Next week’s States Meeting: Tuesday 22 April
States Assembly
17 April 2025
On Tuesday 22 April, 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 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 Infrastructure, Connétable Andy Jehan
- Minister for Housing, Deputy Sam Mézec
- Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham
The States Assembly will then begin debating the following:
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| P.78 Draft Employment and Discrimination (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- | The Minister for Social Security, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham is proposing to amend the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 and the Discrimination (Jersey) Law 2013 to:
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| Second Amendment: Reduce upper threshold for compensation | Deputy Malcolm Ferey is proposing an Amendment to the Minister’s proposition to reduce the upper threshold for compensation employers may be liable to pay for breaches of the Employment and Discrimination Law from £50,000 to £30,000. Read more: bit.ly/4cPVKxj |
| Third Amendment: Future changes to be approved by the States Assembly | Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache is proposing to amend the Minister’s proposition to ensure any future changes to the compensation limits need to be approved by the States Assembly, and not by Ministerial Order. Read more: bit.ly/44sGHqX |
| P.11 Evidence-Based Energy Strategy | Deputy Hilary Jeune is proposing that the Council of Ministers develop an evidence-based energy strategy that sets out the long-term energy requirements for the Island which balances the need for an affordable, safe, secure, competitive and carbon-neutral sector. If approved, it would be implemented before 31 October 2026. Read more: bit.ly/3Xt1zdf |
| First Amendment: Fuel Storage and distribution infrastructure | Deputy Philip Ozouf is proposing an Amendment which would request the Council of Ministers to include within the Energy Strategy a comprehensive review of Jersey’s fuel storage and distribution infrastructure, ensuring it’s aligned with the objectives of affordability, energy security, market competition, and the Island’s transition to net-zero. Read more: bit.ly/42rO67k |
| Second Amendment: Changing the date of starting implementation | The Minister for the Environment, Deputy Steve Luce, is proposing an Amendment which will request that the Council of Ministers develop and ‘start’ implementing the strategy before December 2026, which includes ‘a market that delivers competitive outcomes.’ Read more: bit.ly/4ilnhrn |
| P.19 Draft Single-Use Plastics etc (Restrictions) (Jersey) Amendment No.2 Law 202- | The Minister for Infrastructure, Connétable Andy Jeune, is proposing an amendment to the Single-Use Plastics etc. (Restrictions) (Jersey) Law 2021. A first amendment Law, which will bring single use vapes into the scope of the 2021 Law, was agreed by the States Assembly in December 2024. This second Amendment Law is to correct a procedural error in which the Royal Court was referred to instead of the Magistrate’s Court. Read more: bit.ly/3FhIGDQ |
| P.25 Organ Donation Memorial | Deputy Lucy Stephenson is proposing that the Council of Ministers take the necessary steps to ensure that a public memorial to organ donation is provided as part of the planning commitments of the Acute Hospital at Overdale, or any subsequent hospital developments, under the Percentage for Art Scheme. Read more: bit.ly/42gD0Du |
| P.26 Increase in Assets and Savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway | Deputy David Warr is proposing that the Minister for Housing increase the qualification criteria for savings and assets allowable to enter the Affordable Housing Gateway, to £200,000 for individuals of pensionable age. Read more: bit.ly/3Ga33n2 |
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.
