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States Meeting Summary: 02-03 May 2023

Tuesday 02 May

Appointments

To begin this week's States Meeting, the States Assembly appointed Connétable of St. Mary, David Johnson, as a member of the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel.

Watch from 8 minutes into this morning's recording to see the appointment.
 

Question Time 

Questions with notice 

Ministers then answered States Members' questions with notice. Skip to page 5 of the Order Paper to find out which questions were asked and watch from 9 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, the Minister for Home Affairs, Deputy Helen Miles, and the Chief Minister, Deputy Kristina Moore, questions without notice for 15 minutes each.

Skip to 1 hour and 58 minutes into this morning's recording to watch the questions without notice.
 

Public Business

Rent Control Measures

Deputy Sam Mézec proposed that the Residential Tenancy (Jersey) Law 2011 should be either amended or replaced. This would provide for rent control measures to be introduced and for the abolition of 'no fault evictions'.

Deputy Mézec also proposed an amendment to his proposition and asked that his proposition be debated as amended. The amendment would remove the proposed ban on rent increases during the first 3 years of tenancy and would instead limit rent increases to no more than once a year.

The States Assembly voted separately on each part of Deputy Mézec's proposition. They voted to reject parts A and B of the proposition. Part C, which sought to establish a body such as a Rent Tribunal to adjudicate housing disputes, was approved, with 22 votes for, 20 votes against, and 1 abstention.

Go to 2 hours and 43 minutes into this morning's recording to watch the beginning of the debate.
 

In-Committee Debate

The States Meeting continued with an in-committee debate on the Minister for Housing and Communities' proposed Residential Tenancy Law Reforms.

Go to 3 hours and 40 minutes into this afternoon's recording to watch the in-committee debate.

The States Assembly then adjourned and will reconvene tomorrow, Wednesday 03 May at 9:30am, where the in-committee debate will continue.

Watch the recording of this morning's States Meeting and this afternoon's States Meeting.
 

Wednesday 03 May

Continuation of In-Committee Debate

The States Assembly continued with the in-committee debate on the Minister for Housing and Communities' proposed Residential Tenancy Law Reforms.

Go to the beginning of this morning's recording to watch the debate.
 

Adjournment

The States Assembly then adjourned and will reconvene at 09:30am on Tuesday 23 May 2023.

Watch the full recording of the States Meeting on Public-i.