States Minutes 29th September 1993

STATES MINUTES 29t h S ept ember 1993

T HE STATES assembled on Wednesday, 29th September 1993 at 9.30 a.m. under

t he Presidency of the Bailiff ,

S i r P eter Crill, C.B.E.

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All Members were present with the exception of -

S enator Bernard Thomas Binnington - out of t he Island.

S enator Corrie Stein - out of the Island.

R onald Winter Blampied, Deputy of St.

H elier - out of the Island.

T erence Augustine Le Sueur , Deputy of St. H elier - out of the Island.

A lan Payn Bree, Deputy of Grouville - out o f the Island.

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P ray ers read by the President __ _______ ___

Change in Presidency

The Bailiff retired from the Chamber and the Sitting continued under the Presidency of Senator Reginald Robert Jeune .

D'Hautrée School: rezoning and purchase of land. P.117/93

THE STATES, adopting a proposition of the Island Development Committee -

( a) approved the rezoning of Fields 1207, 1243, 1 244 and part of 1219, Mont à

l 'A b bé, St. Helier , measuring

appr oximately 33 vergées, as shown on dr a wing No. 387/1, from Green Zone to us e for educational purposes, and to

aut hor ise the Greffier of the States to

s ign t he said drawing on behalf of the

S t a tes;

( b) authorised the Island Development C om mittee to negotiate with the owners f or t he purchase of the said land at a

f ai r and proper price to be agreed by

t he F inance and Economics Committee;

( c) agreed that, in the event of it not

bei ng pos sible to agree a fair and

pr op er price with the owners of the

l and, t he Island Development Committee s houl d be empowered, in exercise of the pow ers conferred by Article 4 of the

I sl and Planning (Jersey) Law 1964, as

am ende d, to acquire the land by

com pulsory purchase on behalf of the

publ ic in accordance with the

pr ov isions of the Compulsory Purchase

of L and (Procedure) (Jersey) Law 1961, as a mended;

( d) authorised the payment or discharge of

t he expe nses to be incurred in

conne xion with the acquisition of the

s ai d l and and any interests therein and

of t he payment of all legal expenses

f rom the Island Development Committee's vot e of credit Acquisition of Land -

Maj or Reserve' (Vote No. C0904);

( e) authorised the Attorney General and the G r ef fier of the States to pass, on

beha lf of the public, any contract

w h i ch it might be found necessary to

pas s in connexion with the acquisition

of t he said land and any interest

t he r ein;

( f) authorised the Island Development

C om mittee to transfer the

adm inistration of the land, once

acqu ired, to the Education Committee.

Field 1007, St. John : development. P.86/93

THE STATES rejected a proposition of Senator Richard Joseph Shenton that the Island Development Committee be informed that the States would support an application for States Loan houses to be built on Field 1007, St. John , or alternatively houses and light industrial units.

Members present voted as follows -

P our '' (18)

Senators

S henton, Horsfall, Baal, Le Maistre, Q uérée.

Connétable s

S t. Clement, St. Lawrence , St. Brelade , St. M artin, Grouville , St. Helier .

Deputies

W avell(S), Buesnel(H), St. Mary , Rabet(H), S . Baudains(H), St. Martin , Le Geyt(S).

C ont re'' (26)

Senators

R othwell, Le Main, Carter, Chinn.

Connétable s

S t. Mary, St. Ouen , St. Peter , St. Saviour , T rinity.

Deputies

L e Gallais(S), Rumboll(H), Norman(C), St. J ohn, St. Peter , H. Baudains(C), St. Ouen ,

C outanche(L), Huelin(B), Jordan(B),

B ailhache(H), Clarke-Halifax(S), Le

F ondré(L), Walker (H), Syvret(H), Pullin(S), T rinity.

John Pepin Le Sueur , Connétable of St. John , having declared a direct pecuniary interest in the subject matter of the proposition, withdrew from the Chamber prior to the debate.

Building loans: maximum rate of interest. P.87/93

Building loans: maximum rate of interest (P.87/93) - comments of Finance and Economics Committee

Building loans - maximum rate of interest (P.87/93): report of Housing Committee. P.130/93

THE STATES rejected a proposition of Senator Richard Joseph Shenton that the maximum rate of interest payable on a loan granted under the Building Loans (Jersey) Law 1950, as amended, should be ten per cent.

Members present voted as follows -

P our '' (6) Senators

S henton, Le Main.

Connétable

G rouville.

Deputies

B eadle(B), Bailhache (H), Le Geyt(S). C ont re'' (35)

Senators

J eune, Horsfall, Baal, Rothwell, Le M aistre, Carter, Quérée, Chinn.

Connétable s

S t. John, St. Clement , St. Lawrence , St. M ary, St. Ouen , St. Brelade , St. Martin , S t. Peter, St. Helier , St. Saviour ,

T rinity.

Deputies

R umboll(H), Norman(C), St. John , H.

B audains(C), Buesnel(H), St. Ouen ,

C outanche(L), Huelin(B), Jordan(B), St. M ary, Rabet(H), S. Baudains(H), Clarke- H alifax(S), Le Fondré(L), St. Martin ,

W alker(H), Syvret(H), Trinity .

Change in Presidency

During consideration of the proposition regarding Building Loans:maximum rate of interest, the Bailiff returned to the Chamber and the Sitting continued under his Presidency.

Nursing and Residential Homes (Jersey) Law 1993. P.102/93

THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, adopted a Law entitled the Nursing and Residential Homes (Jersey) Law 1993.

Car park development, Red Houses, St. Brelade - Le Riches Stores Limited: petition. P.83/93

Le Riches Stores Limited, Red Houses, St. Brelade : car park development - petition (P.83/93): report of Island Development Committee. P.131/93

THE STATES, having received an assurance from the President of the Island Development Committee that that Committee accepted the petition, adopted a proposition of Senator Nigel Lewis Quérée requesting the Island Development Committee to reconsider its decision to give planning permission to Le Riches Stores Limited to demolish two bungalows, cut down a row of oak trees and build a two-storey car park

development at Red Houses, St. Brelade (application 1533/BA).

Senator Reginald Robert Jeune , Senator Antony Beresford Chinn, John Le Gallais, Deputy of St. Saviour, Percy John Le Masurier, Deputy of St. Ouen , Derek Ryder Maltwood, Deputy of St. Mary and John Nicolle Le Fondré, Deputy of St. Lawrence , each declared a direct pecuniary interest in the subject matter of the

proposition and withdrew from the Chamber prior to consideration of the proposition.

Agricultural and horticultural industry: future policy. P.125/93 and P.143/93

THE STATES, adopting a proposition of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee, approved the policies of the Agriculture and Fisheries Committee as set out in its report dated 28th July 1993 and, in particular -

( a) approved the policy on future aid to t he agr icultural and horticultural

i nd ustry, as outlined in Section 3 of   i ts report dated 28th July 1993;

( b) approved the introduction or

cont inuation, as appropriate, of those s che mes detailed in Section 5 of the r ep ort in respect of -

( i) grants for the use of lime and for m at er i als to control infestation

by p ot ato root eelworm;

( ii ) m easures to encourage and support goo d agr icultural practice;

( ii i) f inancial support for the indus tr y;

( iv ) provision of services;

( v ) marketing and transport;

( vi ) help for small farms and worker tr ai ni ng;

( vi i ) interest subsidy schemes;

a nd agreed to make available to the

C ommittee the necessary funds required to i mplement its policies, in accordance with t he cash limits for 1994 set by the Finance a nd Economics Committee.

Senator Jean Amy Le Maistre, Leonard René Hamel, Connétable of St. Clement , and Edwin Le

Gresley Godel, Connétable of St. Mary , each declared a direct pecuniary interest in the

subject matter of the proposition and withdrew

from the Chamber prior to consideration of the proposition.

Colomberie House, St. Helier : purchase. P.118/93

THE STATES acceded to the request of the President of the Island Development Committee that consideration of the proposition regarding the purchase of Colomberie House, St. Helier (lodged on 10th August 1993) be deferred from the present Sitting to a later date.

Adjournment

THE STATES then adjourned, having agreed that the outstanding items of Public Business should stand over until the next Sitting and that they should be considered immediately before the matters already set down for debate at that Sitting.

THE STATES rose at 5.35 p.m.

D eput y Greffier of the States.