This week's States Meeting
7 February 2022
The next States Meeting will commence at 9:30am tomorrow, Tuesday 8 February. The entire meeting will be broadcast live via Microsoft Teams 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 this week's oral questions with notice can be found on page eight of the Order Paper. The following Ministers will then 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 International Development, Deputy Carolyn Labey;
- The Minister for Social Security, Deputy Judy Martin; and
- The Chief Minister, Senator John Le Fondré.
After question time, the following topics will be debated (in this order):
| Topics: | More information: |
| Draft Law to support the wellbeing and safeguarding of children and young people, in particular the most vulnerable | Minister for Children and Education's Proposition |
| Changes to the process of liquidating a company | Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' Proposition |
| Change to the Law that allows payment into a pension scheme | Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' Proposition |
| Establishing a radiotherapy unit in Jersey | Deputy Tadier's Proposition and the Minister for the Environment's Amendment |
| Continued implementation of EU controls in relation to animal and plant products | Minister for the Environment's Proposition |
| Adopting the 'Common Population Policy' for Jersey | Council of Ministers' Proposition |
| Licences for drivers of heavy goods vehicles | Minister for Infrastructure's Proposition |
| New transaction tax on 'enveloped property' (property owned by entities, rather than individuals) | Minister for Treasury and Resources' Proposition, Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel's Amendment and the Minster for Treasury and Resources' Amendment |
| Update to Law in relation to the minimum earnings threshold | Minster for Social Security's Proposition |
| To make the Rent Safe Scheme mandatory for all landlords | Senator Moore's Proposition and Deputy Ward's Amendment |
| Changes to the resignation process for Connétables (Parish Constables) | Comité des Connétables' Proposition |
| Changes to the financial crime Law in relation to property assets | Minister for External Relations and Financial Services' Propositions: P.123 P.124 P.125 |
| Jurats' retirement process | Chief Ministers' Proposition |
| Increase tenancy notice periods for long sitting tenants | Senator Mézec's Proposition and the Minister for Housing and Communities' Amendment |
| Various changes to the Standing Orders | Privileges and Procedures Committee'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.
