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PRIVILEGES AND PROCEDURES COMMITTEE (4th Meeting)
(Business conducted by electronic mail)
5th March 2021
PART A (Non-Exempt)
All members were present.
Deputy C.S. Alves of St. Helier , Chair Senator T.A. Vallois, Vice-Chair Connétable A.S. Crowcroft of St. Helier Connétable K. Shenton-Stone of St Martin Deputy R. Labey of St. Helier
Deputy M.R. Le Hegarat of St. Helier Deputy G.C.U. Guida of St Lawrence
In attendance -
L.M. Hart , Deputy Greffier of the States
K. Boydens , Principal Committee and Panel Officer
Note: The Minutes of this meeting comprise Part A only.
Electoral A1. The Committee, with reference to Minute No. B5 of 27th November 2020, of the Reform – Committee as previously constituted, received a draft Proposition entitled Draft approval for Constitution of the States and Election (Jersey) Law 202-' which brought forward the lodging: Draft legislative changes following the adoption of the Proposition entitled Composition and Constitution of Election of the States: Proposed Changes' (P.139/2020).
the States and
Election The Committee recalled that the legislative changes had been brought forward (Jersey) Law following the work undertaken by the Election Observers Sub-Committee on proposals 202- for electoral reform.
The Committee was advised that the legislative changes would implement paragraph (a) of P.139/2020, namely, to establish an Assembly of 49 Members, 37 elected from 9 new districts of comparable population size, plus the 12 Parish Connétable s. The legislation would also move the date of the next election to June 2022.
The Committee approved the draft Proposition and instructed the Principal Committee and Panel Officer to make the necessary arrangements for it to be presented to the Assembly as soon as practicable.