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STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER
12th December 2016
SUMMARY
2.30 p.m. Communications by the Presiding Officer and other announcements Appointments, matters of privilege, petitions (if any)
Approx. 2.40 p.m. Summary of written questions
Up to 2 hours Oral questions with notice
Urgent questions (if any)
Up to 30 minutes, Oral questions without notice: divided between the Minister for Education two Ministers Chief Minister
Statements (if any) -----------------------------------------------
13th December Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016)
9.30 a.m.
Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): amendment (P.109/2016 Amd.) (Duty on alcohol and fuel)
Draft Finance (2017 Budget) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.113/2016)
Jersey Police Complaints Authority: appointment of members (P.118/2016)
Arrangement of public business at subsequent sittings
The Assembly will convene at 2.30 p.m. on Monday 12th December 2016 to consider questions. It will reconvene at 9.30 a.m. on 13th December 2016 to consider public business.
Lunch adjournment likely around 12.45 p.m., until 2.15 p.m.
If business is not completed by around 5.30 p.m. the Assembly usually adjourns for the evening and will resume its meeting at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th December 2016 if necessary.
STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER
12th December 2016 CONSOLIDATED
- COMMUNICATIONS BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER
- TABLING OF SUBORDINATE ENACTMENTS (Explanatory note attached)
Animal Health (Rabies) (Jersey) Order 2016. R&O.122/2016. Minister for the Environment.
Control of Housing and Work (Guidance on Temporary Absence and Significant R&O.124/2016. Ownership) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2016.
Planning and Building (General Development) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Order R&O.125/2016. 2016.
- DOCUMENTS PRESENTED
* Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): amendment (P.109/2016 Amd.) – P.109/2016. comments. Amd.Com. Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers.
* Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): second amendment P.109/2016. (P.109/2016 Amd.(2)) – comments. Amd.(2) Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers. Com.
* Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): fifth amendment P.109/2016. (P.109/2016 Amd.(5)) – comments. Amd.(5) Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers. Com.
* Draft Finance (2017 Budget) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.113/2016): comments. P.113/2016. Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers. Com.(2)
States of Jersey Complaints Board: findings – complaint against the States R.75/2016. Employment Board (SEB) regarding the withdrawal of an offer of employment to Res. the position of Consultant Ophthalmologist (R.75/2016) – response of the
Complaints Board to the SEB's response.
Presented: 2nd December 2016, Privileges and Procedures Committee.
Water Management Plan 2017–2021. R.126/2016. Presented: 8th December 2016, Minister for the Environment.
* Public Elections: electronic voting – electoral registration review. R.127/2016. Presented: 12th December 2016, Privileges and Procedures Committee.
* Jersey Overseas Aid Commission: Annual Report 2015. R.128/2016. Presented: 12th December 2016.
Jersey Overseas Aid Commission.
* Draft Budget 2017. S.R.8/2016. Presented: 9th December 2016, Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel.
- NOTIFICATION OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS
* Composition and Election of the States Assembly. P.133/2016. Lodged: 12th December 2016, Deputy A.D. Lewis of St. Helier .
- WITHDRAWAL OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS
- APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, COMMITTEES AND PANELS
- MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE
- PETITIONS
- QUESTIONS
- – Written Questions(attached)
9744 1. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier
regarding the use of chartered aircraft.
9745 2. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by the
Deputy of St. Ouen regarding share transfer transactions involving commercial property.
9746 3. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by the
Deputy of St. Ouen regarding the rates of probate fees.
9747 4. The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern
of St. Helier regarding her Department's benefit sanctions regime.
9749 5. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier
regarding changes to employment or human resources practices.
9750 6. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier
regarding utility tariffs in the Island.
9751 7. The Minister for Housing will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of
St. Helier regarding a breakdown of the housing to be delivered by Andium Homes.
- – Oral Questions (120 minutes)
9760 1. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Social
Security –
"Will the Minister advise what the current policy is applied to the housing component for households who are under-occupying and waiting to downsize in the social rented sector?"
9766 2. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"Have any sanctions been applied to politicians and staff involved with the Alwitry case' and what steps, if any, have been taken to ensure that similar treatment of a staff member as occurred in this case does not arise in the future?"
* 3. Deputy J.A. Martin of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Minister for 9752 Treasury and Resources –
"Given that up to £400 million will be borrowed in the form of a bond to pay for the new Hospital, if agreed by the Assembly, will the Minister provide the lowest, the middle, and the highest amounts to the nearest million it has been calculated the States will pay back in total over the proposed 40-year life of the bond?"
9756 4. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"Will the Chief Minister, as Chairman of the States Employment Board, explain why the Board has not accepted the findings of the States of Jersey Complaints Board in R.75/2016 and compensated Mr. Alwitry for breach of contract?"
9755 5. Deputy J.A. Hilton of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and
Social Services –
"Will the Minister inform members whether he has any plans to change the services currently being delivered at Sandybrook Residential Home and, if so, what the changes are and the timescale involved?"
9758 6. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Social
Security –
"Will the Minister advise how many Income Support claims have been subject to the withholding of benefit paid through (a) sanctions, (b) overpayment charges, (c) Household Medical Account payments and (d) loan repayments on special payments; and will she provide the total sum withheld in the first quarter of 2016?"
9764 7. Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"Since 1st January 2000, what decisions, if any, have been taken by any States body to monitor or survey the health of the population in relation to the impact of any ground water contaminated from the Airport?"
9753 8. The Deputy of St. Ouen will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and
Resources –
"Does the Minister share the stated objective of his predecessor in office, as confirmed to the Assembly on 17th June 2008, to extend the application of the Land Transaction Tax to share transfer transactions involving commercial property?"
9762 9. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"What targets, if any, does the Government have in place to ensure that Jersey plays its part in addressing the issue of climate change?"
9754 10. The Deputy of St. Ouen will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –
"Following the work of the Health Intelligence Unit in compiling the Jersey Health Profile 2016 and its finding that a lack of income is a factor affecting the health of individuals and communities, what assessment, if any, has the Minister made of that finding and what action, if any, will she take as a result?"
9767 11. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and Social
Services –
"What has been the average weekly occupancy of Greenfields over the past 2 years; how many weeks, if any, have there been no offenders present; and what has been the average number of staff on site at any one time?"
9761 12. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Home
Affairs –
"Further to a statement issued by the Customs and Immigration Service on 11th June 2015 that they would be "commissioning an independent review of our dog training and working practices" following allegations of mistreatment in the local and national media, will the Minister confirm whether that review has taken place and, if so, who undertook it and what the key findings were?"
9765 13. Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"Further to the proposal to increase the duty on both petrol and diesel road fuel in the 2017 budget, what effect does the Minister forecast that these increases will be likely to have on inflation?"
9759 14. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"What response does the Chief Minister plan to make to the finding of the States of Jersey Complaints Board in the Alwitry case' that the case was "one of the worst examples of a public authority disregarding fundamental principles of fairness and contract law that this Board has seen in the long collective experience of the 3 members"?"
9763 15. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chairman of the Comité
des Connétable s –
"What consideration, if any, has the Comité given to the holding of Parish Roads Committee meetings in public?"
9757 16. Deputy M.R. Higgins will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and Social
Services –
"Will the Minister explain on what basis, if any, a request from a vulnerable person for access to records relating to them might be refused, and on what basis a States Member wishing to assist such a person would be prevented from attending meetings where complaints by that person were to be lodged with his Department's governance team?"
- – Questions to Ministers without notice (30 minutes) –
1st question period – Minister for Education
2nd question period – Chief Minister
- PERSONAL STATEMENTS
- STATEMENTS ON A MATTER OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- PUBLIC BUSINESS
(Consideration of Public Business to commence at 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday 13th December 2016.)
* Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): amendment (P.109/2016 Amd.) – P.109/2016. comments. Amd.Com. Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers.
* Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): second amendment P.109/2016. (P.109/2016 Amd.(2)) – comments. Amd.(2) Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers. Com.
Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): third amendment P.109/2016. (P.109/2016 Amd.(3)) – amendment. Amd.(3) Lodged: 6th December 2016, Minister for Treasury and Resources. Amd. Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): fourth amendment. P.109/2016. Lodged: 29th November 2016, Senator S.C. Ferguson. Amd.(4)
* Draft Budget Statement 2017 (P.109/2016): fifth amendment (P.109/2016 Amd.(5)) – P.109/2016. comments. Amd.(5) Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers. Com.
* Draft Finance (2017 Budget) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.113/2016): comments. P.113/2016. Presented: 12th December 2016, Council of Ministers. Com.(2)
Lodged: 20th October 2016, Minister for External Relations.
Lodged: 7th November 2016, Minister for External Relations.
- ARRANGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS 17th January 2017
Lodged: 5th October 2016, States Employment Board.
31st January 2017
* Composition and Election of the States Assembly. P.133/2016. Lodged: 12th December 2016, Deputy A.D. Lewis of St. Helier .
20th June 2017
L-M. HART Deputy Greffier of the States
12th December 2016 Note –
In accordance with the meeting dates fixed for 2016 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee, this meeting will continue, if necessary, on Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th December 2016.
An asterisk * in the left-hand margin denotes either a new item added to this Order Paper since the Order Paper was first published on 7th December 2016, or an item which has been altered or moved.