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STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER

Tuesday 29th May 2012

  1. COMMUNICATIONS BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER
  2. TABLING OF SUBORDINATE ENACTMENTS (Explanatory note attached)

Collective Investment Funds (Certified Funds – Prospectuses) (Jersey) Order  R&O.65/2012. 2012.

Minister for Economic Development.

Battle of Flowers (Jersey) Order 2012.  R&O.66/2012. Minister for Transport and Technical Services.

  1. DOCUMENTS PRESENTED OR LAID

Social Housing Schemes: funding (P.40/2012) – comments.  P.40/2012. Presented: 25th May 2012.  Com. Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.

The proposed acquisition of Lime Grove House: Conclusions on issues considered  R.63/2012. during the enquiry – May 2012.

Presented: 22nd May 2012.

Comptroller and Auditor General.

The proposed acquisition of Lime Grove House: Report of the Comptroller and  R.64/2012. Auditor General – May 2012.

Presented: 22nd May 2012.

Comptroller and Auditor General.

Planning and Environment Policy application NE6: Coastal National Park –  R.65/2012. Consultation Paper.

Presented: 23rd May 2012.

Minister for Planning and Environment.

Land Transactions under Standing Order 168(3) – Cliff House, La Route de  R.66/2012. LAleval, St. Lawrence – boundary ratification.

Presented: 25th May 2012.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

States of Jersey Complaints Panel: report for 2011.  R.67/2012. Presented: 25th May 2012.

Privileges and Procedures Committee.

  1. NOTIFICATION OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS

Statement made in camera on 8th December 2008: release of transcript.  P.48/2012. Lodged: 23rd May 2012.

Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier .

Income Support Medical Appeal Tribunal: appointment of members.  P.49/2012. Lodged: 25th May 2012.

Minister for Social Security.

  1. WITHDRAWAL OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS
  2. APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, COMMITTEES AND PANELS
  3. MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE
  4. PETITIONS
  5. QUESTIONS
  1. – Written Questions(attached)
  1. The Minister for Home Affairs will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy S.S.P.A. Power of St. Brelade regarding the deployment of Customs officers.
  2. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by the Connétable of St. John regarding inward migration.
  3. The Chairman of the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission will table an answer to a question asked by the Connétable of St. John regarding funding for Durrell.
  4. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour regarding the Historic Child Abuse Inquirys Terms of Reference.
  5. The Minister for Home Affairs will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour regarding  the potential merger of the Customs and Immigration intelligence section and the States of Jersey Police.
  6. The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of Grouville regarding access to the Social Security benefits system.
  7. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of Grouville regarding the allocation of surplus funds.
  8. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement regarding restructuring the public sector.
  9. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement regarding the avoidance of tax.
  10. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding the Human Rights audit of procedures at the Planning Department.
  11. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding recommendations made in the Regs Skips Committee of Inquiry report.
  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding the publication of a hospitality, gifts and expenses register and list of external meetings undertaken by him and his Assistant Ministers.
  2. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding the publication of a hospitality, gifts and expenses register and list of external meetings undertaken by the Chief Executive and Departmental officers.
  3. The Minister for Health and Social Services will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding the cost of medical insurance.
  4. The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding a breakdown of costs for temporary workers.
  5. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding the taxing of non-finance, non-locally owned businesses.
  6. The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding employees on zero hours contracts.
  7. The Minister for Health and Social Services will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding employees on zero hours contracts.
  8. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding Tax Information Exchange Agreements.
  9. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy
    1. Tadier of St. Brelade regarding the number of complaints  received by the  Department between 2006 to 2011.
  10. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.H. Young of St. Brelade regarding additions to the Islands housing stock.
  1. – Oral Questions (120 minutes)
  1. The Connétable of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"Would the Minister state what progress, if any, has been made towards the provision of a new police station at the Green Street roundabout?"

  1. Deputy J.H. Young of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"Will the Minister advise what progress has been made by Property Holdings in the provision of affordable homes from each of the five States owned sites identified in the Island Plan in June 2011 and will planning applications be submitted for the development of 150 affordable homes before 29th June 2012 as otherwise amendments will be needed to the Island Plan as required by policy H1?"

  1. Deputy R.G. Le Hérissier of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Home Affairs –

"What control and/or influence, if any, does the Minister have over a voluntary organisation to whom he allocates funds annually from his budget and upon whose Board he has a representative?"

  1. Deputy S.S.P.A. Power of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"Would the Minister confirm that despite a £40,000,000 investment by the public, there will be some addresses that will not be able to use the fibre optic Gigabit Jersey technology and would he further confirm that an English company CH2MHill is contracted to do the majority of the cable laying and infrastructure works and, if so, how does this benefit the Islands tax revenues and provide work for local companies?"

  1. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –

"Will the Minister inform members of the number of recipients who were automatically awarded level 3 impairment when Income Support was introduced on 31st January 2008; what the annual change in the numbers of recipients has been since that date; how many have been subject to review and how many have had their award reduced under the new criteria for judging the level of impairment?

  1. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Economic Development –

"Following the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authoritys public criticism of Jersey Telecoms 4G adverts, does the Minister consider it is time to introduce a general law relating to misleading advertisements in the Island?"

  1. Deputy T.M. Pitman of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"Does the Minister agree with the findings and criticisms within the Comptroller and Auditor Generals report into the Lime Grove House acquisition and, if so, will he be resigning?"

  1. Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Will the Chief Minister give an undertaking that there will be an official consultation process, with a clearly identifiable point of contact, to ensure that interested individuals and groups are able to contribute to the Committee of Inquiry into historical child abuses terms of reference and are kept informed of the Committees progress and, if not, why not?"

  1. Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement will ask the following question of the Minister for Housing –

"Further to my question on 15th May 2012 regarding the  States  Loan Scheme,  would the Minister advise whether any homeowners are still using it, why it has been decided not to re- introduce it and what research and consultation has taken place on the alternative scheme he outlined recently?"

  1. Deputy R.J. Rondel of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"What, if anything, is the Minister as representative of the shareholder, doing to ensure that Jersey Telecom adopt the opt-in service for access to over-18 sites?"

  1. Deputy T.M. Pitman of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chairman of Privileges and Procedures Committee –

"Will the Privileges and Procedures Committee reconsider its previous decision not to afford citizens media sites the same rights to access material and film meetings as the mainstream media?"

  1. Deputy R.G. Le Hérissier of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Does the Chief Minister propose to negotiate Double Taxation Agreements with France and Canada and, if so, when?"

  1. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Economic Development –

"Could the Minister state whether the 87 businesses which have set up in Jersey in the last 4 years in sectors such as oil, gas and mining are currently paying any company tax; advise what part tax neutrality plays in their business models and, given that the Minister for Treasury and Resources has made a commitment to tax these companies, how sustainable is their presence in Jersey?"

  1. Deputy S.S.P.A. Power of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"Would the Minister confirm the number of houses involved in the test or pilot scheme that was conducted recently in the La Moye area for Gigabit Jersey?"

  1. Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement will ask the following question of the Minister for Planning and Environment –

"Would the Minister advise what consultation, if any, took place before the Department began publishing planning applications on-line and what consideration, if any, was given to the matter of security and privacy of applicants?"

  1. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Economic Development –

"Will the Minister advise Members of the current state of negotiations with the Guernsey Authorities regarding a joint Financial Services Ombudsman, explain the differences between the scope of the existing two schemes and advise when legislation will be lodged for consideration by the Assembly?"

  1. – Questions to Ministers without notice (30 minutes) –

1st question period – Minister for Home Affairs

2nd question period – Minister for Planning and Environment

  1. PERSONAL STATEMENTS
  2. STATEMENTS ON A MATTER OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY
  1. PUBLIC BUSINESS

Open ballot for Ministers and Chairmen.  P.188/2011. Lodged: 5th December 2011.

Deputy T.M. Pitman of St. Helier .

Open ballot for Ministers and Chairmen (P.188/2011): comments.  P.188/2011. Presented: 6th January 2012.  Com. Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Social Housing Schemes: funding.  P.40/2012. Lodged: 17th April 2012.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Social Housing Schemes: funding (P.40/2012) – comments.  P.40/2012. Presented: 25th May 2012.  Com. Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.

Draft Money Laundering and Weapons Development (Directions) (Amendment)  P.41/2012. (Jersey) Law 201-.

Lodged: 17th April 2012.

Chief Minister.

Draft Collective Investment Funds (Amendment and Validation) (Jersey) Law 201-.  P.42/2012. Lodged: 17th April 2012.

Minister for Economic Development.

Draft Amendment (No. 19) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey.  P.43/2012. Lodged: 19th April 2012.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Jersey Employment Tribunal: appointment of Chairman and Deputy Chairman.  P.45/2012. Lodged: 1st May 2012.

Minister for Social Security.

Ex gratia payment: Mr. D. Turner.  P.46/2012. Lodged: 1st May 2012.

Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier .

  1. ARRANGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS 12th June 2012

Standing Orders: Answers to Questions.  P.30/2012. Lodged: 26th March 2012.

Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier .

Standing Orders: Answers to Questions (P.30/2012) – comments.  P.30/2012. Presented: 27th April 2012.  Com. Privileges and Procedures Committee.

States Members Remuneration Review Body: revised Terms of Reference.  P.44/2012. Lodged: 27th April 2012.

Privileges and Procedures Committee.

26th June 2012

Draft Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Regulations  P.47/2012. 201-.

Lodged: 15th May 2012.

Minister for Social Security.

Statement made in camera on 8th December 2008: release of transcript.  P.48/2012. Lodged: 23rd May 2012.

Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier .

Income Support Medical Appeal Tribunal: appointment of members.  P.49/2012. Lodged: 25th May 2012.

Minister for Social Security.

10th July 2012

Tourism Development Fund: assistance to the private sector.  P.26/2012. Lodged: 13th March 2012.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

(debate commenced 1st May 2012)

Draft Income Tax (Amendment No. 41) (Jersey) Law 201-.  P.38/2012. Lodged: 4th April 2012.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

M.N. DE LA HAYE Greffier of the States

24th May 2012 Note –

In accordance with the meeting dates fixed for 2012 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee, this meeting will continue, if necessary, on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st May 2012.

Explanatory Note regarding subordinate legislation tabled at this meeting. (See Item B)

R&O.65/2012.

This Order updates the requirements for prospectuses for the sale of units in certified funds and extends their application to closed-ended funds which are constituted as companies or unit trusts, and to open- ended or closed-ended incorporated limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited partnerships and separate limited partnerships.

Article 1 contains basic rules for interpretation.

Article 2 contains definitions associated with the activities and transactions that may be entered into by the certificate holder in relation to a certified fund, or its agent, specifically –

  1. the marketing of units;
  2. the sale of units on their issue or creation;
  3. the subsequent repurchase of units (open-ended funds);
  4. the subsequent sale of units (open-ended funds);
  5. the cancellation of units on the winding up or termination of the fund.

Article 3 states the basic requirements for content and presentation of a prospectus and gives effect to the Schedule, in which details of information to be included in a prospectus is specified. There is also a requirement to revise a prospectus if there is a new issue of units or if, whilst units are being marketed, there is a significant change in or related to the fund.

Article 4 prevents the marketing of units in a certified fund unless the prospectus either satisfies the requirements of Article 2 or the Jersey Financial Services Commission has consented to the marketing of the units notwithstanding that the prospectus does not satisfy those requirements in every respect. In addition, before units are marketed, a copy of the prospectus must be sent to the Commission and any trustee, custodian or depositary of the fund.

Article 5 imposes requirements for the provision of the prospectus and other specified documents to a person buying units from the certificate holder in relation to the fund, or its agent.

Article 6 requires that the prospectus is made available to prospective investors, without charge.

Article 7 creates a statutory liability to compensate a person who has purchased units in a certified fund from the certificate holder or its agent and who suffers loss as a consequence of a statement in a prospectus that is untrue or misleading, or the omission of material information from a prospectus.

Article 8 creates exemptions from the liability under Article 7.

Article 9 revokes the Collective Investment Funds (Unclassified Funds) (Prospectuses) (Jersey) Order 1995.

Article 10 amends the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 with the effect that the requirements in it as to prospectuses no longer apply to closed-ended certified funds which are constituted as companies.

Article 11 amends the Financial Services (Advertising) (Jersey) Order 2008 to clarify that it does not apply to a prospectus for an unregulated fund and to make amendments that are consequential upon the repeal of the Collective Investment Funds (Unclassified Funds) (Prospectuses) (Jersey) Order 1995 and its replacement by this Order.

Article 12 cites the name of the Order and provides for its commencement 6 months after it is made, subject to the following transitional arrangements –

  1. if, before commencement, the Collective Investment Funds (Unclassified Funds) (Prospectuses) (Jersey) Order 1995 applied to a fund, that Order shall continue to apply to the fund for one year following commencement or, if sooner, until the occurrence of a significant change that necessitates the revision of the prospectus;
  1. if, before commencement, Part 3 of the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 applied to a fund, that Part shall continue to apply to the fund until the marketing of a new issue of units in the fund;
  2. any other fund certified before the commencement of this Order shall only become subject to the requirements of this Order one year after commencement or, if sooner, upon the marketing of a new issue of units in the fund or a significant change that necessitates the revision of the prospectus.

The Schedule set out the detail of the information to be included in a prospectus.

The Order was made on 17th May 2012 and comes into force in accordance with Article 12 (as set out above).

R&O.66/2012.

Under this Order, the Jersey Battle of Flowers Association –

  1. may close public roads, and use them, for the purpose of holding the Battle of Flowers on Thursday 9th August 2012 and the Moonlight Parade on Friday 10th August 2012;
  2. may restrict traffic on public roads for the same purpose;
  3. has to give public notice of the closures and restrictions; and
  4. has to take out public liability insurance.

The Order was made on 18th May 2012 and came into force on being made.

WRITTEN QUESTIONS (See Item I(a))

  1. The Minister for Home Affairs will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy S.S.P.A. Power of St. Brelade –

"Can the Minister confirm whether a shift in deployment by Customs officers has been authorized to focus on the smuggling of tobacco and alcohol and, if so, whether this deployment has had a residual effect on drug detection and seizure?

Can he advise whether this change of officer deployment has occurred because of a request by the Treasury for greater emphasis on revenue recovery at the Harbours and Airport?"

  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to the following question asked by the Connétable of St. John –

"Can the Chief Minister, given his responsibility for migration issues, provide a monthly breakdown showing how many people have arrived in Jersey to work in the Island over the last 36 months who are not residentially qualified, but applied for and received a social security card?

Can the Chief Minister provide a detailed monthly breakdown of the number of residentially qualified people that have been registered as unemployed over the same period?"

  1. The Chairman  of the Jersey  Overseas Aid  Commission  will table an  answer to the following question asked by the Connétable of St. John –

"Will the Chairman confirm whether the principle of the Overseas Aid fund is to help the many people who are poor and needy across the world suffering from famine, drought, storm and other perils?

Can he advise whether funds have been given to Durrell and, if so, how this relates to the principles of Overseas Aid, particularly as the Trust has received States funding from the Tourism Development and Fiscal Stimulus Funds?

Will the Chairman consider bringing this years list of charitable donations to the Assembly for endorsement?"

  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour –

"Will the Chief Minister advise when the Terms of Reference of the Committee of Inquiry into historic child abuse will be lodged for consideration by the Assembly and advise what impediments, if any, there have been?

Can the Chief Minister explain what consultation, if any, there has been with interested groups, such as the Jersey Care Leavers Association, regarding the formulation of the Terms of Reference of the Committee of Inquiry into Historic Child Abuse?"

  1. The Minister for Home Affairs will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour –

"Could the Minister explain what consideration, if any, has been given to merging the Customs and Immigration intelligence section with that of the States of Jersey Police?

Would the Minister explain the reasons for continuing with the current situation whereby each Department has separate intelligence units and detail the cost and staffing levels of both?"

  1. The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy of Grouville –

"Can the Minister confirm whether the Income Support system can be accessed by not only a head of a household, but also by his or her unqualified family and extended family who may never have contributed to the system and, if this is the case, what immediate action, if any, has he taken since 24th April 2012, when I brought this to his attention, to address this situation and what further action is proposed?"

  1. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy of Grouville –

"Given the States decision of 18th December 2001 to allocate £10 million to the Tourism Development Fund has never been implemented in full, why did the Minister decide to allocate the entire surplus funds of £27 million to bolster the construction industry rather than honouring the previous States decision by allocating the remaining balance of the £10 million to the Tourism Development Fund and giving the remainder to the construction industry?"

  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement –

"Further to the answer given to my written question of 15th May 2012 regarding the restructuring of the public sector, could the Chief Minister further advise who is presently carrying out this work and give details of progress to date?"

  1. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.C.L. Baudains of St. Clement –

"Is the Minister aware of a practice whereby a person has his/her salary paid by a company at a level just sufficient to qualify for social security supplementation, whilst any balances are made up by open-ended, interest free loans from the company and, if so, what action, if any does he propose to take and would he further estimate the amount of tax lost by this process?"

  1. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Further to previous responses given, will the Minister advise Members -

  1. which specific laws, Regulations, orders, guidance notes and procedures his Department audited in advance of the coming into force of the Human Rights (Jersey) Law 2000, and which they did not?
  2. which laws, Regulations, orders, guidance notes and procedures his department has asked the Law Officers Department to audit or comment upon since I first raised this issue?"
  1. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Will the Minister advise members what actions, if any, his Department has taken to address the criticisms contained in the Committee of Inquirys report into Regs Skips setting out in detail each of the criticisms and the Departments responses outlining what action was taken to address each of these criticisms, and detailing on what dates such action was taken?"

  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Will the Chief Minister undertake to publish from the date he was appointed and from now on, the following information and, if not, why not?

  1. Details of the gifts, hospitality and expenses register for himself, his Deputy and Assistant Chief Ministers;
  2. Details of his, his Deputy and Assistant Chief Ministers external meetings in an official capacity, including video-conferences, stating on which dates they met and the purposes of these meetings?"
  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Will the Chief Minister undertake to publish from the date he was appointed and from now on, the following information and, if not, why not?

  1. Details of the gifts, hospitality and expenses register for his Chief Executive and his senior civil servants;
  2. Details of his Chief Executive and his senior civil servants external meetings in an official capacity, including video-conferences, stating on which dates they met and the purposes of these meetings?"
  1. The Minister for Health and Social Services will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Will the Minister produce a table or tables showing :

  1. the cost of medical insurance for each of the main divisions of the hospital for each year since 2006 to the present;
  2. the average cost of medical insurance for each grade of personnel in each division for each year since 2006 to the present time; and,
  3. give an explanation of any variances in the cost of cover?"
  1. The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier –

"Given that in his response to question 6856 the Minister stated that "costs for temporary agency workers and for States of Jersey employees are fairly evenly balanced" will he give members a detailed breakdown of these costs?

Will the Minister state in what services and at what grades the additional 8.7 staff (from 58.8 FTE employees in the 2011 Annual Business Plan (ABP) to 67.5 FTE in the 2012 ABP) are employed within the Department?

Will he further state in what services and at what grades the 27 employees on zero hours contracts and not on headcount are employed?

Will he also state the weekly hours involved, and the length of service, along with the anticipated end dates, for these 27 employees?

Will the Minister state whether employment agency workers and Social Security staff work alongside each other on the same tasks and, if so, how do their contracts compare in terms of hourly rates, holiday pay and notice periods?

Will he explain the degree of "short-term fluctuations in workloads" or of "uncertainty in permanent funding" which justifies the need for such a high proportion of Social Security staff (28%) to be employed on zero hours contracts?"

  1. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier –

"Will the Minister justify the dichotomy between the following two parts of his answer to question 6863 on 15th May 2012 – "The Minister remains committed to bringing forward measures to deal with the issue of nonfinance, non-locally owned businesses" and "it will not be possible to tax the majority of companies in Jersey and maintain a compliant regime"?

Since both a payroll tax and an office space tax have been ruled out along with deemed distribution, what options remain?

Does the Minister still consider that these companies can be taxed without discriminating between local and non-locally owned companies?"

  1. The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier –

"Will the Minister advise whether any of the 582 Education, Sport and Culture (ESC) employees on zero-hours contracts are, like those at the Social Security department, actually employed by agencies and thus do not form part of FTE headcount and, if so, how many?

Will he provide a breakdown of the numbers of zero hours contracts by job types within ESC?

Will he further state whether teaching assistants are employed on zero hours contacts and, if so, how many and under what circumstances?

Does the Minister consider that for the most part teaching assistants should be on fixed-term or permanent contracts with defined hours to deliver consistent support in the classroom?

Will he further assure members that zero-hours contracts are not used to cover for predictable absence of teaching staff, such as maternity leave?

Will he also state how many zero hours contracts involve Highlands College lecturers (apart from Adult Education tutors) and what circumstances would justify this?"

  1. The Minister for Health and Social Services will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier –

"Will the Minister whether any of the 545 employees on zero-hours contracts are, like those at the Social Security department, actually employed by agencies  and thus do not form part of FTE headcount and, if so, how many?

Will he give a further breakdown of the numbers of zero hours contracts by job types within Health and Social Services?"

  1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier –

"Given that the Assistant Chief Minister has stated that of the 28 requests for information from jurisdictions with which we have a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) the "majority" have been complied with, will the Chief Minister state what this number is?

Will the Chief Minister state how many of these concerned a person or a company as defined by Article 4 of the TIEA with Italy (P.34/2012)?

How many involved criminal tax matters as defined in the aforementioned Article 4?

How many involved information on each of paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b) (i) to (iv)of Article 5 of the same TIEA with Italy?

Is the Chief Minister aware whether any tax revenue has been recovered through the use of a Jersey TIEA?"

  1. The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade –

"Will the Minister –

  1. produce a table showing the number of complaints received regarding his officers between 2006 and 2011, breaking the complaints down into planning, environment, enforcement sections; years; officer grade; and indicating whether multiple complaints were received against any one officer in these areas?
  2. explain the complaints procedure;
  3. explain how many complaints, if any, were upheld and how they were dealt with for example an official warning, suspension, dismissal etc?"

21 The Minister for Planning and Environment will table an answer to the following question asked by

Deputy J.H. Young of St. Brelade –

"Will the Minister advise the Assembly of the number of new first time buyer homes, affordable homes or open market homes, both flats and houses, which have been added to the local housing stock since the adoption of the 2011 Island Plan, on sites within each of the following areas and categories identified in paragraphs 6.38- 6.64 and Table 6.3 of the Island Plan -

  1. from the 900 homes reported in the Island Plan as under construction as at March 2011;
  2. from the planning permissions reported as outstanding in March 2011 for a total of 1,243 dwellings;
  3. the site zoned for first time buyer homes in the Island Plan 2002 but remaining undeveloped at the time of the plan;
  4. the six sites zoned for lifelong homes in the July 2008 amendment to the Island Plan 2002;
  5. sites within the St Helier waterfront;
  6. other sites within the town of St Helier;
  7. sites outside the town of St Helier, within urban and rural settlements classified as built up zone in the Island Plan 2011;
  8. extensions of village and rural centres under policy H5; and,
  9. States owned sites under policy H1?"

ORAL QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS WITHOUT NOTICE (See Item I(c))

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July 17th  Education, Sport and Culture


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Economic Development Chief Minister

Health and Social Services Chief Minister

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