Next Week's States Meeting
9 December 2022
Next week's States Meeting will commence at 1:30pm on Monday 12 December. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Public-I from the States Chamber.
On Monday, States Members will ask Ministers up to two hours and 20 minutes of oral questions, which have been issued to them in advance (i.e. 'with notice'). Details of this week's oral questions with notice can be found on page 11 of the Order Paper. The following Ministers will answer oral questions which they have not been given in advance of the meeting (i.e., 'without notice') for 15 minutes each:
Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Deputy Kirsten Morel
Minister for the Environment, Deputy Jonathan Renouf
Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore
After question time, the Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture will make a statement on the Export Strategy.
At 9:30am on Tuesday, 13 December, the States Assembly will begin the debate on the proposed Government Plan 2023-2026. After it is proposed by the Council of Ministers, the following amendments to the Government Plan will be debated by the States Assembly (in this order):
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Introduction of a new 'rent a room' tax relief | Council of Ministers' twenty-sixth amendment and Deputy Rob Ward's amendment to the twenty-sixth amendment |
Tax increases on tobacco products in line with inflation | Deputy Max Andrews' amendment |
Stamp Duty increase on buy to let investments, second homes and holiday homes | Deputy Max Andrews' second amendment and Deputy Kovacs' amendment to the second amendment* *If part 1 of Deputy Andrews' amendment or the amendment to the second amendment is adopted, the third amendment falls away |
Exempting property developers from higher rate of Stamp Duty | Council of Ministers' twenty-fifth amendment |
Funding for the hospital and healthcare facilities | Council of Ministers' twentieth amendment |
Stopping the transfer of £12.4m in from the Health Insurance to the Jersey Care Model | Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel's fourth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the fourth amendment |
Reducing the rate of G.P. consultations for Islanders with two or more chronic illnesses | Deputy Geoff Southern's sixteenth amendment |
Free G.P. consultations for Islanders under age 18 | Deputy Carina Alves' eighteenth amendment |
Changes to proposed heads of expenditure | Council of Ministers' tenth amendment |
Flights for people accompanying Islanders in need of off-Island medical care | Deputy Rob Ward's fifteenth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the fifteenth amendment |
Removal of additional funds allocated to Jersey Business | Deputy Moz Scott's twelfth amendment |
Extending the £20 per year bus scheme to all students in full-time education | Deputy Carina Alves' seventeenth amendment |
St Helier urban renewal programme | Connétable Simon Crowcroft's twenty-fourth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the twenty-fourth amendment |
Removal of the Upper Earnings Limit on Social Security Contributions and Long-Term Care Tax | Deputy Sam Mézec's twenty-third amendment |
10% Stamp Duty increase on residential properties not permanently lived in | Deputy Raluca Kovacs' third amendment |
Increase of Stamp Duty on real estate | Deputy Max Andrews' eighth amendment |
New capital allowance for small and medium sized businesses | Deputy Steve Luce's thirteenth amendment and the Council of Ministers' amendment to the thirteenth amendment |
New tax for offshore property owners | Deputy Steve Luce's fourteenth amendment |
Suspension of High Value Residents scheme to new applicants | Deputy Sam Mézec's nineteenth amendment |
Ring-fencing Stamp Duty for home ownership schemes | Deputy Max Andrews' eleventh amendment |
Removal of GST on sanitary products | Deputy Lyndsay Feltham's twenty-second amendment |
Co-operation with Guernsey to improve value for money | Council of Ministers' ninth amendment |
The development of a St Helier Country Park | Connétable Simon Crowcroft's fifth amendment |
The establishment of a St Helier Town Council | Connétable Simon Crowcroft's seventh amendment |
Primary school site and Town masterplan | Council of Ministers' twenty-first amendment, Deputy Tom Coles' amendment and Connétable Simon Crowcroft's second amendment to the twenty-first amendment |
Safe walking and cycling routes | Connétable Simon Crowcroft's sixth amendment |
The States Assembly will then vote to approve or reject the Government Plan, as amended by the approved amendments.
Subject to approval of the Government Plan 2023-26, the States Assembly will debate the draft Finance Law, which gives effect to the above taxation decisions. The following amendments to the draft Law will also be debated if the first, second, third, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth amendments to the Government Plan were approved.
Tax increases on tobacco products in line with inflation
| Deputy Max Andrews' amendment |
4% Stamp Duty increase on buy to let investments, second homes and holiday homes | Deputy Max Andrews' second amendment |
10% Stamp Duty increase on residential properties not permanently lived in | Deputy Raluca Kovacs' third amendment |
Introduction of a new 'rent a room' tax relief and exemption of property developers from higher rate of Stamp Duty | Minister for Treasury and Resources' fourth amendment |
If approved, the draft Finance Law will come into immediate effect, although in practice the amendments will come into force on 1 January and 1 July 2023.The States Assembly will then move on to debate propositions which are unrelated to the Government Plan (in this order):
Law to deal with a criminal offence by way of deferred prosecution agreement | Minister for Home Affairs' proposition and amendment |
Law to enhance obligations of non-registered non-profit organisations | Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Replacement of former Food Safety Law | Minister for the Environment's proposition |
Stopping transfer of States grant from Consolidated Fund to Social Security Fund | Minister for Social Security's proposition |
Comparison of multi-site and single site options for new hospital | Deputy Lyndon Farnham's proposition and Connétable Simon Crowcroft's amendment |
From Tuesday onwards, the States Assembly will adjourn for lunch between 1pm and 2pm. A notification when each debate begins, a summary of the proposal and the results of each debate will be shared on the States Assembly Twitter pages throughout the meeting. A summary of the meeting will be shared at the end of each day on the news section of the States Assembly website.
