This Week's States Meeting
28 March 2022
This week's States Meeting will commence at 9:30am tomorrow, Tuesday 29 March. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Public-I using 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 Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture, Senator Lyndon Farnham;
The Minister for Children and Education, Deputy Scott Wickenden; and
The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré.
After question time, the following topics will be debated (in this order):
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Permanent use of tasers by the States of Jersey Police | The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition and the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's amendment |
Updating references to criminal procedures | The Chief Minister's proposition |
Changes to the Control of Housing and Work Law | The Chief Minister's proposition |
Appointment of members to the Rate Appeal Board | The Minister for Treasury and Resources' proposition |
Inclusion of an Island Identity statement in propositions | The Minister for International Development's proposition |
Maintenance of Jersey's credit rating | Deputy Kirsten Morel's proposition and the Minister for Treasury and Resources' amendment |
Law to embed children's rights in policy development and decision-making processes | The Minister for Children and Education's proposition and the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel's 1st amendment, 2nd amendment and 3rd amendment |
Extension of Jersey Financial Services Commission supervisory powers to bank auditors | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Zero-hours contracts: Ban on exclusivity clauses | The Minister for Social Security's proposition |
Complaints against police officers | The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition |
Winding up and dissolution of limited liability companies | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Amendment to the Law in keeping with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Provision for the taxation of profits of limited liability companies | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Extension of the Law which enables implementation of Covid-19 legislation | The Minister for Health and Social Services' proposition |
Extension of temporary Covid-19 legislation to the end of September | The Minister for Health and Social Services' proposition |
Establishment of a "Portelet no-take zone" for fishing | The Minister for the Environment's proposition |
Miscellaneous amendments to the LLC (limited liability companies) Law | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Provisions for limited liability companies | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Defining the status, role and function of the Jersey Financial Intelligence Unit | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Changes to legislation to allow the 'LLC Law' to come into force | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Bringing into force the 'LLC Law' and the 'Amendment Law' | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Re-appointment of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commissioner | The Minister for International Development's proposition |
Community Cost Bonus increase | Senator Kristina Moore's proposition and amendment and Senator Tracey Vallois' amendment |
Mechanisms to discourage properties being left vacant for long periods | Deputy Montfort Tadier'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.
