States resumes - next week’s meeting
4 September 2020
The States Assembly will be meeting on the 8 September for its first sitting following the summer break. The meeting will be held virtually due to Government guidelines which currently restrict gatherings of more than 40 people.
Members will be taking part using Microsoft Teams which has been successfully used since restrictions came into effect in April. Solutions which could allow Members to take part in a "hybrid" meeting, with some Members returning to the Chamber and others accessing remotely, are currently being tested.
The Assembly will begin at 9:30am on Tuesday morning with two hours of oral questions. The Minister for Education, Tracey Vallois and the Chief Minister John Le Fondré will then take 15 minutes of questions without notice each before an hour of questions without notice to all Ministers.
The Minister for Home Affairs, Len Norman is also going to be making a statement regarding the response of Home Affairs services to Covid-19. A range of topics will then be debated:
| Topics | More information |
| Health and safety of rented dwellings | Proposal and amendments here |
| Tax compliance rules for opaque offshore structures | Proposal here |
| The protection of First Tower park from States Development | Proposal here |
| The prohibiting of dogs and other domestic animals from landing on Les Ecréhous and Les Minquiers. | Proposal and amendments here |
| An increase to the food costs bonus which assists low income households | Proposal and amendments here |
| A temporary reduction in Social Security contributions for employees and self-employed individuals | Proposal and amendments here |
| The allocation of remaining 2018 CI Lottery funds to the Association of Jersey Charities | Proposal here |
| An increase to the minimum wage | Proposal here |
| The protection of Millbrook playing fields and adjacent agricultural fields from development | Proposal here |
| The extension, suspension and repeal of a number of emergency Covid-19 regulations | Proposal and related here |
| The extension of the draft Covid-19 laws which will allow the assembly to continue to make emergency laws if necessary, in response to Covid-19 | Proposal here |
The full Order Paper, including all written questions can be found here.
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 accounts throughout the sitting, which is expected to extend beyond Tuesday.
