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Next Week’s States Meeting

States Assembly

8 December 2023

On Monday 11 December, 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 via Public-I.

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 8 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:

Minister for Children and Education, Deputy Inna Gardiner
Minister for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel
Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore

Public Business

The States Assembly will then begin the debate on the proposed Government Plan 2024-2027. The proposition will be proposed as amended by the following amendments:

Topics:	More information:
A Scheme for Right-Sizing	Deputy Coles' fifth amendment
Pension Changes	Deputy Coles' sixteenth amendment
Le Rocquier School and Community Sports Facilities	The Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-first amendment
Expanding Early Years Nursery Provision and Childcare Support	The Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-fourth amendment
Fuel Duty	The Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-sixth amendment
Carbon Tax or Charge on Private Aircraft	The Council of Ministers' thirty-second amendment

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):

Topics:	More information:
Limit Rent-A-Room Tax Exemption to Households with a Mortgage	Deputy Alves' seventeenth amendment
Removal of RegTech Super-Deduction	Deputy Andrews' second amendment
Abolition of Interest Tax Relief for Landlords	Deputy Mézec's twenty-second amendment The Council of Ministers' amendment to the twenty-second amendment
Alcohol Duty	The Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-fifth amendment The Council of Ministers' amendment to the twenty-fifth amendment
Waste Charges	Deputy Mézec's fourteenth amendment
Social Security Grant Funding	Deputy Bailhache's first amendment
Medical Hosiery and Wound Dressings Fund	Deputy Kovacs' sixth amendment Deputy Kovacs' amendment to the sixth amendment Deputy Kovacs' amendment to her amendment to the sixth amendment
Free GP Visits for All Full Time Students	Deputy Alves' eighteenth amendment
Increase Revenue Expenditure for Agriculture and Fisheries	The Council of Ministers' thirty-third amendment Deputy Mézec's amendment to the thirty-third amendment
New Sports Facilities at Le Rocquier School	Deputy Luce's twenty-third amendment Deputy Luce's amendment to the twenty-third amendment
Investment of Stamp Duty Uplift into First Time Buyer Funds	Deputy Mézec's nineteenth amendment
Additional Funding for Education	Deputy Curtis' twentieth amendment
Vaccination Service	Deputy Howell's thirty-first amendment Deputy Howell's amendment to the thirty-first amendment
Funding of Acute Cardiac Nursing	Deputy Howell's twenty-ninth amendment Deputy Howell's amendment to the twenty-ninth amendment
Income Support (Special Payments) for Carers of Children with Life-Threatening, Life-Limiting Illnesses, or Complex Healthcare Needs	Deputy Feltham's fifteenth amendment The Council of Ministers' amendment to the fifteenth amendment
Economy Strategy Implementation Revenue Expenditure	The Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-eighth amendment
Jersey Business Revenue Expenditure	The Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-seventh amendment
Extension of Marginal Relief	Deputy Mézec's seventh amendment
Removal of Upper Earnings Caps	Deputy Mézec's third amendment
Violence Against Women and Girls Taskforce Recommendations – Annual Progress Report	Connétable Shenton-Stone's thirteenth amendment The Council of Ministers' amendment to the thirteenth amendment
Assisted Purchase Home Ownership Scheme	Deputy Andrews' eleventh amendment
Freeze on Public Health Staff Appointments	Deputy Howell's thirtieth amendment The Council of Ministers' amendment to the thirtieth amendment Deputy Howell's second amendment to the thirtieth amendment
Capping RegTech Super-Deduction	Deputy Curtis' fourth amendment
Value for Money Savings	The Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's twelfth amendment The Council of Ministers' amendment to the twelfth amendment
Reduction of Payroll Expenditure	Deputy Andrews' tenth amendment
Extend existing bus pass scheme to individuals 21 years of age and under	Deputy Rob Ward's eighth amendment
Subsidised Annual Bus Pass	Deputy Rob Ward's ninth amendment
A Scheme for Right-Sizing	Deputy Coles' fifth amendment
Pension Changes	Deputy Coles' sixteenth amendment
Le Rocquier School and Community Sports Facilities	The Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-first amendment
Expanding Early Years Nursery Provision and Childcare Support	The Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-fourth amendment
Fuel Duty	The Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel's twenty-sixth amendment
Carbon Tax or Charge on Private Aircraft	The Council of Ministers' thirty-second 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 2024-27, the States Assembly will debate the draft Finance Law, which gives effect to the above taxation decisions.

Topics:

More information:

Draft Finance Law

The Minister for Treasury and Resources' proposition

Deputy Andrews' first amendment

Deputy Coles' second amendment

The Economic and International Affairs Panel's third amendment

The Economic and International Affairs Panel's fourth amendment

The Minister for Treasury and Resources' amendment to the fourth amendment

The States Assembly will then move on to debate the following propositions:

Topics:	More information:
Draft Health Insurance (Amendment of Law – Contracts for Administration of Vaccines) (Jersey) Regulations 202-.	The Minister for Social Security's proposition
Draft Social Security (Amendment of Law – Payments into Social Security Fund) (Jersey) Regulations 202-.	The Minister for Social Security's proposition
Appointment of the Commissioner for Children and Young People	The Chief Minister's proposition. This debate will be held in camera and the vote will be public. More details about in camera debates can be found here. It is possible that there will be a proposal to debate this before the Government Plan.

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.

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