis Political Oversight Group, with a  

particular focus on St Helier.

   resolving recruitment and retention  

pressures across the public and private  

sectors.  

  1. Continuing to strengthen  5.  Working with the Housing Minister the relationship between the  to ensure Government has strong Government, States and the parishes  and sustained actions to tackle including through: the housing crisis and increase home ownership, as set out in his

   leading on constitutional policy

Ministerial Plan.

   regular liaison with Scrutiny Chairs

and the President of Scrutiny Liaison  6.  Continuing to make support to Committee children and their families central

   actively monitoring the Privileges  to the work of this Government by and Procedures Committee s pilot  leading on delivery of the outcomes

of constituency office teams in 2024  of the 2017 Care Inquiry Report, to

and supporting implementation of the  ensure we learn from the mistakes of resulting model the past and deliver positive change going forward.

   continuing to hold Council of Ministers

meetings in parishes monthly  7.  Supporting an engaged and

   annual publication of Ministerial  productive public service workforce

priorities and associated legislation. by:

   listening to staff, and responding to the

  1. Building strong partnerships across  results of the 2023 BeHeard survey the whole of government, the private

sector and charitable and community    consolidating the new central key organisations to deliver real benefits  worker accommodation service,

for Islanders, by: providing fair access to temporary and

transitional accommodation for priority    continuing to engage with Islanders  key workers

and stakeholders, through the Older

People s Forum and bringing together    delivering further improvements to diverse, talented Islanders of all  recruitment and retention processes generations to inform and challenge  and systems

Ministers on opportunities for the    developing our talent through training Island  and development programmes, and

   in partnership with other ministers,  increasing the number of apprentices

developing a family friendly approach  year-on-year

across all key government policies that    continuing to prioritise strategic

will shape our Island s future workforce planning, with a particular

   progressing the international cultural  focus on critical frontline services such centre project, encouraging Islanders  as children s social care and healthcare

from all backgrounds to come together,    ensuring that our public service values promoting diversity and strengthening  are demonstrated in everything we do. inclusion

   embedding commitments made in the Engagement and Information Review.

  1. Requiring governance arrangements that support a culture of delivery and robust decision making enabling services to be efficient, effective and value for money while also being transparent and accountable.

  1. Progressing population and migration policy by:

   leading the Population and Skills

Ministerial Group, which provides a central political forum for matters relating to population policy and the skills needs of the Island

   presenting the 2024 annual update

on the Council of Ministers Common Population Policy to the States Assembly

   working with relevant Ministers to

review the availability and quality of housing for those without full housing qualifications, and to consider options for improvement

   bringing forward secondary legislation

to support the development of

clearer and more flexible population controls, and reviewing the legislation that controls access to housing and bringing forward amendments as necessary

   finalising operational systems to

manage responsive migration controls effectively

   collecting accurate and timely statistics

on population trends including migration and immigration volumes and analysis.

  1. Maintaining and enhancing Jersey s position as a leading and well- respected international finance centre while responding to the needs of Islanders to access financial services products, by:

   continuing to enhance the industry s

ability to take advantage of the opportunities created by fintech and Open Finance

   developing an appropriate legislative

framework for regulation of digital assets

   enhancing consumer protections

by implementing consumer lending legislation and a comprehensive framework for pension regulation

   responding to the conclusions of the

MONEYVAL report and developing international best practice, reviewing the Island s approach to financial regulation with a view to bringing forward any necessary proposals in order to maintain the island s position as a leading responsible jurisdiction

   enhancing the product offering for

financial services through legislative amendments to key financial services legislation


  effecting the transfer of the Depositors

Compensation Scheme to the Jersey Resolution Authority.

  1. Maintaining and developing a strong regime for combatting financial crime in Jersey in line with international standards, best practice and the Island s long-term prosperity by:

   Continuing with the process of the

2023/2024 MONEYVAL evaluation, which will assess Jersey against the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)  international standards on anti-money  laundering and countering terrorist  financing including preparing for  

the findings of the evaluation in the  summer of 2024 and publishing a  comprehensive response on behalf of  the Government and island authorities  to the conclusions of the MONEYVAL  evaluation.

   continuing to implement the National  

Strategy for Combatting Money  Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism  and the Financing of Proliferation of  Weapons of Mass Destruction 2022- 2026 and associated action plan

   chairing the Financial Crime Political  

Steering Group, which takes strategic  policy decisions, ensures national  cooperation between all agencies and  monitors the delivery of the national  action plan

   providing for the full transition of the  

Financial Intelligence Unit out of the  States of Jersey Police with legislation  and necessary funding  

   developing an enhanced approach  

to law enforcement agencies  investigating complex financial crime  by considering further changes to the  legislative framework  

   receiving reports on the effectiveness  

of financial crime agencies from the  Financial Crime Agency Review Group  ( FCARG ) which will drive decisions on  national policy.

  1. Improving value for money in the    supporting all departments to improve delivery of our public services, by: delivery, through strengthened organisational performance

   prioritising filling vacancies in frontline  management and with additional

services such as children s social  support provided by the Delivery Unit care and healthcare while controlling  on key projects.

vacancies elsewhere, as part of

actively managing the size of the

public service

   delivering departmental savings

targets while demonstrating continuous improvement

   introducing a new government-wide

approach to organisational change management with a stronger focus on benefits realisation

   partnering with other agencies to use

public services as a means of investing in innovation and research to benefit the Island

   leading the Council of Ministers

work with counterparts in Guernsey, promoting the sharing of expertise, resources and best practices to

drive good quality and value for money public services across both jurisdictions.

  1. Improving the performance of Ministerial departments by:

   accelerating digitisation and

streamlining of services with a view to improving their convenience and transparency starting with the delivery of core digital capabilities to support government-wide improvements

   integrating citizen data to deliver

services more effectively and efficiently, and tasking officials

to develop intelligent integrated government data insights to support robust decision making, underpinned by the Statistics Code of Practice

   sustaining our cyber security maturity

   progressing decarbonisation of the

government s fleet and estate, as a sustainability priority

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Minister for Children and Education

Deputy Inna Gardiner

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   ConnØtable   Louise Doublet Richard Vibert

Ministerial Priorities

My priorities are: through high attainment for their  

abilities alongside their wider social,  

  1. Ensuring all children and young  emotional and health well-being  people have the best education  

available to them, from early years    continuing to modernise and enrich  through to adulthood, by:  the Jersey curriculum to reflect the  

challenges of the modern-day world  

   ensuring that education is shaped  so that all children and young people  

around children, their needs and their  are happy to learn and can go on to  human rights and that children and  succeed and be the best that they  young people are listened to at every  can be, whatever their background or  level of the Education system and  individual needs.  

where possible their views are taken  

   offering evidence-based approaches  into account and acted on.  

that support families and children who     using the Council of Ministers  need early help and support within  

commitment to put schools at the heart  an outward looking education and  

of an inclusive community approach  support system.  

to innovate and establish the best  

   providing new ways of including and  leadership and partnership models  

supporting learners with particular  

for schools, which have children, their  

needs, better supporting children  families, and communities as their  

and young people who are multi- focus.  

lingual learners, further developing  

   ensuring that children and young  the schools funding formula and  people can achieve their potential  further upskilling the teaching  

workforce through the rollout of    delivering the next phase of the continuous professional development  school food programme, extending programmes.  the number of participating primary

schools where hot lunches are

   recruiting more specialist staff to work

available.

with children to access the curriculum

and continuing to develop our    recognising that all children need workforce to improve how we teach  regular and frequent access to green and support children and better target  space and nature in order to flourish, support where it is needed across  and search for and act on opportunities inclusive schools.  to increase access to these wherever

children and young people are

   developing plans for legal reform of

accessing education.

the Education Law that will promote

inclusion, autonomy of schools, and

  1. Implementing the Children and

clear systems of governance and

Young People s Emotional Wellbeing accountability, whilst continuing to

promote inclusive communities and  and Mental Health Strategy 2022-25 support for all children and families to  and delivering improved health and access the highest quality education.  wellbeing outcomes for children and

young people, by:

   identifying and implementing a model

of early years services that is child-   continuing to address CAMHS waiting centred, equitable, efficient, and  times for ADHD neuro-developmental affordable that can deliver very good  assessments and to maintain within outcomes for all children and families.  target waiting times post-Children

and Family Hub triage, for initial

   developing a strategy to offer  assessments, therapy, and autism

affordable and also targeted free  assessments.

nursery provision for children aged

from 9 months.    continuing to deliver the work

identified by the The nasen review

   engaging with families to understand  in December 2021, a number of

how parenting support services can be  strategies are being developed,

further improved and better accessed.  including Mental Health and Wellbeing This work will continue into 2024.  leads for all schools and whole school

   recognising the importance of  policy, creation of a charter of Inclusion

communication and language in the  for all young people in education and early years and beyond, and working  reviewing policies regarding school

in partnership with Jersey Library  attendance

and Every Child Our Future (ECOF) to    continuing to update the CYPES increase literacy levels and enjoyment  estate ensuring disability accessibility through all ages of our population.  and safeguarding requirements are

   reviewing and updating the Jersey  addressed and that the estate reflects

School Review Framework (JSRF)  the capacity requirements of CYPES for 2024 to reflect developments in  services.

curriculum and the Inclusion Review    creating and delivering a multi-

and incorporating the Independent  agency mental health and skills and Schools Inspection Framework  competency framework to include launched in 2023.  trauma training

   delivering on the capital programme,    delivering support sessions that

including the production of a roadmap  promote wellbeing including physical for the re-development of schools in  activity, eating and sleeping well Town, and explore models of community

integration for schools in Jersey.

   working in partnership with the  4.  Working in partnership to deliver

voluntary, community and private  a range of services for children sector to increase the range of support  and young people, families and available communities, by:

   undertaking a review of family support

and parenting groups as well as support for young carers, to provide consistency across the Island

  1. Improving our social care services for children and building on the Jersey Care Inquiry recommendations, by:

   working across Government to

deliver our corporate parenting responsibilities. This will mean children in the care of the Minister, and care leavers, will be supported by the Government to thrive and prepare to move into adulthood.

   working with partners to improve

continuity in care, early identification of need and better co-ordination of services.

   ensuring our services are safeguarding

children and young people with targeted focus on the most vulnerable.

   delivering system change so that

we better support and care for our children. This will include delivering programmes which aim to keep children safely with their families and where this is not possible to provide a loving home for them. Our promise will be to ensure we all thrive together.

   ensuring we have enough capacity to

support our most vulnerable children and families, for those either in care or through preventative work and continuing to work with children and families to improve the quality of our services.

   delivering improvements in our

residential care services including developing and enhancing therapeutic support working closely with the range of services.

   increasing support across Fostering

and Adoption Services to ensure our parents, carers and extended families are getting the right help when needed.


  developing Best Practice models for

partnership engagement with the 3rd sector

   developing relationships and support

for multilingual young people into community-based provision.

   continuing to deliver on the Youth

Service Improvement Programme.  

   delivering on the capital programme  

to provide young people with fit for  purpose community-based provision in  St Helier and Le Squez.  

   developing ways to meaningfully  

involve and engage children  

and young people in delivering  improvements to services by  embedding participation standards  across CYPES and introducing  accountability and governance  structures.  

   ensuring all front facing CYPES  

services to children and young people  are rights respecting.  

   continuing to develop the work of  

the Youth Parliament and The School  Council Network to ensure children  and young people have an active  voice in their schools, colleges and  community.  

   delivering the Jersey International  

Cultural Centre which is dedicated  

to offering guidance, assistance, and  insights to individuals with cultural  backgrounds extending beyond Jersey  

   continuing to develop partnerships  

across the Arts sector to deliver  the Arts, Education & Personal  Development strand of the Arts  Strategy  

   working with partner organisations to  

develop cycling proficiency and road  safety awareness  

5.  Establishing a strong, engaged and  6.  Enhancing Jersey s skills system valued workforce working on behalf  to ensure it is responsive to the of children, young people and their  evolving needs of the economy and families and ensuring services are  Islanders aspirations, by:

delivered safely and effectively, by:

   continuing to build strong partnerships    sustaining a focus on recruitment in  between Government, industry,

nurseries, childcare settings, schools,  and employers to ensure that local Children s Social Work, Residential  education and training fully prepares Care and CAMHS. To develop  learners for the workplace.

bespoke campaigns and improve

   confirming an agreed approach to processes to attract future colleagues

upgrading the teaching and learning

to work for our services.

facilities at Highlands College to

   continue to work with early years  ensure they mirror high-quality providers to understand and address  contemporary workplaces.

the challenges of workforce pressures.

   ensuring Islanders of all ages can

   addressing staff wellbeing by listening  access training opportunities which

to the needs of the workforce,  support them to develop new and addressing day-to-day work  additional skills required by our challenges, for example workload, and  changing economy.

providing opportunities for colleagues

   working with ministerial colleagues, to grow with the organisation.

and the People and Skills Ministerial

   ensuring robust governance,  Group, to ensure skills policy and

safeguarding and quality assurance  delivery is coordinated across frameworks are in place across CYPES  Government.

and schools, ensuring children and

   continuing to explore and deliver the young people are protected and

37 actions from the Further Education service operate effectively.

and Skills Actionable Agenda to create a robust skills system for the island

   promoting individual and employer

investment in lifelong learning by developing strong and visible culture and raise awareness of the importance and benefits of lifelong learning.

   creating a dedicated internal Skills development fund under the CYPES

revenue Head of Expenditure following the recommendation of the Further Education and Skills Actionable Agenda report and the States Assembly decision.

   working with the Population and

Skills Ministerial Group to undertake a review and feasibility study into the establishment of Individual Lifelong Learning Accounts.

   developing a strategy for on-island

provision of Higher Education in partnership with local providers.

  1. Ensuring the department is improving value for money in the delivery of the department s  services by:

   increased focus on early prevention

   improving continuity in care, support

and reducing duplication in processes, which will ensure the delivery of departmental savings targets

   ensuring better budgetary control and

working to ensure future affordability and sustainability of services; and

   demonstrating effective leadership  

by embedding the systems and  processes that drive a culture of  quality, safety, learning and continuous  improvement  

  1. Ensuring the department is driving  improvements to the performance of  its services by:  

   supporting, engaging and adopting  

continuous improvement

   adopting a quality assurance  

framework as part of the new services  coming under regulation of care  

   further developing the schools review  

framework to include greater focus  on inclusion and quality outcomes for  children and young people

   continuing to focus on benchmarked  

performance across education,  CAMHS, Children s Services and the  Jersey Youth Service  

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Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture

Deputy Kirsten Morel

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   Deputy  

Alex Curtis Lucy Stephenson

Ministerial Priorities

My priorities are: 2.  I will work with ministerial colleagues  

to champion and realise the full  

1.  Implementing an economic  potential of Jersey s economy in  framework which will champion a  every aspect of Government of  sustainable and inclusive approach  Jersey s work plan, including:  

and drive an economy that is  

consistently high-performing,    Working with the Population and Skills  environmentally sustainable,  Ministerial Group to address skills  entrepreneurial and technologically  shortages.

advanced. I will work with other    Working with the Future Energy  ministers to develop policies and  Ministerial Group to consider the future  mechanisms to alleviate the current  role that renewable energy can play in  problems of staff shortages and  our economy.

helping Islanders cope with the rising  

cost of living.    Wtheo rckhinagll ewnigthe os  tohf e rri sMining i  sc to es rsts t  oo f m  eet  

living and developing our island s  infrastructure to support future  economic prosperity.

   Enabling productivity growth by  

attracting inward investment to support  the diversification of Jersey s economy  and supporting the delivery of key  initiatives by Jersey Business, Digital  Jersey and other delivery partners.

Ministerial Plans

  1. Working with stakeholders to ensure  5.  Working with our key partners to that Government interactions are  ensure our Island maintains robust simple and efficient for new and  economic infrastructure including existing businesses, entrepreneurs  transport and digital connectivity, and social enterprises, by:  improving resilience and expanding choice for consumers, by:

   Developing a programme to champion

enterprise across our business    Using the Future Economy Programme environment and government  and working across government to processes. ensure the most effective initiatives are

progressed and our future economic

   Lowering barriers to business and

needs are better understood.

preparing necessary legislative

changes, where needed.   Working with the Ports Policy Group

to develop priorities to provide clear

   reviewing the Tourism (Jersey) Law

policy direction to Ports of Jersey as a 1948 and the Licensing (Jersey) Law

vital States-owned body.

1974 to ensure they are fit for purpose

and enable businesses to operate    Supporting the identification and efficiently within the sector. allocation of suitable areas of land for

economic use.

   Developing a social enterprise

framework to support the development    Delivering a safe, secure and resilient and sustainability of local social  environment for developing the digital enterprises. economy through the implementation

of the Digital Economy Strategy.

  1. Identifying new international

opportunities for Jersey businesses    Amending Jersey s Competition Law and work to deepen our Island s  framework to support the Island s

business environment, both for economic ties to our closest

domestic and foreign investors, neighbours, by:  and protecting the interests of local

   Enhancing our economic ties with  consumers.

France and other neighbours, including

the implementation of the Export and  6.  Recognising the importance of our Inward Investment strategies. marine and agriculture sectors,

by supporting these industries to

   Exploring opportunities through  improve productivity, environmental

regular, at a minimum, quarterly  performance and Jersey s food meetings with our Guernsey

counterparts for greater cooperation  security, by:

across all areas of economic activity    Implementing the Rural and Marine including, but not limited to, air and sea  Economic Frameworks.

connectivity, digital, sport, culture and

heritage.    Expanding the provision of the Rural

Initiative Scheme.

   Deepening our cultural, sporting, and

economic links with France, particularly the departments of Ille et Vilaine and La Manche as well as other European jurisdictions.


  Providing additional support to the

fishing industry via the Marine Sector Support Scheme.

   Supporting the development of the

medicinal cannabis industry and innovative medical products into a highly regulated, robust and export- focused element of our rural economy.

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  1. Recognising the part sport can play in improving lives and strengthening communities, we will deliver a coordinated and enhanced sport offering for Islanders. We will embrace the power of sport to enrich our local economy and promote Jersey internationally. This will include:

   Championing a coordinated approach

to sport across Government and the community to help in the delivery of Ministers strategic priorities.

   Supporting our local talent and sports

organisations to compete nationally and internationally.

   Ensuring we remain aligned with

our local, national and international sporting obligations and governance.

  1. Ensuring the continued commitment to devote 1% of all Government expenditure to the arts, to support delivery of the Arts and Heritage Strategies, by:

   Completing the Jersey Opera House

refurbishment to enable this venue to host major events from 2025.

   Progressing the refurbishment of

Elizabeth Castle as a major capital project

   Continuing to champion the Creative

Island Partnership, facilitating direct engagement with the arts sector and developing opportunities for careers in the arts and culture sectors.

   Finalising and lodging a new bespoke

Heritage Law and subordinate legislation.

   Promoting Jersey as an attractive

jurisdiction for intellectual property rights which play an important role in supporting a thriving creative economy.


  1. Creating new opportunities for growth in the daytime, evening, visitor and events-led economies, using clearly articulated sector strategies to encourage investment and influence placemaking to create an attractive and dynamic retail and tourism sector, by:

   Engaging with stakeholders from

across the tourism sector to implement the Visitor Economy Strategy.

   Working with our retail and visitor

partners to facilitate new opportunities  for growth in the daytime, evening,  visitor and events-led economies.  

   Designing and beginning to deliver  

a new retail strategy to promote  investment and influence placemaking  to create attractive and dynamic  opportunities for our retail sector.

  1. Deploying the Technology  Accelerator Fund through Impact  Jersey. Working in partnership with  Digital Jersey to design programmes  that drive prudent and targeted  digital solutions to wider Island  challenges and we will promote  

a responsible, internationally  competitive and innovative digital  and technology sector.  

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Minister for the Environment

Deputy Jonathan Renouf

Assistant Minister

Deputy   Hilary Jeune

Ministerial Priorities

My priorities are: 2.  Protecting and enhancing Jersey s  

natural environment and heritage by:

1.  Tackling the climate emergency by  

reducing Jersey s carbon emissions    extending protection of the Island s  

in line with our net-zero target and  rich geodiversity to ensure that  improve our resilience to the impacts  geo-heritage assets are valued and  

of climate change by: appreciated

   delivering the first phase of the carbon    continuing to designate conservation  

areas to protect and improve the  

noenutthreal droeacdarmbaopn iisnact li uo dn i no gf hae faot cinugs  architectural and historic character and  buildings and road transport through a  appearance of these special places

just transition   continuing to develop our  

understanding of the Island s  

   rgeovvieewrnianngc teh eo fotpheer aIstliaonndasn de nergy  archaeological heritage and ensuring  market to ensure a safe and  its appropriate consideration and  

just transition from a reliance on  protection

hydrocarbons; and working with Jersey    developing a marine spatial plan to  Electricity to ensure the readiness of  ensure the sustainable management of  the grid for accelerated electrification the Island s marine environment, and  

   continuing to develop the necessary  bringing forward proposals to develop  

consenting regimes and frameworks to  a marine park

enable utility-scale offshore renewable  

energy generation

Ministerial Plans

   better protecting biodiversity    enhancing public debate to ensure through new legislation and planning  that the integral links between climate, policies; exploring the introduction of  natural resource quality, environmental

biodiversity net gain; and progressing  quality, active travel, health (both strategic workstreams to address  physical and mental), and personal biodiversity loss (including trees) responsibility are understood and more widely discussed

   working with the Minister for

Infrastructure to bring forward    bringing forward proposals for the legislation to ban disposable vapes licensing of food business and for the

import and export of food to protect

  1. Ensuring the delivery of the homes  human health and consumer interests and infrastructure that are essential

   developing a proportionate,

to economic prosperity and Islanders

transparent and consistent approach wellbeing; and enhance the quality of  to compliance and enforcement,

places in the Island, by: including a code of conduct for setting    beginning to prepare the evidence  standards in developing policies and

base for the next island plan, to include  operating procedures which guides the understanding the need for homes and  regulatory activities, complemented by

key infrastructure a resolution framework

   working to explore the introduction of  5.  Improving value for money in the

a development levy for the Island delivery of our public services by:

   implementing a licensing scheme to    delivering departmental savings

regulate rental properties to ensure  targets

minimum standards in rental dwellings

are maintained   demonstrating continuous

improvement

   progressing the development of a

long-term Island-wide water strategy,  6.  Improving the performance of

and undertake a review of the Water  departments and services by: (Jersey) Law 1972 in line with the

objectives following the development    supporting an engaged and productive of the water strategy  workforce

   enhancing customer experience

  1. Promoting flexibility, responsiveness,

and efficiencies in the way that we    progressing the effective management work to best meet the needs of our  of risk and good governance customers by:   ensuring the efficient, effective and

   ensuring the planning system is  sustainable use of departmental

responsive to key priorities; and  resources

reviewing the form of the Island Plan    improving performance management and the process by which it is revised

to ensure that it is fit-for-purpose,    ensuring that the public service values accessible and of more relevance to  are demonstrated in everything we do

islanders

   continuing to review, develop and

publish planning guidance that better supports the planning service and helps to deliver the Island Plan

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Minister for External Relations

Deputy Philip Ozouf

Assistant Minister

Deputy   Ian Gorst

Ministerial Priorities

My priorities are: engagement in the run-up to the UK  

General Election;  

  1. Conducting external relations,  

   engaging on a range of high-

cino ancccuorrrednatnlyc ewwithit hth teh eCChioemf Mmionnis  ter,  profile policy issues in support of  Policy on External Relations, as  other Government of Jersey (GoJ)  

departments and pursuing positive  updated and agreed by Ministers  

outcomes in the best interests of the  in 2022.  

Island;

  1. Continuing to build positive, long-   maintaining and strengthening the  term relationships with Jersey s  Jersey London Office to safeguard the  external partners to promote and  delivery of a successful on-the-ground  protect the Island s interests through  platform for UK political and officer  our international engagement,  engagement.

specifically:  

United Kingdom - Trade and  

United Kingdom political relationships: Cooperation Agreement (TCA):

   engaging regularly with UK Ministers    maintaining effective representation  

and cross-party parliamentarians to  and engagement through relevant  increase understanding of, and support  oversight and governance structures;  

for, Jersey s constitutional relationship    continuing to engage with GoJ and UK  and value to the UK; Government colleagues in respect of  

   undertaking targeted programmes of  TCA implementation e.g. the fisheries  

management regime;  

   monitoring developments in the UK-   playing a key role in developing and EU relationship that could impact the  communicating the Island s response Island to international developments on tax

and beneficial ownership;

United Kingdom Free Trade

Agreement Programme:   delivering relevant commitments within

the Island Identity Report. This will

   coordinating cross-government input  include promoting Ambassador for

to new UK Free Trade Agreements  Jersey packs, designed to support (FTAs), including oversight of analysis  those representing the Island abroad,

of the benefits and risks of Jersey s  and developing a Jersey Connections participation;  diaspora engagement initiative, which

aims to improve connectivity and

   pursuing access in line with the

engagement with people living abroad principles of participation agreed by

who have an affinity to Jersey;

the States Assembly, and particularly in

respect of trade in services, in line with    providing information on UK consular the Island s priority interests; support, where required.

   concluding and implementing the

France:

overarching UK-Crown Dependencies

Memoranda of Understanding in    Delivering the cross-government respect of Dispute Resolution; engagement strategy and coordinating

the cross-departmental working group,

   supporting the delivery of a

to steer and oversee work to improve programme of reform in the intellectual

and cultivate Jersey-French relations, property area to enable Jersey to seek

including with the French national inclusion in the services chapters of

government;

the Comprehensive and Progressive

Agreement for Trans-Pacific    undertaking proactive and wide- Partnership (and other modern FTAs). ranging engagement with regional

partners across Normandy and Brittany, Supporting Government of Jersey  including a programme of ministerial priorities: and officer inbound and outbound

visits complemented by regular

   continuing to work with GoJ

regional summits;

departments and arms-length

bodies to support and enhance the    working collaboratively with other Island s economic productivity, using  departments to develop and

our relationships with the Crown  implement projects supporting Dependencies, the UK, Europe, and  cooperation across trade, connectivity, global partners to inform and support  travel, education, arts, heritage and

the objectives of the Council of  sport, including exploring the possibility Ministers; of formalising commitment with the

negotiation and implementation

   continuing to use our existing and

of targeted Memoranda of

grow new external relationships to

Understanding;

develop collaborative approaches

to areas of common challenge    delivering a programme of on-the- including housing policy, population  ground engagement in Paris through and migration issues, labour and skills  use of the UK s diplomatic platform (in shortages; line with the 2023 Memorandum of

Understanding);

   supporting other GoJ departments in

the development of the strategy for

International Compliance:

an off-shore wind farm, in support of

climate change, energy resilience and    ensuring Jersey continues to take a

cost of living objectives.; proactive and visible leadership role

in supporting the global community in its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine;

   effective implementation of

sanctions [by the Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit] in a timely

and comprehensive way, and by undertaking collaborative multi-agency work as part of an effective whole-of- Island, government/regulator/industry response;

   conducting regular outreach and

engagement with industry to provide clarity and guidance on issues related to sanctions implementation;

   Leading implementation of MONEYVAL

recommendations relating to sanctions implementation, as appropriate, following the Island s assessment in 2023;

   delivering an effective international

compliance function, including managing the relationship with the Director of Civil Aviation;

   monitoring direction of travel in EU and with international partners on the use

of frozen assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine to ensure early alignment.

European Union:

   continuing to develop and grow

Jersey s profile and engagement with EU institutions (Commission, Council, Parliament), in line with the European Relations Engagement Strategy and the business plan of the Channel Islands Brussels Office;

   utilise our overseas representation

in London, Brussels Caen and Paris

to horizon-scan, lobby and engage directly with EU stakeholders on the ground on key policy areas of taxation, financial services, financial crime, data protection amongst others, particularly in light of institutional changes in 2024 (European Parliament and European Commission changes in 2024);

   building new areas of collaboration

and relationship with the EU, with a particular focus on cultural diplomacy,


and support to the broader economy - evolving plans for engagement, with particular focus on those jurisdictions with which we share historic, community and economic ties;

   undertaking a wide programme of

ministerial and officer inbound and outbound engagement to build solid and positive bilateral relations with EU Member States.

Global relationships:

   progressing the Global Relations  

Strategy to increase Jersey s positive  visibility, improve access to key  decision-makers and enhance the  island s connectivity in carefully  selected priority jurisdictions outside  the UK and EU;

   negotiating new international  

agreements, including opening  negotiations on Bilateral Investment  Treaties (e.g., with Rwanda and Qatar  by Q2 2024, completing domestic  ratification of the Ghana BIT in 2024,  and concluding Double Taxation  Agreement negotiations with Ghana by  Q1 2024);  

   building alliances, in conjunction with  

other GoJ departments, to further  international cooperation in areas such  as trade, asset return, tackling financial  crime, environmental, digital, cultural  and educational collaboration.  

Multilateral organisations:

   continuing to represent Jersey s  

interests - and take leadership  positions where possible - in strategic  multilateral fora such as the OECD,  Commonwealth institutions, and the  IMF and World Bank.  

  1. Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:

   delivering departmental savings targets

   demonstrating continuous

improvement

  1. Improving the performance of departments and services by:

   supporting an engaged and productive

workforce

   enhancing customer experience

   progressing the effective management

of risk and good governance

   ensuring the efficient, effective and

sustainable use of departmental resources

   improving performance management

   ensuring that the public service values

are demonstrated in everything we do

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Minister for Health and Social Services

Deputy Karen Wilson

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   Deputy  

Rose Binet Malcolm Ferey

Ministerial Priorities

During 2024 I will focus on the quality,  b.  Ensuring the Board is driving  

safety, effectiveness and affordability of the  improvements to the performance of HCS  Government of Jersey s health and care  and its services by:

services and, on supporting improvements to  

supporting, engaging and improving  the health and wellbeing of Islanders through  

the productivity of the workforce; activities that prevent ill health and promote  

wellbeing.  establishing an effective leadership  

and performance management  

My priorities are:

culture;

1.  Securing vital governance  providing assurance on operational  improvements in the quality, safety  effectiveness aligned with  

and effectiveness of services  structural and departmental change  delivered by the Health and  programmes;

Community Services Department  building operational resilience by  (HCS) by:  ensuring there is continual and  

a.  Monitoring performance of the newly  focused delivery of departmental  established Health and Community  workforce plans;

Services Board ensuring that all Board  putting in place the systems and  committees, reporting structures  processes to help ensure HCS staff  and assurance frameworks are fully  feel they are valued team members  established by Quarter 2 2024.  who are free to speak up about  

concerns;

enhancing the engagement,  continuing regular, meaningful participation and involvement of  engagement between the

people who use services in the work  department, patients and the wider of the department; public.

enhancing patient experience  c)  Ensuring the Board is improving value for including by introducing a service  money in the delivery of the department s excellence standard setting out HCS s  services by:

commitments to its patients and staff,

ensuring better budgetary control and including standards related to waiting

the delivery of departmental savings times and referrals and measures of

targets and working with the Minister service satisfaction;

for Treasury and Resources to ensure progressing the effective  future affordability and sustainability management of risk and good  of services; and

governance including improving the

demonstrating effective leadership quality and use of data to:

by embedding the systems and

  1. better identify and manage risk;  processes that drive a culture

of quality, safety, learning and

  1. understand service capacity and

continuous improvement.

demand;

  1. plan improvements and monitor  2.  Enabling different parts of the health effectiveness; and care system to better work together to improve outcomes for

leading the work on development of

an HCS clinical service strategy and  Islanders by:

the services to be provided by the  a.  working alongside other Island providers department; to consider options for improved system- ensuring the efficient, effective and  wide working, governance and strategy sustainable use of departmental  development including development of an resources including continued roll-out  island-wide health and care strategy;

of the electronic patient record and  b.  in collaboration with the Minister for ongoing digitalisation of health care  Treasury and Resources and Minister services;  for Social Security, continue to develop

options for healthcare funding to help

epxropvainsidoinn gto t hIsel acnhdoeicrse tohfr os ue grvhic teh e  ensure that Jersey, in common with the implementation of the paid for  rest of the world, can respond to known

services strategy, enhancing the  future increases in the costs of healthcare; private healthcare offer, attracting  and

skilled professional to Jersey and  c.  building on work undertaken in 2023 increasing income to be used for the  continue to develop the Jersey

benefit of all Islanders; Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, a improving performance management  comprehensive data set that will help all including adoption of, and compliance  service providers, inside and outside of with, evidence-based clinical  government, to plan services and chart standards to ensure services are  progress.

safe and effective, and preparing for

independent inspection by the Jersey

Care Commission; and

ensuring HCS is upholding public service values including demonstrating departmental openness and transparency and

  1. Advancing the health and wellbeing  carers receive high quality bereavement of women in our community by: support and aftercare;
  1. developing proposed changes to the Termination of Pregnancy (Jersey) Law 1997 in order to ensure it meets the needs of women and takes account of changes in medical practice. Those changes will be informed by the citizens engagement process undertaken in 2023;
  2. continuing to deliver improvements to HCS maternity services in 2024;
  3. continuing, in partnership with the Minister for Children and Education, the work on the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative to promote breast feeding locally; and
  4. publishing a women s health strategy

by end of 2024 setting out priorities for improving the health and wellbeing of women and girls, access to contraception and assisted reproduction services. Including the development of proposals for consideration by the Assembly.

  1. Advancing the health and wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness or distress in our community by:
  1. completing an updated Mental Health Strategy to better meet the treatment

and recovery needs of people affected

by serious mental illness, ensuring timely access to assessment, treatment and early intervention. Including the development of proposals for consideration by the Assembly; and

  1. beginning implementation of the recently published Suicide Prevention Strategy

to help prevent suicide and reduce

the incidences of self-harm, including the development of proposals for consideration by the Assembly.

  1. Advancing the quality healthcare

and wellbeing support for those

living with a health disability, terminal illness or who are in need of support

by:

  1. monitoring and facilitating the roll out of an end-of-life and palliative care strategy, published in 2023, helping to ensure that all islanders can access high quality care and support and that their families and

  1. commencing development of an autism and neurodiversity strategy for publication in 2025. The strategy will be co-produced with service users and external providers;
  2. publishing, in 2024, a roadmap for diabetes care which has been coproduced with service users and external providers, including the development of proposals for implementation; and
  3. developing proposals to underpin  delivery of the recently published  dementia strategy and cancer strategy, for  consideration by the Assembly.
  1. Advancing the health and wellbeing  of all Islanders by:
  1. supporting delivery of priority actions  from the recently published Public Health  Strategy including:

(i)  continuing the work of the Scientific  Advisory Panel for Per- and  Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS);

  1. implementing the recommendations  of the Substance Use Strategy; and
  2. co-ordinating efforts to reduce  preventable physical or mental  illness, working with colleagues  across Government, public sector and  businesses.
  1. continuing to co-ordinate delivery  

of support to those affected by the  

major incidents in late 2022, including  psychological support, health checks and  long-term health monitoring;

  1. implementing the findings of the Health  Protection Review where resources  permit;
  2. developing a revised Food and Nutrition  Strategy for Jersey alongside delivering  activities which will enable Islanders to  better access a healthy, nutritious and  sustainable diet, with a focus on reducing  health inequalities and diet-related  diseases such as cancers, heart disease  and diabetes; and
  1. commencing work on developing  d.  Public Health law: Continued

regulatory systems that provide for  development of a potential new public

the safe prescribing of cannabis and  health law, for debate in 2025, that will development of the medicinal cannabis  provide proportionate measures to industry. support the control of infectious diseases,

threats and other hazards, and will

  1. Informing the programme of  support government to address health development for New Healthcare  inequalities.

Facilities by:

e.  Professional registration law: Continued

  1. specifying the clinical and operational  development of a potential new requirements for new healthcare facilities  professional registration law, consolidating with the Minister for Infrastructure and the  five different laws into one new fit-for- Council of Ministers; and purpose law, for debate in 2025.
  2. providing clear direction and advice on functional content, clinical design and service configuration as the client to the programme of development.
  1. Developing legislation that provides for safe, effective services or supports the health and wellbeing of Islanders including:
  1. Assisted dying: Continued development of a proposed new law permitting assisted dying for Jersey residents aged 18 and over, for debate by Assembly in 2025.
  2. Law to safeguard and protect adults: Continued development of a potential new law which will focus on safeguarding and protecting adults at risk of harm or neglect and providing for the needs of carers. Law drafting to commence in late 2024.
  3. Medicines Law and Misuse of Drugs Law: Commence a review of the Medicines (Jersey) Law 1995 and the Misuse of

Drugs (Jersey) Law 1978 to ensure that Jersey can support manufacturing, wholesale dealing and cultivation of medicinal products and medicines, whilst ensuring compliance with international

and regulatory best practice across

all matters related to medicines and controlled drugs.

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Minister for Justice and Home Affairs

Deputy Helen Miles

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   Deputy   Louise Doublet Hilary Jeune

Ministerial Priorities

Underlying all of my priorities below is the  2.  Ensuring Justice and Home  recognition that during 2022 and 2023 the  Affairs (JHA) frontline services are  Island experienced unprecedented and  appropriately funded, supporting an  deeply tragic incidents, which we will continue  engaged and productive workforce  

to feel the effects of for many years to come,  to operate effectively, efficiently and  and that Justice and Home Affairs services  perform their statutory functions and  have been at the forefront of responding  addressing significant pressures and  to these. I want to recognise the significant  key risks affecting JHA Services by:  impact this has had on services which had  

already experienced periods of disruption    embedding investment in the Fire and  further to organisational change, Brexit and  Rescue and Ambulance Services to  

the Covid-19 pandemic. In the aftermath of  address pressing issues in relation to  this challenging period, our services must be  demand and capacity, risk, governance  afforded the space to reflect and rebuild as the  and compliance with modern  

island continues to recover. As part of this staff  professional standards.

wellbeing must be a primary consideration.    implementing the future resourcing  

model for the Ambulance Service,  

My priorities are:

further to the findings of the  

1.  Recognising the unprecedented  Association of Ambulance Chief  demands arising from the tragic  Executives Review Report 2021 and  major incidents in 2022 and  the Demand and Capacity Review,

2023, ensuring that our teams are    continuing to invest in public and  supported through the recovery  firefighter safety to address significant  phase. risks due to inadequate resources,  

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concerns about the service s    developing and delivering a

succession planning and the inability  community safety programme for

to attract specialist or senior talent  schools as part of an overarching

from outside Jersey, as highlighted in  strategic focus on early intervention, the National Fire Chiefs Council/Local  filling the gap left after Prison! Me! No! Government Association Peer Review  Way! (PMNW) was discontinued. Report 2022.

4.  Developing and delivering a modern

   reforming fire safety, including  and effective youth justice policy

development of new fire precautions

by reviewing the findings of the legislation, fireworks, and

previous youth justice reviews and rreescpoomnmdeinngdtaoti oGnres nafnedll TUoKwBeur iIlndqinugir y  the latest available evidence of

Safety Programme. effective practice, working with the Minister for Children and Education.

   continuing to develop the existing

Emergency Services Control Centre,  5.  Responding to the findings and

focusing on resilience. Work with each  recommendations of the Violence

JHA service to embed appropriate  Against Women and Girls Taskforce,

governance structures and increase  initiating work to improve women s

compliance with national standards.  safety and experience of the criminal    investing in dedicated data and  justice system.

analytical capability to understand if

our community is getting safer, the  6.  Building and enhancing relationships stories behind key trends in crime and  across Government and the justice disorder and which interventions are  system, as well as with the third working, which are not, and why  sector and other key partners, to

enable truly joined up and strategic

   striving to achieve good value for  working including preparatory work

money, whilst ensuring delivery of

for a refreshed Criminal Justice essential statutory services in the

context of limited public resources  Policy.

   supporting officers to take forward  7.  Reforming legislation by:

the departmental People and Culture,

Strategic Workforce, Wellbeing and    developing a new civil contingencies Diversity, and Equity and Inclusion  law with a focus on resilience.

plans, ensuring that public service    continuing work on reform of the Law values are demonstrated in everything  of Divorce by developing legislation we do to introduce the concept of no fault

divorce in Jersey Law.

3.  Refreshing our community safety and substance use approach by:

   working closely with our partners on

responding to and preventing issues which cause concern in our community by focussing on early intervention and prevention, considering substance use, and other harms such as gambling.

   creating a new building a safer

community framework to replace the previous Building a Safer Society Strategy (BaSS), which lapsed in 2019.


  reviewing firearms legislation

  1. Providing a coordinated focus  on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by:

   progress Diversity Equity, and Inclusion

(DEI) by evaluating existing activity, setting expectations for the public sector to complement the Government of Jersey s five public sector values, and to weigh DEI considerations in all policy development.

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  1. Maintaining a customs and immigration function which delivers for Jersey by:

   continuing to monitor and review

the Work Permit Policy to ensure

an appropriate balance between providing an effective border control and being responsive to the Island s bespoke needs and workforce requirements, including by considering the findings and recommendations

of the Work Permit Holders Welfare Review

   remaining responsive to the impact

of changes to import taxes (including GST) on the service and Islanders, to ensure the efficient collection of revenue with minimal disruption, by investing in systems that enable the necessary functional and technical improvements to be made.

  1. Enshrining a rehabilitative culture within the Prison Service with

an intention of releasing better

neighbours by:

   embedding a new culture focussed

on a rehabilitative model to reduce reoffending, by providing prisoners with the right interventions and environment whilst in prison. This will give them the best possible opportunity to reintegrate with the community upon release, releasing better neighbours.

   embedding the new operating model

for the States of Jersey Prison Service including a new and affordable model for staffing that provides opportunities for staff, including an aspiration to professionalise the role of the prison officer and offer qualifications, up

to and including degree level, in leadership and rehabilitation.

   reviewing service delivery models

within the Prison for Education, Healthcare, Secure Custody of Young People and Rehabilitation by working with HCS, CYPES and the Probation and After-Care Service.


  1. Working in partnership to address policing challenges by:

   building effective, cohesive, inclusive

and effective partnerships as a cornerstone of the community policing approach.

   continuing to assess, adapt and

respond to the changing demands

on the States of Jersey Police (SOJP) including demand related to mental health, children and young people. Building on progress that has seen mental health incidents involving the  SOJP reduce by 34% in 2023 so far  and acknowledging that as corporate  parents, SOJP have a statutory duty  within the Children s Law for the  wellbeing of young people.  

   expanding of the Digital Forensics Unit  

to meet an increasing demand and  improve service to victims, witnesses  and the courts in supporting effective  criminal justice processes.

  1. Improving value for money in the  delivery of our public services, by:  

   delivering departmental savings  

targets  

   demonstrating continuous  

improvement  

  1. Improving the performance of  departments and services by:  

   supporting an engaged and productive  

workforce  

   enhancing customer experience  

   progressing the effective management  

of risk and good governance  

   ensuring the efficient, effective and  

sustainable use of departmental  resources  

   improving performance management

   ensuring that the public service values  

are demonstrated in everything we do

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Minister for Housing and Communities

Deputy David Warr

Ministerial Priorities

I will continue to progress a sustainable    Continuing to implement  

response to the housing crisis, increasing the  commitments made in response  

supply and delivery of homes whilst improving  to the Homelessness Strategy and  affordability, quality and security of tenure.  in light of the formalised definition  

of homelessness, working with  

My priorities are:

shelter providers to ensure our most  

  1. Continuing to model open and  vulnerable Islanders are able to access  the right help at the right time, as part  

accessible political leadership with  

of a whole-system response, using  respect to the housing crisis, listening  

improved data to inform future housing  to learn from Islanders about the  policy and developing new models of  

challenges they face and their hopes  housing-led support.  

for the future.

   Working with the Minister for  

  1. Continuing to work collaboratively  Infrastructure to ensure our investment  with States Members and Scrutiny,  into Island infrastructure is adequate to  and finding ways to work more  support the delivery of more homes for  closely with the Strategic Housing  Islanders.  

Partnership.   Making better use of the homes we  

already have, including policies to  

  1. Improving the housing situation for  support right sizing and ensuring that  Islanders by:  homes are not inappropriately lost from  

   Working with the Chief Minister and  the local housing market.

Council of Ministers to Increase the    Continuing to take action that will  

rate of home ownership, delivering  support vacant homes coming  

more homes and implementing a  back into use, pursuing regulatory  government-backed scheme to  improvements in light of the ongoing  support Islanders with the cost of  work of the Empty Homes Service.  home ownership.

   Delivering fair and sustainable changes     Continuing to work with the Minister  to the Affordable Housing Gateway  

for the Environment and the States  eligibility criteria, in accordance with  Assembly to deliver appropriate  my published Roadmap for Improved  measures to improve rental  Access to Social Housing in Jersey. accommodation standards and provide  

enhanced protections for both tenants  

and landlords.

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  1. Addressing both the causes and  6.  Improve the overall performance effects of our housing crisis,  of housing functions across including: Government, by:

   Developing new schemes that will    Continuing to strengthen the

help tenants buy their homes, working  centralised coordination of housing with social housing providers and, in  activities, through the Strategic particular, Andium Homes. Housing and Regeneration Team

   Continuing to improve housing data    Enhancing customer experience and

intelligence, to improve visibility and  support provided by the Housing understanding of housing trends,  Advice Service

working collaboratively with others to

   Supporting a program of regulatory unblock challenges with administrative

improvements to ensure the housing data sharing in order to better

legislative framework is fit for purpose understand the Island s housing market

and is applied fairly and consistently, and make better informed decisions.

addressing areas of detriment, often

   Continuing to develop the Island s  affecting the most vulnerable in our

first long-term, sustainable strategy for  community.

the future of Jersey s housing market,

   Supporting the use of new technology based on a vision that extends beyond

which will assist in intelligence led political terms and which carefully

enforcement, targeting resources at considers the role of fiscal measures

areas of highest risk.

towards a healthy housing market.

This strategy will serve to test future housing actions proposed by the States Assembly, ensuring that actions:

   both individually and cumulatively,

will take Jersey in the right direction

   will help to alleviate the housing

issues experienced by Islanders today

   will leave a legacy of housing

that is affordable and fit for future generations.

  1. Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:

   Continuing to monitor the funding and

resources available in Government to support continued action to tackle the housing crisis.

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Minister for Infrastructure

Deputy Tom Binet

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   Deputy  

Steve Ahier Lucy Stephenson

Ministerial Priorities

To develop and improve the Island s critical    Continue work to assess the most  infrastructure and its contribution to Islanders  appropriate and cost-effective uses  lives, the environment and the economy.  for Fort Regent (utilising as much  

existing information as possible) then  My priorities are:

commence plans for the necessary  

1.  Delivering Key Government projects:  development work to be undertaken.

   Continue to assess, progress and    Complete delivery of the new mental  deliver the various elements of the  health facilities before the end of  

2023, and develop plans for future  Nineclwu dHinega lathncaacreu tFeahcoilistipei sta pl arot gramme,  mental health and other associated  

Overdale, ambulatory services at  facilities, as directed by the Health and  Kensington Place/Gloucester Street  Community Services department.  

and a health village at the St Saviour s  

Hospital site.  2.  Maintaining and improving  

Government property:  

   Complete the new Government  

headquarters building by mid-2024.    Change the approach of Jersey  

Property Holdings to adopt a more  

   Continue the review into the  financially sustainable model that will  replacement and enhancement of  enable it to act more commercially  

sport facilities, providing a plan for  across the Government of Jersey  

longer term delivery.  estate, including retention of property  sale proceeds and the purchase of  

strategically important property assets.

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   Use the strategic condition survey  3.  Providing waste services that

of the public estate to improve the  continue to meet current needs, management and efficiency of all  develop additional capacity for the government property.  future, encourage waste reduction

   Develop an approach to increase  and improve recycling, both

investment in the government s £1  domestic and commercial:

billion property portfolio that will    Formulate a strategy for managing inert

facilitate the appropriate level of  and hazardous waste, in collaboration

maintenance in future.  with the Minister for the Environment,    Prioritise the delivery of public realm  to provide the Island with appropriate

improvements, particularly in central St  waste management policies, and

Helier, to improve walking and cycling  facilities, for the foreseeable future.

routes and achieve a new, vibrant,    Develop waste policies to incentivise

 Town Centre for the community  waste reduction, increase (and stretching from the Parade Gardens to  rationalise) recycling and reuse

Ann Street.  services, and generate funds to invest

   Commence a refurbishment of both the  in enhancing general infrastructure

Central and Fish Markets to establish  capacity.

them as the heart of the new public    Implement the Bridging Liquid Waste realm scheme, in order to improve the  Strategy programme to support the quality of life for local residents and  delivery of new housing across the businesses and provide an attractive  Island and ensure sufficient capacity environment to encourage growth in  for the longer term.

the tourism sector.

   To ensure a collaborative approach  4.  Infrastructure: Protecting islanders

to strategic property matters, with  from the adverse effects of climate collaborative working between  change:

Officers, Ministerial colleagues, Parish    Develop and commence delivery of Officials and arm s length bodies that  the long-term Shoreline Management will provide comprehensive evidence- Plan to protect the Island s coastal based and costed recommendations  communities from the increasing risk of to the Future Places Group before  flooding due to climate change. decisions are made.

   Develop a comprehensive Flood

   Ensure the timely and coordinated  Mitigation Plan aimed at minimising

management, or release, of  flooding and the impact of floods on Government land and premises  communities and infrastructure. associated with the new office

headquarters and other property    Work with the Constable of St Helier rationalisation projects. and other Government bodies to fast

track the delivery of the public realm regeneration programme, to redefine the heart of St Helier and make it safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Ministerial Plans 49

  1. Making our roads as safe as possible, and reduce carbon emissions in a measured and affordable way:

   Develop and deliver improvements

to the bus service and develop more walking and cycling routes in line with the Sustainable Transport Plan.

   Develop and support a cross-

government Road Safety Strategy to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.

   Identify appropriate sites, and seek

planning permission for additional carparks, in order to facilitate a reduction in town-centre congestion and on-street parking.

   Accelerate the delivery of the fleet

decarbonisation programme, including electric vehicle infrastructure and the replacement of petrol/diesel vehicles with alternatives, wherever practical.

   Review all speed limit polices and

attempt to simplify vehicle speed control across the Island.

   Work with the Minister for Justice

and Home Affairs and the States of Jersey Police regarding speed limit regulations, enforcement and other speed control and road safety measures.

  1. Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:

   delivering departmental savings

targets

   demonstrating continuous

improvement


  1. Improving the performance of departments and services by:

   supporting an engaged and productive

workforce

   enhancing customer experience

   progressing the effective management

of risk and good governance

   ensuring the efficient, effective and

sustainable use of departmental resources

   improving performance management

   ensuring that the public service values  

are demonstrated in everything we do

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Minister for International Development

Deputy Carolyn Labey

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   Steve Ahier

Ministerial Priorities

My priorities are: portfolio of ongoing dairy, conservation  

and financial inclusion projects.

  1. Ensuring that Jersey meets its  

obligations as a good global citizen,    Further developing dairy programming  to help change the narrative  in Africa, beginning new projects in  about the Island, and to provide  Rwanda, Malawi and Zambia to build  opportunities for businesses and  on successful recent programmes.  

individuals, by:   Supporting Jersey s financial services  

industry to develop its offerings in  

   Continuing to implement the 15  

impact investment and sustainable  specific objectives of the Strategic  

finance and philanthropy, and  

Plan (published 2022) for Jersey  

deepening links with the World  Overseas Aid, and develop detailed,  

Bank, and Financial Regulators and  sector-specific strategies for financial  

Supervisors.

inclusion and Emergency Funding, as  

have been produced for Dairy and    Standing with Ukraine in its struggle  Conservation Livelihoods. to survive the Russian invasion,  

adding to the £3.4m of humanitarian  

   Continuing to focus on measuring  

assistance already provided by Jersey  impact of supported projects in the  

and ensuring it meets the needs of  countries in which we operate.

the civilians worst affected by the  

   Playing to Jersey s strengths by  war, while responding to other global  

focusing our development aid on  emergencies, including the Horn of  three areas where we add particular  Africa, Sudan and Syria.

value, further increasing the size of our  

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   Diversifying and improving skills in  3.  Improving value for money in the

Jersey by increasing the number  delivery of our public services, by: of opportunities for Islanders to

volunteer and providing more career    Striving for best value

opportunities in the international    Demonstrating continuous development sector through bursaries,  improvement

internships and United Nations (UN)

placements. 4.  Improving the performance of

   Continuing to gradually increase  departments and services by:

Jersey s official development    Supporting an engaged and assistance towards the Organisation  productive workforce

for Economic Co-operation and

Development (OECD) average (0.36%),    Enhancing customer experience raising it from 0.28% in 2023 to 0.29%    Progressing the effective management

of GVA in 2024. of risk and good governance

   Supporting Jersey Overseas Aid to    Ensuring the efficient, effective and

maintain its high score in the Be Heard  sustainable use of departmental Survey and continue to lead as an  resources

example of a workplace of excellence.

   Improving performance management

  1. Ensuring that Jersey continues to    Ensuring that the public service values nurture a positive and inclusive  are demonstrated in everything we do Island identity by:

   Enhancing support for those

representing the island abroad.

   Furthering local knowledge and

developing the resources available to teach school children, front-line workers and Islanders about Jersey, including its unique constitution, history, culture, environment and community.

   Creating newcomer resources to

support those moving to Jersey in conjunction with the International Cultural Centre

   Investigating how the Island can be

presented internationally and how messaging locally can be made more positive.

   Furthering the Government s

engagement with global diaspora communities, in conjunction with External Relations and relevant departments.

   Undergoing a feasibility study/

work around coordination of the promotion of Jersey s international image externally among the various organisations which do so .

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Minister for Social Security

Deputy Elaine Millar

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   Malcolm Ferey

Ministerial Priorities

My priorities are: 2.  Continuing to adapt and extend the  

benefits and support available to  

1.  Providing targeted support and  adults with long term care needs and  polices to help Islanders with cost of  their carers by:

living pressures, by:

   monitoring the support provided to  

   developing a new basis for community  people receiving care in their own  

costs bonus payments or providing a  home, their carers and younger adults  replacement benefit  

   supporting the development of a  

   supporting workers through  sustainable care market that positively  

increases in the minimum wage  responds to long-term demographic  and taking actions to improve their  trends alongside the ongoing  

rights, including the introduction  development of our population policy of whistleblowing rights within  

employment legislation (P.47/2023)   reviewing the sustainability of the Long  

Term Care Fund and continuing to  

   continuing to implement and expand a  monitor the operation of the Long Term  

scheme to provide community access  Care scheme

to period products for those who need  

them    working with the Minister for Health  

and Social Services to ensure that  

the practical support and services  available for people receiving care and  their carers are well aligned to their  needs on an ongoing basis.

Ministerial Plans

3.  Continuing the review of our  support for parents of babies needing incapacity and health benefits to  neonatal care (P.52/2023)

enable Islanders to stay in work and

access the primary healthcare they  6. Addressing discrimination and

need by: promoting the Disability Strategy

and the work of the third sector and    monitoring and expanding the  voluntary groups by:

Workwell service to reduce the impact

of health conditions on people of    responding to the views identified in working age the 2023 Jersey Opinions and Lifestyle

Survey on possible extensions to the

   reviewing and updating the  Discrimination Law and taking action as

assessment of long-term health  needed

conditions within the contributory

benefit system    continuing to implement the disability

strategy on an ongoing basis.

   working in co-ordination with the

Minister for Health and Social Services    continuing progress to ensure that

and the primary care sector to support  government documents are fully

the development and delivery of  accessible to people with a range of primary care services. disabilities and are easy to understand

by monitoring usage and continuing to

   supporting the Minister for Health and  develop them as needed.

Social Services to develop options

for funding healthcare to meet the    working with community organisations challenge of future increases in  to improve the coordination and healthcare costs. communication of their services.

   supporting the Minister for Health and    supporting community organisations

Social Services to establish schemes  through targeted grant funding

to address women s health issues.

7.  Monitoring and continuing to

  1. Developing schemes to address the  enhance the ways Social Security impact of a changing demographic by: contributions and benefits issues are communicated with the public by:

   developing the details of a secondary

pension scheme    continuing to implement the major Transform programme to deliver a

   working across government to ensure

new, highly customer-centred benefit that all public services and government

administration system and associated functions are actively planning for a

processes, in coordination with wider changing demographic

government strategies to support effective corporate data management,

  1. Ensuring that benefits are well-

digitisation and automation

targeted and effective by:

   updating benefit legislation as needed

to support the implementation of the major Transform programme to deliver a new, highly customer-centred benefit administration system and associated processes

   implementing the outcomes of the 2023 high-level benefit review

   reviewing the impact of benefit rules

on specific groups and taking action as necessary including providing financial


  monitoring customer and stakeholder

feedback on an ongoing basis to prioritise the updating and ongoing review of standard letters and guidance information as well as the use of digital, phone and face to face communications.

   ensuring that Social Security benefits

and services continue to be easy to access while transitioning smoothly to the new Government HQ building at the end of 2024.

Ministerial Plans 57

  1. Improving value for money in the delivery of our public services, by:

   delivering departmental savings

targets

   demonstrating continuous

improvement

  1. Improving the performance of departments and services by:

   supporting an engaged and productive

workforce

   enhancing customer experience

   progressing the effective management  

of risk and good governance

   ensuring the efficient, effective and  

sustainable use of departmental  resources

   improving performance management

   ensuring that the public service values  

are demonstrated in everything we do

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Minister for Treasury and Resources

Deputy Ian Gorst

Assistant Ministers

Deputy   ConnØtable   Elaine Millar Richard Vibert

Deputy   Steve Ahier

Ministerial Priorities

As Minister for Treasury and Resources, I  My priorities are:

have political responsibility for the Treasury  

and Exchequer department. Treasury and  1.  Providing finance and commercial  Exchequer looks after the Island s finances,  support for the New Healthcare  collecting revenues to fund Jersey s public  Facilities and other government  services and ensuring the protection and  projects by:  

effective use of public funds to promote    facilitating appropriate and affordable  financial sustainability. The department aims  funding strategies for projects.  

to enhance the financial position of the  

Government and States of Jersey in order    providing financial and commercial  that it can deliver policies and initiatives and  advice and guidance to project teams.

achieve the best value for money.

  1. Supporting the current housing  situation in the Island by:  

   implementing identified funding  

initiatives for new housing developments  and supporting affordable purchases  especially for first time buyers.

Ministerial Plans

  1. Moving to mandatory independent    providing financial and commercial taxation with an accompanying  advice and guidance to departments compensatory allowance for the  in the delivery of the Value for Money 2026 year of assessment. Programme (including savings, improved service effectiveness and
  2. Overseeing work on Pillars 1 &  better user outcomes).

2 - the Organisation for Economic

Cooperation and Development  8.  Improving the performance of (OECD) initiative to update  departments and services by:

international tax rules in light of    supporting an engaged and productive the digitalising economy to ensure  workforce

that Jersey aligns with international

standards while supporting the    enhancing customer experience Island s long-term prosperity, by:   progressing the effective management    monitoring OECD and international  of risk and good governance

developments throughout 2024 in    ensuring the efficient, effective and order to advise Ministers on options for  sustainable use of departmental

Pillar 2 implementation.  resources

   Implementing any Minimum Standard    improving performance management

elements of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 once

agreed by the Inclusive Framework.   ensuring that the public service values

are demonstrated in everything we do

  1. Implementing the Government s

Insurance Strategy 9.  Infrastructure funding:

   continuing to explore creating a local

  1. Implementing the governance  infrastructure pool within the Common arrangements for arm s length  Investment Fund for investment in bodies (which includes arm s length  income generating local infrastructure. organisations (ALOs), States-owned

entities (SOEs) and other entities) by: 10.  Upholding customer service

standards by:

   providing ministerial leadership of

relationships with Arm s Length Bodies,    ensuring that there are effective ensuring good value for money of  processes in place within Revenue these relationships. Jersey and the Finance Hub.

   embedding guidance which enables    continuing to work on digital

Arm s Length Bodies to contribute and  technologies to improve customer evidence contribution to Government  experience.

priorities.

   making ongoing improvements to the

  1. Improving the delivery of our public  accessibility of public facing services. services by establishing a Value for    beginning to develop the digital

Money Programme including:  strategy for Revenue Jersey customers following the Organisation

   delivering departmental savings

for Economic Cooperation and targets

Development (OECD) framework.

   demonstrating continuous

improvement

   providing appropriate governance,

reporting and resourcing for the Value for Money Programme.

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11. Continuing to transform the Treasury and Exchequer Department by:

   embedding, monitoring and reporting

on the functionality and usability of new IT systems

   continuing Revenue Jersey

transformation, including ongoing enhancements to the Revenue Management System and the Future Digital Strategy

Council of Ministers Legislative Programme for 2024

This section outlines the legislation that it is aimed will be lodged for debate by the States Assembly during 2024. It does not include policy development and drafting for legislation to be lodged in later years, or business as usual Orders and Commencement Acts.

Chief Minister

 

Name of Legislation

Brief Description

Charities (Jersey) Law 2014

Amendments to the Law, particularly to extend the definition of misconduct to provide the Charity Commissioner with greater powers to exclude governors of charities on safeguarding grounds and considering amendments relevant to the private wealth sector.

Comptroller & Auditor  Amendments to the Law further to the Comptroller and Auditior General (Jersey) Law  General s recommendations in her Mid-Term Reflections report.

2014

Control of Housing and  Amendments to support the development of clearer and more flexible Work Law  population controls.

Control of Housing and  Review legislation that controls access to housing and amend Work Law  legislation as necessary.

Inquests and Post- Mortem Examinations (Jersey) Law 1995 and Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001


Amendments to the processes surrounding coronial practices, and the investigation and registration of death.

Financial Services responsibilities

Bank (Recovery and Resolution)  Transfer of functions from the Depositors Compensation (Jersey) Law 2017 and  Scheme to the Jersey Resolution Authority.

Banking Business (Depositors

Compensation) (Jersey)

Regulations 2009

Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 Amendments to modernise the Companies Law and associated

Regulations and Orders to maintain competitiveness. Consumer Protection Regime Implementation of secondary legislation and consequential

amendments required.

Financial Intelligence Unit  The Financial Intelligence Unit will require full separation from legislation the States of Jersey Police during 2024, in line with previous

decisions of the Financial Crime Political Steering Group. This legislation will be brought forward over 2024 in consultation with the PSG and other interested parties.

Financial Services (Disclosure  Exploring access to information by obliged entities. and Provision of Information)

(Jersey) Law 2020

Financial Services (Ombudsman)  Amendments to the Ombudsman Law and public sector (Jersey) 2014 pension schemes statutory rules.

Legislative framework for   Potential introduction of conduct/prudential. Potential amending digital assets  existing legislation and/or introduction of new law.

Legislative reforms to the anti- Further to the MONEYVAL evaluation of Jersey in 2023/24 money laundering regime further  there will be the requirement for a series of legislative actions to the MONEYVAL assessment of  to address recommended actions in the report. Ministers will Jersey 2023/24 consider those actions further to receiving the conclusions of

the report and will prioritise delivery of legislation accordingly.

Limited Partnerships (Jersey)   Updating and clarificatory provisions together with

Law 1994 incorporating continuance in/out into permanent legislation.

Open Finance   Enabling legislation. (includes open banking)

Pensions Regulation Phase III - deliver a comprehensive framework for regulation of

all pensions arrangements.

Powers of Attorney (Jersey)   Subject to the recommendation of the Legislative Advisory Law 1995 Panel, clarificatory amendments to legislation and mechanism

for non-corporate bodies with separate legal personality to grant powers of attorney.

Security Interests (Jersey)   Amendments to clarify and modernise regime. Law 2012

Sustainable Finance Implementation of standards relevant to sustainable finance. Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984  Clarificatory amendments following recent judgments.

Minister for Children and Education

 

Name of Legislation

Brief Description

Children (Convention Rights) Jersey Law

Phase 2 enactment to include named voluntary agencies.

Education (Grants and  Revisions to the basis for calculating the grant and determination of Allowances) (Jersey)  eligibility criteria for the grant and allowances provided for in the Order.

Order 2018

Reciprocal Care  Develop reciprocal statutory arrangements on care orders between Arrangements Jersey and England and Wales.

Regulations for  Bring forward regulations that describe clear legal parameters for independent advocacy independent advocacy.

Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sports and Culture

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Competition Law  Legislative changes are proposed in the following areas of law: Amendments mergers and acquisitions, market studies, competition law appeals and

compliance.

Cyber Defence  Provide clarity and broad legal framework regarding CERT.JE (Jersey) Law

Draft Unlawful Public  Triennial Regulations to be renewed in 2024.

Entertainments

(Jersey) Regulations

202-

Heritage (Jersey) Law  Protection and management of finds of archaeological significance. 202-

Shipping (Registration)  The amendments will strengthen requirements for the Representative (Jersey) Regulation  Persons of Jersey-registered vessels, enhancing maritime standards 2004 and regulations.

Telecoms Security  A.57 amendment to the Telecoms (Jersey) Law 2002 to introduce a Amending Regulations telecoms security framework for Jersey.

Tourism (Jersey) Law  Amendments will be subject to the review due to start end of 2023. 1948

Minister for the Environment

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Amendments to the  Amendments to extend the remit of Jersey Care Commission. Regulation of Care

(Jersey) Law - 2014

Animal Welfare  Review of the Animal Welfare (Jersey) Law 2004 - a Law to consolidate (Jersey) Law 2004 and revise the laws promoting the welfare of animals and the prevention

of suffering by animals, to regulate the keeping and use of animals, and for connected purposes.

Development levy Legal vehicle required to enable introduction of a development levy.

May require amendment of Planning & Building (Jersey) Law or new law.

Energy Performance  Legislation to make Energy Performance Certificates mandatory at the Certificates point of sale or rental of a property and to introduce minimum energy

efficiency standards. Policy agreed in Carbon Neutral Roadmap.

Food (Jersey) Law  Subordinate legislation under the Food (Jersey) Law 2023 to regulate 2023 food for the purposes of protecting human health and consumers

interests in Jersey and increase food security and facilitate export and innovation within the food sector.

Offshore renewable  Legislation to regulate the development of offshore renewable energy energy (Jersey) Law  sector.

202-

Planning and Building  Potential amendment to effect change to island plan review process; and (Jersey) Law form of the island plan.

Sea Fisheries (Jersey)  Amendments as required under TCA and other International Agreement 1994 and subordinate  obligations.

Regulations and

Orders

Update Building Bye  Bring into force legislation that updates current building regulations and Laws sets increased energy efficiency and carbon emission standards of new

and existing domestic and commercial buildings and prohibits new fossil fuel boilers being installed in any property after 1st January 2026.

Minister for External Relations

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Intellectual Property  Legislative changes to ensure Jersey s IP framework complies with Framework Reform  the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific

Partnership (and FTAs more broadly).

Minister for Health and Social Services

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Capacity and Self- Second tranche of proposed changes to be developed and lodged in Determination (Jersey)  2024 for debate by the Assembly, to ensure that Jersey s legislation Law in 2016 continues to facilitate the delivery of person-centred care.

Mental Health Jersey  Second tranche of proposed changes to be developed and lodged in Law 2016 2024 for debate by the Assembly, to ensure that Jersey s legislation

continues to facilitate the delivery of person-centred care.

Minister for Justice and Home Affairs

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Draft Police  Provide for detailed process for police complaints further to overarching (Complaints and  primary legislation in 2022.

Conduct) (Jersey)

Regulations

Marriage and Civil  Amendments to extend current time periods for the submission of Status (Jersey) Law 2001 documents and strengthening of offences.

Matrimonial Causes  Amendments to introduce "no fault" divorce and others which help (Jersey) Law 1949  reduce conflict in the divorce process (similar amendments will also be and Civil Partnership  made to the process for the dissolution of civil partnerships).

(Jersey) Law 2012

Prejudice Crime Law  To provide for hate crime equivalent legislation in Jersey to meet

international norms.

Prison (Amendment  Create a system of post-custodial supervision of people leaving prison. No. 8) (Jersey)

Pyrotechnic Articles  To better regulate the sale and use of fireworks and associated (Jersey) Regulations  pyrotechnics in Jersey.

202-

Minister for Housing and Communities

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Rates (Jersey) Law  Data sharing in relation to vacant homes.

2005

Residential Tenancy  Create a legal framework in respect of residential tenancies. (Jersey) Law 2024

Minister for Infrastructure

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Automatic driverless  Creation of exemptions to allow for trials of automated driverless vehicle trials vehicles in Jersey.

Single-Use Plastics etc.  Add the prohibition of disposable vapes under the Single-Use Plastics (Restrictions) (Jersey)  etc. (Restrictions) (Jersey) Law 2021 to remove the environmental Law 2021 damage done by these items.

Minister for Social Security

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Community Costs  New legislation to support cost of living payments. Bonus

Discrimination Law  The result of the Jersey Opinion and Lifestyle survey, which

(Jersey) 2013 asked whether religious belief should be included as a protected

characteristic, will be known in November, a decision will be taken then on potential legislation.

Employment (Jersey)  Enhance workers' rights (including Whistleblowing and neonatal rights). Law 2003

Income Support  Updates to support current reviews and major IT project.

(Jersey) Law 2007

Long-Term Care  Updates to support current reviews and major IT project.

(Jersey) Law 2012

Social Security (Bonus)  Updates to support current reviews and major IT project.

(Jersey) Law 2014

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Social Security (Jersey)  New assessment model for long term incapacity.

Law 1974

Social Security (Jersey)  Updates to support current reviews and major IT project. Law 1974

Workplace Pension  New framework legislation to provide for secondary pension. Scheme

Minister for Treasury and Resources

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Assistance in collection Assistance in collection of tax debts (Income Tax Law amend., other

amends, poss new Regs) in order to comply with the agreement with the UK.

Crypto-Asset Reporting  Required in order to comply with new and evolving international Framework (CARF)  standards.

Draft Multinational  Implementation of Jersey's commitment to the OECD's two-pillar Taxation (Global Anti-Base  initiative on tax issues arising from digitalising economy.

Erosion) (Jersey) Law

Finance Law 2025  Annual Finance Law to set the standard rate of income tax and (various amendments) legislate the Government's revenue and tax technical measures.

Taxation (Implementation)  Amendments to the Common Reporting Standard Regulations to (International Tax  improve domestic implementation.

Compliance) (Common

Reporting Standard)

(Jersey) Regulations 2015

Taxation (Implementation)  Amendments to the FATCA Regulations to improve domestic (International Tax  implementation.

Compliance) (United

States of America) (Jersey)

Regulations 2014

Version 2 of the Common  Required in order to comply with new and evolving international Reporting Standard standards.

Non-Ministerial

Name of Legislation Brief Description

Interpretation Law Replacement of 1954 Law with modern Law providing for common

provisions for how legislation is to be read.

Family Courts  The instructions ask for amendments to do three things: Registrars Change   i.  Replace all references to Registrar in legislation relating to of Title Law matrimonial causes and children with Family judge .

  1. Transfer functions of Judicial Greffier to theFamilyJudge.
  2. Add office of FamilyJudge to listinschedule 1 of Employment of States of JerseyEmployees(Jersey) Law sothat a familyjudgeisnot a statesemployee.

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