Next week's States meeting: Tuesday 21 January
17 January 2025
Next week’s States Meeting
On Tuesday 21 January, the next meeting of the States Assembly will commence at 9.30am. The meeting takes place in the States Chamber and is open for the public to attend, as well as being broadcast live on our website and on the States Assembly YouTube channel.
Oral Questions
States Members will question Ministers for up to 2 hours and 20 minutes. These oral questions will have been issued to them in advance (i.e. ‘with notice’). Details of next week’s oral questions with notice can be found on page 6 of the Order Paper.
The following Ministers will then answer oral questions which they have not been given in advance of the meeting (i.e. ‘without notice’) for 15 minutes each:
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Minister for Infrastructure, Connétable Andy Jehan
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Minister for Social Security, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham
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Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham
Public Business
The States Assembly will then begin debating the following topics:
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A proposal regarding changes to the way modern languages are taught in secondary schools including:
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Deputy Montfort Tadier’s proposition.
Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning’s amendment. |
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Changes to the law which would allow someone, who does not normally live in Jersey or who has been in the Island for less than 90 days, to access a termination in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. |
Minister for Health and Social Services’ proposition. |
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A proposal to request the Bailiff to choose an elected Member to preside over a States Meeting if both the Bailiff and Deputy Bailiff are unavailable. |
Deputy Ian Gorst’s proposition. |
A notification when each debate begins, a summary of the proposal and the results of each debate will be shared on the States Assembly X page (formerly Twitter) 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.
