States Assembly to debate Government Plan
10 December 2021
The final States Meeting of 2021 will commence at 2pm on Monday, 13 December. Monday afternoon will be dedicated to question time, before the debate on the Government Plan 2022-25 begins at 9:30am on Tuesday, 14 December. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Microsoft Teams through the following links:
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 next week's oral questions with notice can be found on page 10 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:
- The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services, Senator Ian Gorst;
- The Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Richard Renouf; and
- The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré.
After question time, the Chief Minister will make a statement on the Government Plan and then the following topics will be debated (in this order):
| Topics: | More information: |
| The Government Plan 2022-25 | Council of Ministers' Proposal. |
| Amendments: | |
| Social Housing | Senator Mézec's Amendment and the Minister for Housing and Communities' Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Investment properties | Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. and the Minister for Treasury and Resources' Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Tax on alcohol | Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| Fiscal Stimulus Fund borrowing | Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| Borrowing and debt repayment | Senator Gorst's Amendment. |
| Change of use of Piquet House, Royal Square | Privileges and Procedures Committee's Amendment, and the Minister for Infrastructure's Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Public Health access | Deputy Southern's Amendment. |
| Technology Fund | Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's Amendment and the Chief Minister's Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Ministry of External Relations | Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' Amendment. |
| Independent review of Jersey's response to the Covid-19 pandemic | Connétable of St. Brelade's Amendment, the Connétable of St. Brelade's Amendment to the Amendment, and the Council of Ministers' Amendment to the Amendment |
| Environment regulation | Senator Vallois' Amendment. |
| Inclusion Project | Deputy Gardiner's Amendment. |
| Bus passes for young people | Deputy Ward's Amendment. |
| Child Care Trust grant | Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| Mental health services | Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| School funding | Deputy Ward's Amendment. |
| Actions to improve women's safety | Connétable of St. Martin's Amendment and the Minister for Home Affairs' Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Nursery Education Fund | Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| Nursery Education for 2-3-year-olds. | Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| Special Education needs | Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| Moving funding to Children, Young People, Education and Skills (CYPES) department | Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment and the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Training for Nursery practitioners | Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's Amendment. |
| First Tower playing field | Deputy Gardiner's Amendment and the Council of Ministers' Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Air quality monitoring | Connétable of St. Brelade's Amendment and the Council of Ministers' Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Earning caps on Social Security rates | Senator Mézec's Amendment. |
| Health Insurance Fund | Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel's Amendment and the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel's Amendment to the Amendment. |
| Other propositions: | |
| Draft Finance (2022 Budget) | Minister for Treasury and Resources' Proposition. |
| Stop the States grant from the Consolidated Fund to the Social Security Fund for 2022 | Minister for Social Security's Proposition. |
| Transfer Health Insurance Funds to Consolidated Fund | Minister for Social Security'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 Twitter and Facebook pages throughout the meeting, which is expected to extend beyond Tuesday.
