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STATES OF JERSEY
MEETINGS OF THE STATES IN 2024
Presented to the States on 20th July 2023 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee
STATES GREFFE
2023 R.116
REPORT
The Privileges and Procedures Committee (PPC) is required to fix dates for States Assembly meetings for the following year no later than the end of September each year. Following a decision taken by PPC a number of years ago, the dates are drafted to avoid meetings during any school holiday periods. In 2024, School term dates are as follows:
• Spring term: 4th January to 27th March (half term 12th to 16th February)
• Summer term: 15th April to 19th July (half term 28th May to 31st May)
• Autumn term: 3rd September to 19th December (half term 28th October to 1st November)
Standing Orders 3 and 4 provide that –
3 Sessions of the States
- There shall be 2 sessions of the States in each year during which they shall meet;
- The 1st session shall start on the 3rd Tuesday in January and end no later than the last Tuesday in July;
- The 2nd session shall start on the 2nd Tuesday in September and end no later than the 3rd Tuesday in December.
4 Planning days for meetings of the States
- The PPC shall, no later than the end of September in each year, present to the States a list of days for meetings of the States in the 1st and 2nd sessions in the following year;
- Ordinarily, a meeting day is a Tuesday;
- The list may include continuation days.
In 2021, the States Assembly agreed to move to a 3 weekly cycle, therefore, the meeting dates for 2024 are detailed as an Appendix to this Report. School holidays have been avoided and the dates provide for 16 meetings (plus Liberation Day) including Friday as an additional continuation day.
As required by Standing Orders, the first meeting of 2024 will be on 16th January which is the third Tuesday of January. The 3 weekly cycle continues throughout the Spring term, avoiding meeting during the Spring half term (12th - 16th February). If the 3 weekly cycle was to follow, the meeting day would fall on the 9th April which is during the Easter holidays (27th March to 12th April), therefore, the Committee proposes to hold a meeting after the holidays on 16th April and again on 30th April. After Liberation Day, which falls on Thursday 9th May, the States will then meet on 21st May, avoiding the summer half term (28th May to 31st May). The cycle continues with a 2 weekly date of 25th June returning to the 3 weekly cycle until the last meeting before the summer recess, which will be on 16th July. The Committee proposes this date so as to avoid the school holidays (beginning 19th July).
As required by Standing Orders, the first meeting of the second session will be on the second Tuesday in September, namely 10th September 2024. The meetings will
continue however, the Committee proposes that a meeting is held on 26th November, rather than 3rd December, in order to continue the cycle until the final meeting of 2024, which will commence on 10th December. The schools break for Christmas on 19th December 2024.
The first meeting of 2025 will be on Tuesday 21st January 2025.
R.116/2023
APPENDIX
2024 SESSIONS
In accordance with Standing Order 38, I hereby give notice that
the Privileges and Procedures Committee has fixed the following days for the holding of meetings of the States in 2024.
First Session
Continuation (if necessary)
January 16th
February 6th February 27th March 19th
April 16th
April 30th
May 9th (Liberation Day) May 21st
June 11th
June 25th
July 16th
January 17th, 18th and 19th February 7th, 8th and 9th February 28th, 29th and March 1st March 20th, 21st and 22nd
April 17th, 18th and 19th
May 1st, 2nd and 3rd
May 22nd, 23rd and 24th June 12th, 13th and 14th June 26th, 27th and 28th July 17th, 18th and 19th
Second Session
Continuation (if necessary)
September 10th September 11th, 12th and 13th October 1st October 2nd, 3rd and 4th October 22nd October 23rd, 24th and 25th November 12th November 13th, 14th and 15th November 26th November 27th, 28th and 29th December 10th December 11th, 12th and 13th
The first meeting of 2025 will be on 21st January 2025. Greffier of the States