States Meeting summary: 13 May
States Assembly
13 May 2025
Question TimeQuestions with notice
This week’s States Meeting began with Ministers answering States Members’ questions with notice.
Skip to page 6 of the Order Paper to find out which questions were asked and watch from 8 minutes into this morning’s recording to hear questions with notice in full.
Questions without notice
States Members then asked the Minister for Treasury and Resources, Deputy Elaine Millar; Minister for Social Security, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham; and the Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham, questions without notice for 15 minutes each.
Skip to 2 hours and 29 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch questions without notice in full.
Statement
The Minister for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel, made a statement regarding the Future Economy Programme.
Go to the start of this afternoon’s recording to watch the statement and following question period in full.
Public Business
P.23 Road Traffic: offences and penalties
Deputy Catherine Curtis proposed that the Minister for Infrastructure create a new offence under the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956 for failing to stop and report an accident following a serious or fatal injury. The proposition requested that penalties for such an offence include, but are not limited to, a lifetime driving disqualification.
The Deputy also lodged an Amendment, to include those who fail to stop, and help injured people after an accident and to request the Minister for Infrastructure to consult relevant stakeholders.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Deputy’s proposition, as amended, with 47 votes for, no votes against and no abstentions.
Skip to 45 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate in full.
P.27 Draft Elections (Electoral Registers) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-.
The Privileges and Procedures Committee proposed amendments to the Elections (Jersey) Law which will allow for Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) to be introduced with the aim of removing some of the barriers to voting.
The States Assembly agreed to refer the Proposition back under Standing Order 83 with 33 votes for, 12 votes against and two abstentions.
Skip to 1 hour and 16 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate in full.
Adjournment
The States Assembly then adjourned and will reconvene at 9:30am tomorrow, Wednesday 14 May 2025, to continue this week’s States Meeting.
