Next week’s States Meeting: Tuesday 12 November
8 November 2024
On Tuesday 12 November, 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 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 5 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 Health and Social Services, Deputy Tom Binet
- Minister for International Development, Deputy Carolyn Labey
- Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham
Public Business
The States Assembly will then begin debating the following topics
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Changes within the Family Division of the Royal Court which would establish a new office, bringing it in line with other jurisdictions. |
Minister for Justice and Home Affairs' proposition
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Changes to the law which would allow parents of premature babies to claim parental allowance for longer, and to allow parents of stillborn babies to claim a death grant. |
Minister for Social Security's proposition |
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Changes to the way fees are paid to Jurats, and court fees are increased. |
Minister for Treasury and Resources' proposition Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache's amendment |
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A proposal requesting that people living in rental properties are allowed to keep pets. |
Deputy Catherine Curtis' proposition Deputy David Warr's amendment |
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In-Committee debate regarding a petition calling for the States pension to be made exempt from taxation. |
'Make States Old Age Pensions exempt from Tax' petition |
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.
