This week's States Meeting
28 February 2022
This week's States Meeting will commence tomorrow, Tuesday 1 March, at 9:30am. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Public-I from the States Chamber.
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 this 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 Treasury and Resources, Deputy Susie Pinel;
The Minister for Housing and Communities, Deputy Russell Labey; and
The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré
After question time, the Minister for Health and Social Services will make a statement regarding the implementation of the proposition 'Re-opening of Samarès Ward' and the Minister for External Relations and Financial Services will make a statement regarding the situation in Ukraine. Then, the following topics will be debated (in this order):
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New Canons of Church of England in Jersey | The Chief Minister's proposition |
Jersey's attachment to the Diocese of Salisbury | The Chief Minister's proposition |
Changes to States Members' Code of Conduct | The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition and amendment |
Changes to the Law relating to Legal Aid Guidelines | The Chief Minister's proposition |
Four-day bank holiday to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | The Chief Minister's proposition |
Changes to the Marriage and Civil Status Law | The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition |
Changes to the Civil Partnership Law | The Minister for Home Affairs' proposition |
Arrangements to help children live outside of Jersey | The Minister for Children and Education's proposition |
Online application to register Intellectual Property | The Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' proposition |
Regime for political parties to report donations | The Privileges and Procedures Committee's proposition |
States-owned bodies as Living Wage employers | Senator Mézec's proposition |
Prioritisation of removing discriminatory Laws against same sex parents (the debate of this proposition is subject to the minimum lodging period being reduced) | Deputy Louise Doublet'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.
