Consolidated Order Paper 1st December 2015

Draft Budget Statement 2016 (P.127/2015): amendment. P.127/2015. Lodged: 25th November 2015. Amd. Deputy of Grouville .

* Draft States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 8) (Miscellaneous Transfers) P.46/2015. (Jersey) Regulations 201- (P.46/2015): second amendment. Amd.(2) Lodged: 1st December 2015.

Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.

* DLodgraft Bed:udg1stet D Stecatememberent 20 201165. (P.127/2015): second amendment. P.127Am/20d.15(2). Connétable of Grouville .

Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme Committee of Management: P.148/2015. membership.

Lodged: 18th November 2015.

Jersey Law Commission: appointment of Commissioners. P.149/2015. Lodged: 24th November 2015.

Ex Gratia payment to Mr. Roy Boschat. P.82/2015. Lodged: 24th July 2015.

Minimum Wage: revised hourly rate from 1st April 2016. P.150/2015. Lodged: 26th November 2015.

Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier .

WITHDRAWAL OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS
APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, COMMITTEES AND PANELS
MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE
PETITIONS
QUESTIONS

– Written Questions(attached)

The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of St. John regarding changes made to the Social Rental Policy in 2013.
The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer a question asked by the Deputy of St. John regarding departmental budgets from 2009 to 2015.

The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of St. John regarding reports produced by Oxera.
The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of St. John regarding the restructuring of the Treasury and Resources Department.
The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of St. John regarding reports used to measure the success of the Income Support system.
The Minister for Health and Social Services will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier regarding waiting lists for cataract operations.
The Minister for Housing will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier regarding measures to reduce rental costs.
The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier regarding the suggestion that Jersey could contribute to a Royal Commission into the difficulties facing Sark.
The Minister for Social Security will table an answer a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding child poverty.
The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding income inequality.
The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding the fall in household income.
The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding reductions in funding for the Jersey Employment Trust.
The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour regarding the cost to Highlands of running degree courses.
The Minister for Education, Sport and Culture will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour regarding increases in tuition fees.
The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour regarding records relating to the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer of the States of Jersey.
The Chairman of the Privileges and Procedures Committee will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour regarding tours of the States Assembly.
The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding payments made to the Acting Police Chief who resigned in 2010.
The Minister for Home Affairs will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding information leaked by a former Detective Superintendent to the media.
The Minister for Home Affairs will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding payments made to a former Detective Superintendent from Lancashire Police.
The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding the number of people issued with registration cards under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012.

The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier regarding support for the work of the Grace Trust and other charitable institutions.

– Oral Questions (120 minutes)

The Connétable of St. John will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources –

"Could the Minister advise the Assembly what the annual cost of collecting Vehicle Emission Duty is and state what the manpower requirements associated with this are, including the number of full-time equivalent staff required?"

Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Home Affairs –

"Can the Minister confirm which of the seven recommendations listed on page 13 of SR1/2014 (Camera Surveillance in Jersey), presented to the States in January 2014, have been accepted and have been, or will be implemented by the time any new cameras are installed?"

Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Economic Development –

"Further to news that the Island's gas tariffs are changing yet again, what action, if any, is the Minister taking to prevent gas prices rising beyond the reach of people on low income?"

Senator Z.A. Cameron will ask the following question of the Minister for Home Affairs –

"Are armed police currently on duty in the Island and if so, why and when was this decision made?"

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

"Has the Minister imposed a grant reduction on the Jersey Employment Trust and, if so, does she accept that this influenced the Board's decision to cease any role currently operating at a loss, leading to the termination of the contracts of horticultural assistants who are people with disabilities in supported employment and replacing them with seasonal contracts and will she advise what full time alternatives she will be proposing?"

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

"Does the Chief Minister support introducing a mechanism so that those who cannot physically sign their name on a will are able to have it validated under Jersey law and, if so, when will this change be introduced?"

Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Given the Chief Minister's commitment to the Strategic Priority of promoting social inclusion and tackling relative low income' what specific measures, if any, does he have under consideration to reducing the 90-10 shares ratio from its current peak of 19 and in particular to lifting the one in three children and pensioners out of relative low income in the period of the current Medium Term Financial Plan?"

Deputy L.M.C. Doublet of St Saviour will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Has the Chief Minister received and considered the Jersey Women in Business' report recently sent to him by the Jersey Community Relations Trust and, if so, does he accept the recommendations contained therein and what plans, if any, does he have to implement them and within what timescale?"

Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Will the Chief Minister advise members how many documents requested by the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry from the States of Jersey are still outstanding and explain the periods they have been outstanding and the reasons why?"

Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Transport and Technical Services –

"Will the Minister confirm whether he has any plans to start charging for disabled parking which is currently free?"

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

"Given the information revealed in the Income Distribution Survey 2014/2015 that more than half (56%) of single parents are in relative low income, does the Minister consider that the decision to remove Income Support payments of over £2,000 from single parent households throughout the next 2 years in the recent MTFP is appropriate?"

Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Will the Chief Minister advise members whether the States of Jersey have supplied the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry with a complete and unredacted copy of the Sharp Report into the child abuse at Victoria College together with all the appendices to that report, and if not, why not?"

Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Would the Minister advise what consideration, if any, has been given to the idea of outsourcing the majority of the Transport and Technical Services Department and what consultations, if any, have taken place with the workers' representatives?"

Deputy L.M.C. Doublet of St Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –

"Further to the response given during questions without notice on 3rd November 2015 by the Minister for Health and Social Services, what consideration, if any, has the Minister given to introducing a system whereby individuals are allocated a named contact within the Social Security Department to save the time and distress of explaining their situation repeatedly to different officers, and if so how will this be progressed and when?"

The Connétable of St. John will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Given that currently anyone can obtain a job as a Registered' employee and after five years residency become Entitled' and able to change jobs, leaving the employer free to take on another Registered' person who may have just arrived in the Island, could the Chief Minister explain how this controls immigration?"

Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Transport and Technical Services –

"What aspects of his department and portfolio, if any, does the Minister intend to outsource/privatise over the term of this Assembly and in the longer term?"

– Questions to Ministers without notice (30 minutes) –

1st question period – Minister for Education, Sport and Culture 2nd question period – Chief Minister

PERSONAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENTS ON A MATTER OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY

* The Chief Minister will make a statement regarding Syrian refugees.

PUBLIC BUSINESS

Deputy T.A. McDonald of St. Saviour .

Ex Gratia payment to Mr. Roy Boschat (P.82/2015): addendum. P.82/2015. Presented: 30th July 2015. Add. Deputy T.A. McDonald of St. Saviour .

Ratification of the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic P.117/2015. Exchange of Financial Account Information to improve international tax

compliance based on the Common Reporting Standard for the Automatic

Exchange of Financial Information approved by the Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and Development.

Lodged: 13th October 2015.

Draft Taxation (Implementation) (International Tax Compliance) (Common P.118/2015. Reporting Standard) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.

Lodged: 13th October 2015.

Draft EU Legislation (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) (Jersey) P.119/2015. Regulations 201-.

Lodged: 14th October 2015.

Minister for Planning and Environment.

Draft Commissioner for Standards (Jersey) Law 201-. P.120/2015. Lodged: 15th October 2015.

Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Draft Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Regulations P.122/2015. 201 -.

Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Draft Employment (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.123/2015. Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Draft Taxation (Implementation) (Disclosure Facility) (Repeal) (Jersey) P.124/2015. Regulations 201-.

Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Draft EU Legislation (Payment Services – SEPA) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. P.125/2015. Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Jersey Bank Depositors Compensation Board: appointment of members. P.130/2015. Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Jersey Appointments Commission: appointment of Commissioner. P.131/2015. Lodged: 22nd October 2015. (re-issue) States Employment Board.

Channel Islands Lottery: allocation of profits for 2014. P.132/2015. Lodged: 23rd October 2015.

Minister for Economic Development.

States of Jersey Complaints Panel: appointment of Deputy Chairman. P.133/2015. Lodged: 23rd October 2015.

Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Jersey Overseas Aid Commission: re-appointment of non-States Commissioner. P.135/2015. Lodged: 3rd November 2015.

Deputy of Grouville .

Chief Executive to the Council of Ministers: open competition. P.137/2015. Lodged: 3rd November 2015.

Deputy of St. John .

* Chief Executive to the Council of Ministers: open competition (P.137/2015) – P.137/2015. comments. Com. Presented: 30th November 2015.

States Employment Board.

ARRANGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS

15th December 2015 (Meeting to commence at 2.30 p.m. on Monday 14th December 2015)

Draft Budget Statement 2016. P.127/2015. Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Draft Budget Statement 2016 (P.127/2015): amendment. P.127/2015. Lodged: 25th November 2015. Amd. Deputy of Grouville .

* Draft Budget Statement 2016 (P.127/2015): second amendment. P.127/2015. Lodged: 1st December 2015. Amd.(2) Connétable of Grouville .

Draft Finance (2016 Budget) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.129/2015. Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Draft Income Tax (Amendment No. 45) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.128/2015. Lodged: 20th October 2015.

Draft States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 8) (Miscellaneous Transfers) P.46/2015. (Jersey) Regulations 201-. (Principles approved on 20th October 2015.) (re-issue) Lodged: 6th May 2015.

Draft States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 8) (Miscellaneous Transfers) P.46/2015. (Jersey) Regulations 201- (P.46/2015): amendment. Amd. Lodged: 24th November 2015.

Draft Social Security (Amendment of Law No. 10) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. P.136/2015. Lodged: 3rd November 2015.

* Draft States of Jersey (Transfer of Functions No. 8) (Miscellaneous Transfers) P.46/2015. (Jersey) Regulations 201- (P.46/2015): second amendment. Amd.(2) Lodged: 1st December 2015.

Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.

La Collette Low Rise Development: direction to Andium Homes Ltd. P.139/2015. Lodged: 9th November 2015.

Deputy R. Labey of St. Helier .

Concessionary bus fares for the disabled: discussions with LibertyBus. P.140/2015. Lodged: 10th November 2015.

Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade .

Christmas bonus: introduction of means-tested bonus. P.141/2015. Lodged: 11th November 2015.

Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier .

Social Security Tribunal: appointment of Chairman. P.143/2015. Lodged: 17th November 2015.

Social Security Medical Appeal Tribunal: appointment of Chairman. P.144/2015. Lodged: 17th November 2015.

Income Support Medical Appeal Tribunal: appointment of Chairman. P.145/2015. Lodged: 17th November 2015.

Draft Double Taxation Relief (Arrangement with the United Kingdom) (Jersey) P.147/2015. Act 201-.

Lodged: 17th November 2015.

Public Employees Contributory Retirement Scheme Committee of Management: P.148/2015. membership.

Lodged: 18th November 2015.

Draft EU Legislation (Consumer Protection – Unfair Practices) (Jersey) P.134/2015. Regulations 201-.

(Cannot be debated before 16th December 2015.)

19th January 2016

Lodged: 26th October 2015.

Minister for Economic Development.

Draft Policing of Roads (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. P.138/2015. Lodged: 5th November 2015.

Minister for Transport and Technical Services.

Draft Planning and Building (Amendment No. 7) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.142/2015. Lodged: 17th November 2015.

Minister for Planning and Environment.

Draft Currency Notes (Variation of Maximum Amount of Issue) (Jersey) P.146/2015. Regulations 201-.

Lodged: 17th November 2015.

Jersey Law Commission: appointment of Commissioners. P.149/2015. Lodged: 24th November 2015.