States Meeting summary: 16-17 January
16 January 2024
States Meeting Summary for the 16 January and 17 January
Wednesday 16 January
Questions with notice
This week’s States Meeting began with States Members’ questions with notice.
Skip to page 7 of the Order Paper to find out which questions were asked and watch from 4 minutes into this morning’s recording to hear questions with notice in full.
Questions without notice
States Members then asked the Minister for the Environment, Deputy Jonathan Renouf, Minister for External Relations, Deputy Philip Ozouf, and the Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, questions without notice for 15 minutes each.
Skip to 1 hour 9 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch the questions without notice.
Public Business
Vote of No Confidence: Chief Minister
Deputy Tom Binet proposed a Vote of No Confidence in the Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE Deputy Tom Binet’s proposition, with 27 votes for, 22 votes against, and 0 abstentions.
Skip to 2 hours 2 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch the beginning of the debate.
Watch from the beginning of this afternoon’s recording to continue watching the debate, and this evening’s recording to watch the rest of the debate and the vote.
Thursday 17 January
Public Business
Draft Planning and Building (Amendment No. 8) (Repeal) (Jersey) Law 202-
This week's States Meeting continued with the debate of Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache's proposition to repeal the remaining uncommenced provision of the Planning & Building (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Law 2022. This would delete the expanded definition of "develop" so that it did not include carrying out any "operation to or involving a tree."
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE Deputy Bailhache's proposition in third reading, with 29 votes for, 18 votes against, and 0 abstentions.
Go to 9 minutes into this morning's recording to watch the debate.
Amendment to Standing Orders – Political Awareness and Education Privileges and Procedures Sub-Committee
The Privileges and Procedures Committee proposed an amendment to the Standing Orders, to include a specific Sub-Committee to cover political awareness and education matters.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition, with 41 votes for, 0 votes against, and 0 abstentions.
Go to 2 hours 40 minutes into this morning's recording to watch the debate.
Amendment to Standing Orders – States Decision Tracker
The Privileges and Procedures Committee proposed an amendment to the Standing Orders, to introduce the development and maintenance of a States decision tracker (as part of its Terms of Reference).
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition, with 42 votes for, 0 votes against, and 0 abstentions.
Go to 3 hours 2 minutes into this morning's recording to watch the debate.
Draft Cold Weather Bonus and Payments (Amendment – Extension of eligibility (Jersey) Regulations 202
The Minister for Social Security, Deputy Elaine Millar, proposed the Draft Cold Weather Bonus and Payments (Amendment – Extension of Eligibility) (Jersey) Regulations, to extend eligibility for cold weather bonuses to those receiving long-term incapacity allowance.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Minister for Social Security, Deputy Elaine Miller's proposition with 41 votes for, 0 votes against, and 0 abstentions.
Go to the start of this afternoon's recording to watch the debate.
Draft Employment (amendment No.15) (Jersey) Law 202
Minister for Social Security, Deputy Elaine Millar proposed an amendment to the Draft Employment (Jersey) Law, allowing flexible & settled employees a contract to reflect their work pattern & make two annual requests for change in working arrangements.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Minister for Social Security, Deputy Elaine Millar's proposition, with 41 votes for, 0 votes against and 0 abstentions.
Go to five minutes into this afternoon's recording to watch the debate.
Amendment to Standing Orders – Roll of Elected Members
The Privileges and Procedures Committee proposed an amendment to the Standing Orders, that the order of the roll is determined according to the length of time each elected member has held office (separating Deputies and Connétables)
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition, with 30 votes for, 11 votes against, and 1 abstention.
Go to 27 minutes into this afternoon's recording to watch the debate.
Maximum Employment Probation Periods
Deputy Max Andrews proposed maximum probation periods, as amended by his own amendment, that employment probation periods should be amended within the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 to:
• Set a maximum employment probation period of no more than 6 months
• Ensure that any employee on a fixed term contract of 6 months or less will not be subject to a work probation period
• Ensure that any extension in an employment probation period can only be made once and does not result in the total probation period exceeding the maximum employment probation period set out in the first point
The States Assembly voted to REJECT Deputy Max Andrews' proposition as amended, with 4 votes for, 35 votes against, and 0 abstentions.
Go to 47 minutes into this afternoon's recording to watch the debate.
Remote Participation within the States Assembly for the Purpose of Election of a Chief Minister or Minister
Deputy Moz Scott proposed that States Members should be permitted to participate remotely from outside Jersey in the States Meetings to select a Chief Minister designate and other Ministers in the new Council of Ministers.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE Deputy Scott's proposition, with 38 votes for, 5 votes against, and 1 abstentions.
Go to 1 hour 36 minutes into this afternoon's recording to watch the debate.
Adjournment
The States Meeting then adjourned and will recommence at 09:30am on Thursday 25 January at 9.30am in order to elect a new Chief Minister. For details on the process for this: bit.ly/3SjPd5e
