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THE STATES assembled on Tuesday 13th March 2008, at 09.30 a.m. under the Presidency of
Mrs. Anne Helen Harris , Deputy Greffier of the States.
All members were present at roll call with the exception of –
S e nator Stuart Syvret – en défaut
S e nator Philip Francis Cyril Ozouf – en défaut (défaut raised at 9.57 a.m.) S e nator Frederick Elyer Cohen – en défaut (défaut raised at 9.57 a.m.)
C o nnétable Thomas John du Feu of St. Peter – ill
C o nnétable Geoffrey William Fisher of St. Lawrence – en défaut
D e puty Alan Breckon of St. Saviour – en défaut
D e puty Peter Nicholas Troy of St. Brelade –ill
D e puty Jacqueline Ann Hilton of St. Helier – ill
D e puty Anne Enid Pryke of Trinity – en défaut
D e puty Shona Pitman of St. Helier – ill
D e puty Kevin Charles Lewis of St. Saviour – absent on States business
Prayers
Change of Presidency
The Deputy Greffier retired from the Chair during the roll call and the meeting continued under the presidency of the Bailiff .
Urgent Oral Questions
(see Official Report/Hansard)
Deputy Geoffrey Peter Southern of St. Helier asked the following question of the Minister for Social Security which the Bailiff had allowed in accordance with Standing Order 15 relating to urgent oral questions –
" W il l the Minister explain exactly what the additional support to be provided for G.P. visits,
announced in the media yesterday, entails?"
Draft Civil Aviation (Jersey) Law 200- P.18/2008
THE STATES resumed consideration of the Draft Civil Aviation (Jersey) Law 200- and, after discussion, adopted a proposition of Deputy Robert Charles Duhamel of St. Saviour that the Assembly move to the consideration of the next item on the Order Paper.
Members present voted as follows –
POUR: 23 CONTRE: 18 ABSTAIN: 0
Senator B.E. Shenton Senator L. Norman Connétable of St. Ouen Senator W. Kinnard Connétable of St. Mary Senator T.A. Le Sueur
Connétable of St. Clement Connétable of St. Helier Connétable of Grouville Connétable of St. Brelade Connétable of St. Martin Connétable of St. John
Deputy R.C. Duhamel (S) Deputy of St. Martin
Deputy G.C.L. Baudains (C) Deputy R.G. Le Hérissier (S) Deputy J.A. Martin (H)
Deputy G.P. Southern (H)
Deputy S.C. Ferguson (B) Deputy of St. Ouen
Deputy of Grouville
Deputy of St. Peter
Deputy P.V.F. Le Claire (H) Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré (L) Deputy S.S.P.A. Power (B) Deputy of St. Mary
Senator P.F. Routier
Senator M.E. Vibert
Senator P.F.C. Ozouf
Senator T.J. Le Main
Senator F.E. Cohen
Senator J.L. Perchard Connétable of St. Saviour Deputy J.J. Huet (H)
Deputy C.J. Scott Warr en (S) Deputy J.B. Fox (H)
Deputy P.J.D. Ryan (H) Deputy D.W. Mezbourian
(L)
Deputy A.J.D. Maclean (H) Deputy of St. John
Deputy I.J. Gorst (C)
Rear seat-belts and child booster seats P.27/2008
THE STATES, adopting a proposition of Deputy Paul Francis Victor Le Claire of St. Helier, agreed–
( a ) t h at appropriate legislation should be introduced to require the wearing of rear seat belts in
vehicles;
( b ) to agree that appropriate legislation should be introduced to require the use of child seats or
booster seats for children under certain sizes, to ensure effective restraint of vehicle occupants who might not otherwise be appropriately restrained by seat belts alone; and
(c ) to request the Minister for Transport and Technical Services to make the necessary Orders under
the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956 to give effect to the proposals.
Members present voted as follows –
POUR: 35 CONTRE: 2 ABSTAIN: 1 Senator L. Norman Deputy G.C.L. Baudains (C) Deputy of St. Mary
Senator W. Kinnard Deputy G.W.J. de Faye (H)
Senator T.A. Le Sueur
Senator P.F. Routier
Senator M.E. Vibert
Senator P.F.C. Ozouf
Senator T.J. Le Main
Senator B.E. Shenton
Senator F.E. Cohen
Senator J.L. Perchard
Connétable of St. Ouen
Connétable of St. Mary
Connétable of St. Clement
Connétable of St. Helier
Connétable of Trinity Connétable of Grouville Connétable of St. Brelade Connétable of St. Martin Connétable of St. John Connétable of St. Saviour Deputy R.C. Duhamel (S) Deputy of St. Martin
Deputy C.J. Scott Warr en (S) Deputy J.B. Fox (H)
Deputy J.A. Martin (H)
Deputy P.J.D. Ryan (H) Deputy of Grouville
Deputy of St. Peter
Deputy P.V.F. Le Claire (H) Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré (L) Deputy D.W. Mezbourian
(L)
Deputy S.S.P.A. Power (B) Deputy A.J.D. Maclean (H) Deputy of St. John
Deputy I.J. Gorst (C)
Change of Presidency
The Bailiff briefly retired from the Chair during the consideration of the proposition of Deputy Paul Francis Vincent Le Claire of St. Helier entitledRear seat-belts and child booster seats' (P.27/2008) and the meeting continued under the Presidency of the Deputy Greffier until his return.
Jersey Charities Commission: Feasibility Study P.28/2008
THE STATES, adopting a proposition of Deputy Ian Joseph Gorst of St. Clement, agreed to request the Chief Minister to undertake a feasibility study into the creation of a Jersey Charities Commission and, if appropriate, to present proposals to the States for approval within 3 months regarding the establishment of such a Commission.
Members present voted as follows –
POUR: 39 CONTRE: 1 ABSTAIN: 0 Senator L. Norman Deputy G.W.J. de Faye (H)
Senator W. Kinnard
Senator T.A. Le Sueur
Senator P.F. Routier
Senator M.E. Vibert
Senator P.F.C. Ozouf
Senator T.J. Le Main
Senator B.E. Shenton
Senator F.E. Cohen
Senator J.L. Perchard
Connétable of St. Ouen
Connétable of St. Mary
Connétable of St. Clement
Connétable of Trinity
Connétable of Grouville
Connétable of St. Brelade Connétable of St. Martin Connétable of St. John Connétable of St. Saviour Deputy R.C. Duhamel (S) Deputy of St. Martin
Deputy G.C.L. Baudains (C) Deputy C.J. Scott Warr en (S) Deputy R.G. Le Hérissier (S) Deputy J.B. Fox (H)
Deputy J.A. Martin (H)
Deputy S.C. Ferguson (B) Deputy of St. Ouen
Deputy P.J.D. Ryan (H) Deputy of Grouville
Deputy of St. Peter
Deputy P.V.F. Le Claire (H) Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré (L) Deputy D.W. Mezbourian
(L)
Deputy S.S.P.A. Power (B) Deputy A.J.D. Maclean (H) Deputy of St. John
Deputy I.J. Gorst (C)
Deputy of St. Mary
Appointments Commission: re-appointment of member P.30/2008
THE STATES, in accordance with Article 18(1) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, agreed to re-appoint Advocate Rose Edith Colley as a Commissioner to the Jersey Appointments Commission for a period of one year.
Arrangement of public business for future meetings
THE STATES agreed the following arrangement of public business for future meetings proposed, as amended, by the Chairman of the Privileges and Procedures Committee in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order 88 (3) –
1st April 2008
Draft Export Control (Jersey) Law 200-. P.21/2008. Lodged: 5th February 2008.
Minister for Home Affairs.
Draft Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) P.22/2008. Regulations 200-.
Lodged: 5th February 2008.
Chief Minister.
Draft Act annulling the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment P.23/2008. No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2007.
Lodged: 6th February 2008.
Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement.
Draft Political Parties (Registration) (Jersey) Law 200-. P.25/2008.
Lodged: 8th February 2008. Privileges and Procedures Committee.
Draft Proceeds of Crime (Supervisory Bodies) (Jersey) Law 200-. P.29/2008. Lodged: 18th February 2008.
Minister for Economic Development.
Census of Island's population. P.32/2008. Lodged: 26th February 2008.
Deputy of Grouville .
Rezoning of sites in the Green and Countryside Zones and Island Plan Review. P.33/2008. Lodged: 26th February 2008.
Deputy of Grouville .
Committee of Inquiry into the operation of Third Party Planning Appeals. P.35/2008. Lodged: 26th February 2008.
Deputy C.J. Scott Warr en of St. Saviour.
Draft Financial Services (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2008 (Appointed Day) P.40/2008. Act 200-.
Lodged: 11th March 2008.
Minister for Economic Development.
Draft Goods and Services Tax (Jersey) Law 2007 (Appointed Day) (Amendment) P.41/2008. Act 200-.
Lodged: 12th March 2008.
Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Draft Customs and Excise (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 200-. P.31/2008. Lodged: 19th February 2008.
Minister for Treasury and Resources.
29th April 2008
Draft Civil Aviation (Jersey) Law 200-. P.18/2008. Lodged: 29th January 2008.
Minister for Home Affairs.
Draft Civil Aviation (Jersey) Law 200- (P.18/2008): comments. P.18/2008. Com. Presented: 6th March 2008.
Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel.
Draft Health Implementation (Jersey) Law 200-. P.34/2008. Lodged: 26th February 2008.
Minister for Health and Social Services.
Draft Sea Fisheries (Inshore Trawling, Netting and Dredging) (Amendment) P.36/2008. (Jersey) Regulations 200-.
Lodged: 6th March 2008.
Minister for Economic Development.
Health Services Disciplinary Tribunal: constitution and appointment of Members. P.37/2008. Lodged: 11th March 2008.
Minister for Social Security.
Flu pandemic funding. P.38/2008. Lodged: 11th March 2008.
Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Draft Harbours (Amendment No. 41) (Jersey) Regulations 200-. P.39/2008. Lodged: 11th March 2008.
Minister for Economic Development.
Draft Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 200-. P.42/2008. Lodged: 12th March 2008.
Economic Affairs Scrutiny Panel.
13th May 2008
Jersey Enterprise Board Limited: proposed establishment. P.194/2007. Lodged: 19th December 2007.
Council of Ministers.
Jersey Enterprise Board Limited: proposed establishment (P.194/2007) – P.194/2007. amendment. Amd. Lodged: 28th December 2007.
Deputy J.B. Fox of St. Helier.
Jersey Enterprise Board Limited: proposed establishment (P.194/2007) – third P.194/2007. amendment. Amd.(3) Lodged: 19th February 2008.
Public Accounts Committee.
3rd June 2008
Draft Taxation (Land Transactions) (Jersey) Law 200-. P.185/2007. Lodged: 4th December 2007.
Minister for Treasury and Resources.
(Principles adopted on 12th March 2008)
Draft Taxation (Land Transactions) (Jersey) Law 200- (P.185/2007): comments. P.185/2007. Presented: 10th March 2008. Com. Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.
Draft Taxation (Land Transactions) (Jersey) Law 200- (P.185/2007): amendments. P.185/2007. Lodged: 26th February 2008. Amd. Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Millennium Town Park: Funding from Strategic Reserve. P.1/2008. Lodged: 3rd January 2008.
Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier.
Millennium Town Park: Funding from Strategic Reserve (P.1/2008) – comments. P.1/2008. Presented: 26th February 2008. Com. Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Miss Stephanie Claire Nicolle Q.C., H.M. Solicitor General – farewell
The Bailiff expressed appreciation to Miss Stephanie Claire Nicolle Q.C., who was in the Chamber for the final time before her retirement as H.M. Solicitor General. He acknowledged her quite outstanding public service to the
Island and wished her a long, happy and fruitful retirement.
Senator Terence Augustine Le Sueur, in his capacity as Deputy Chief Minister, also thanked Miss Nicolle, on behalf of all members, for her courteous and thorough advice and he wished her a happy retirement.
Miss Nicolle thanked the Assembly for their kind wishes. THE STATES rose at 12.16 p.m.
L.-M. HART Assistant Greffier of the States