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STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER
12th SEPTEMBER 2017
SUMMARY
9.30 a.m. Communications by the Presiding Officer and other announcements Appointments, matters of privilege, petitions
Resignations of Connétable Alan Simon Crowcroft of St. Helier , Deputy Judith Ann Martin of St. Helier and Mr. Gary Drinkwater from the Public Accounts Committee
Approx. 9.40 a.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 Treasury and Resources two Ministers Minister for Education
Statements
- Deputy Andrew David Lewis of St. Helier (Personal Statement)
- Chairman of the Care of Children in Jersey Review Panel
- Minister for Housing
Approx. 2.15 p.m. Vote of Censure: Deputy A.D. Lewis of St. Helier (P.76/2017)
States Members' Remuneration Review Body: implementation of pay recommendations (P.39/2017)
Draft Education (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.56/2017)
Draft Amendment (No. 33) to the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey (P.59/2017)
Draft Customs and Excise (Amendment No. 8) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.65/2017)
Arrangement of public business at subsequent meetings
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 13th and Thursday 14th September 2017, if necessary.
STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER
12th SEPTEMBER 2017 CONSOLIDATED
- COMMUNICATIONS BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER
- TABLING OF SUBORDINATE ENACTMENTS (Explanatory note attached)
Companies (Transfers of Shares – Exemptions) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Order R&O.83/2017. 2017.
[Signed by Deputy Chief Minister, Senator A.K.F. Green, M.B.E., for and on behalf
Humane Live Traps (Approval) (Jersey) Order 2017. R&O.86/2017. Minister for the Environment.
Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third Countries) (Date in Force (Belgium)) R&O.87/2017. (Jersey) Order 2017.
Minister for External Relations.
* Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) R&O.92/2017. (Jersey) Order 2017.
Minister for Social Security.
- DOCUMENTS PRESENTED
Presented: 24th July 2017, States Employment Board.
Land Transactions under Standing Order 168(3) – R.90/2017.
- Beaumont Inn, St. Peter – acquisition of land;
- Grouville Primary School – sale of land to the owner of the property known as
Presented: 21st July 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.
Public Records (Jersey) Law 2002: Annual Report 2016 on the work of Jersey R.91/2017. Heritage and the Archivist.
Presented: 24th July 2017, Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and
States of Jersey Police Force: Chief Officer and Deputy Chief Officer – interim R.93/2017. appointments.
Presented: 24th July 2017, Minister for Home Affairs.
States of Jersey Law 2005: delegation of functions – Social Security – revised R.94/2017. delegations July 2017.
Presented: 25th July 2017, Minister for Social Security.
Land Transactions under Standing Order 168(3) – R.98/2017.
- Le Clos de Mon Séjour, St. Helier – sale of land to "Darwell Cottage";
- Le Boulevard, La Grande Route des Sablons, Grouville – sale.
Presented: 8th August 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.
States of Jersey Law 2005: delegation of functions – Environment – Scheme of R.99/2017. delegations – August 2017.
Presented: 9th August 2017, Minister for the Environment.
Howard Davis Farm Trust: Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st R.101/2017. December 2016.
Presented: 21st August 2017, Minister for Treasury and Resources.
States of Jersey Law 2005: delegation of functions – Treasury and Resources – R.103/2017. revised delegations August 2017.
Presented: 29th August 2017, Minister for Treasury and Resources.
Social Security Consultation Paper: Draft Discrimination (Disability) (Jersey) R.104/2017. Regulations 201-.
Presented: 5th September 2017, Minister for Social Security.
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General – Annual Report and Accounts for R.105/2017. the year ended 31 December 2016.
Presented: 5th September 2017, Comptroller and Auditor General.
Land Transactions under Standing Order 168(3) – Warwick Farm, La Grande Route R.106/2017. de St. Jean, St. Helier – lease.
Presented: 6th September 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.
Risk Management. R.107/2017. Presented: 7th September 2017, Comptroller and Auditor General.
States of Jersey Complaints Board: findings – complaint by Mr. and Mrs. A. against R.108/2017. a decision of the Minister for Education regarding an appeal in respect of the student
grant for their son (Mr. A. (Junior)).
Presented: 7th September 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee.
* Parliamentary Privilege: report to the Privileges and Procedures Committee from R.109/2017 Sir Malcolm Jack.
Presented: 12th September 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee.
Review of Police Station HQ. P.A.C.2/2017. Presented: 11th August 2017, Public Accounts Committee.
- NOTIFICATION OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS
Draft Taxation (Implementation) (International Tax Compliance) (Common P.69/2017. Reporting Standard) (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 25th July 2017, Minister for External Relations.
States Assembly: selection and appointment of Ministers, Committees and Panels – P.73/2017. return to secret ballots.
Lodged: 10th August 2017, Deputy R. Labey of St. Helier .
Draft Sea Fisheries (Trawling, Netting and Dredging) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) P.74/2017. Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 14th August 2017, Minister for the Environment.
Warwick Farm: feasibility study for incorporating the site into the St. Helier P.75/2017. Country Park.
Lodged: 18th August 2017, Connétable of St. Helier .
Draft Air and Sea Ports (Incorporation) (Transfer No. 2) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. P.77/2017. Lodged: 24th August 2017, Council of Ministers.
* Draft Health and Safety at Work (Freight Containers Safety Convention) P.80/2017. (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 12th September 2017, Minister for Social Security.
- WITHDRAWAL OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS
In accordance with Standing Order 34(1), the proposers of the following propositions lodged au Greffe' have informed the Greffier of the States that they are to be withdrawn –
* States' approval for household liquid or solid waste charges prior to implementation. P.57/2017. Lodged: 20th June 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.
* StaLodgtesed: of 28tJerh seyJun Be 2017,udget 201Connét7: allaoblcaeti ofon Stof. Hfunds elierf. or Parish infrastructure projects. P.61/2017.
- APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, COMMITTEES AND PANELS
Resignations of Connétable Alan Simon Crowcroft of St. Helier , Deputy Judith Ann Martin of St. Helier and Mr. Gary Drinkwater from the Public Accounts Committee.
- MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE
- PETITIONS
- QUESTIONS
- – Written Questions(attached)
1(459) 1. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Social Security regarding
the recently announced increase in the States pension.
1(460) 2. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask a question of the Minister for Health and Social Services
regarding the number of deaths from overdoses or drug-related causes.
1(461) 3. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask a question of the Chief Minister regarding implementation
of the Strategic Plan 2015-18.
1(462) 4. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask a question of the Chief Minister regarding legislation to
enable same-sex marriages.
1(463) 5. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Social Security regarding
communication with benefit claimants.
1(464) 6. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask a question of the Chairman of the Comité des Connétable s
regarding measures to increase public participation in elections for Parish roles.
1(465) 7. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask a question of the Chief Minister regarding the generation
of economic growth.
1(466) 8. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask a question of the Chairman of the Privileges and
Procedures Committee regarding the Committee's plans to address under-representation in certain Parishes.
1(467) 9. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask a question of the Minister for Social Security regarding
the prospect of introducing shared paternity leave.
1(468) 10. The Deputy of St. Ouen will ask a question of the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding
assessment processes and intervention thresholds in respect of children in care.
1(469) 11. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask a question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding the
profit arising from the completion of the first building of the Jersey International Finance Centre. 1(470) 12. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask a question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources regarding the
prospective payment of £50 million to the States for the regeneration of St. Helier .
1(471) 13. The Connétable of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Infrastructure regarding
improvement works in Midvale Road.
1(472) 14. The Connétable of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Infrastructure regarding
legislation concerning driving whilst using a mobile phone.
1(473) 15. The Connétable of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources
regarding the payment of rates on States properties.
1(474) 16. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask a question of the Chief Minister regarding the Chief
Minister's response to Raising the minimum wage: economic and fiscal impacts' (R.83/2017). 1(475) 17. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask a question of the Minister for the Environment regarding
air quality in the Tunnel.
1(476) 18. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Social Security regarding
the use of zero-hour contracts.
1(477) 19. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Home Affairs regarding
the procedures for dealing with illegal immigration and political asylum.
1(478) 20. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Home Affairs regarding
the repatriation of prisoners.
1(479) 21. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources
regarding inflation in the Island.
1(480) 22. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Treasury and Resources
regarding the measurement of productivity in Jersey.
1(481) 23. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask a question of the Minister for Health and Social Services
regarding plans for a new governance model for Jersey's health service.
- – Oral Questions (120 minutes)
1(489) 1. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –
"Will the Minister provide the total sum of payments, and the mean average payment, made to the 27% of Andium tenants on post-April 2014 tenancies who receive the Income Support rental component; as well as the number of recipients of the rental component in the other housing associations and the private sector and the total sum of payments, and the mean average payment, made to those recipients?"
1(488) 2. Deputy K.C. Lewis of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Assistant Minister for
Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture –
"In the light of further intrusions into the restricted areas of Fort Regent by children during the school holidays, will the Assistant Minister agree to ensure the areas are secured and to install C.C.T.V. until such time as the derelict buildings on the site are demolished?"
1(457) 3. Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Education –
"Other than any work initiated by the States Greffe, what is being done by the Minister's Department to proactively prepare young people to participate in the upcoming elections?"
1(490) 4. Depuy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –
"What work, if any, is being undertaken to examine how the Minister's Department communicates with benefits claimants to ensure that they are offered clear and unambiguous information about changes to their entitlement so that they do not inadvertently fall into hardship?"
1(483) 5. Deputy R. Labey of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"Given that the consultation paper Judicial Independence and the Establishment of a Judicial and Legal Services Commission' preceded publication of the findings of Independent Jersey Care Inquiry, and that the consultation period was subsequently extended, will the Chief Minister explain how any proposals arising from this consultation will be adequately informed by, and responsive to, the spirit of the conclusions reached by the Care Inquiry?"
1(486) 6. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Housing –
"Is the Minister aware of changes to rent levels of two-bedroom flats recently communicated to Andium tenants and, if so, taking into account information provided on the Social Security website about the support available for private rents and on the website of Andium Homes about minimum, average and maximum rent levels, will she explain how such changes meet the policy of setting social rents at 90% of private rents?"
1(484) 7. The Deputy of Grouville will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –
"In the absence of a policy on pursuing payments for encroachments on the foreshore, will the Minister explain why encroachments which predate public ownership of the foreshore are pursued, and whether encroachments by quangos' will also be pursued; and will he confirm the date of the map being used to show the areas of the foreshore and that detailed drawings of the dimensions of walled boundaries are being used?"
1(482) 8. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask the following question of the Minister for the Environment –
"Following his announcement on 15th September 2016 that a review of the masterplan for the St. Helier Waterfront would be undertaken, with a revised masterplan to be adopted in 2017, will the Minister confirm that the results of the review will be presented to the States this year and, if not, will he explain why not and when they will be presented?"
1(485) 9. The Connétable of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –
"Will the Minister advise what steps he is taking to ensure that the introduction of solid and liquid waste charges on the commercial sector alone is fair, practical, the best environmental option, and good for tourism?"
1(493) 10. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Home
Affairs –
"Will the Minister advise members when the States of Jersey Police were last subject to a full inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and what ad hoc reviews, if any, have been commissioned in the interim; and, if there have been any such reviews, will she indicate when they took place, by whom they were commissioned and what subject matters were covered?"
1(494) 11. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Home
Affairs –
"Will the Minister explain why, if the suspension of the former Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police, Mr. Graham Power, was a neutral act, her Department never published his response to the Wiltshire Report'; will she commit to publish Mr. Power's response to that report; and if not, why not?"
1(458) 12. Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and
Resources –
"Further to the response given on 18th July 2017 by the Chief Minister to an oral question in relation to the Student Financing Sub-Committee, that a solution for funding students going to university this year would be given "appropriate consideration" for Budget 2018, can the Minister advise what measures, if any, he plans to propose; and if not, why not?"
1(492) 13. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –
"Is the Chief Minister aware of the latest report from the Institute for Public Policy Research, Time for Change: A New Vision for the British Economy'; and, if so, is it his assessment that the Institute's conclusions that "the British economic model needs fundamental reform" and that the economy's deep and longstanding weaknesses "make it unfit to face the challenges of the 2020s" apply equally to Jersey?"
1(491) 14. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –
"Will the Minister update the Assembly on what work, if any, has been undertaken over the summer recess to engage with the business community on the impact of the proposed waste disposal tax, and indicate whether he anticipates making any changes to the proposals for when they come back to the Assembly?"
- – Questions to Ministers without notice (30 minutes) –
1st question period – Minister for Treasury and Resources
2nd question period – Minister for Education
- PERSONAL STATEMENTS
* Deputy Andrew David Lewis of St. Helier will make a personal statement.
- STATEMENTS ON A MATTER OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Chairman of the Care of Children in Jersey Review Panel will make a statement regarding the formation of the Panel.
* The Minister for Housing will make a statement regarding the acquisition of the Gas Works site by Andium Homes.
- PUBLIC BUSINESS
States Members' Remuneration Review Body: implementation of pay P.39/2017. recommendations.
Lodged: 19th May 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee.
- ARRANGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS 26th September 2017
* Bailiff of Jersey: cessation of dual role and the appointment of an elected Speaker P.62/2017. of the States.
Lodged: 4th July 2017, Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade .
* Uandnit ted Nrainingation os Conf Statesven otfi Joern onsey t emhe Rplioyghtees os. f the Child: compliance of draft Laws P.63/2017. Lodged: 7th July 2017, Deputy L.M.C. Doublet of St. Saviour .
* D2017.raft Act annulling the Motor Traffic (Cabs – Fares and Charges) (Jersey) Order P.64/2017. Lodged: 7th July 2017, Senator S.C. Ferguson.
Draft Taxation (Implementation) (International Tax Compliance) (Common P.69/2017. Reporting Standard) (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 25th July 2017, Minister for External Relations.
Note: In accordance with Article 3(2) of the Financial Services Commission (Jersey) Law 1998, this proposition must be debated in camera.
States Assembly: selection and appointment of Ministers, Committees and P.73/2017. Panels – return to secret ballots.
Lodged: 10th August 2017, Deputy R. Labey of St. Helier .
Draft Sea Fisheries (Trawling, Netting and Dredging) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) P.74/2017. Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 14th August 2017, Minister for the Environment.
Warwick Farm: feasibility study for incorporating the site into the St. Helier P.75/2017. Country Park.
Lodged: 18th August 2017, Connétable of St. Helier .
10th October 2017
Draft Air and Sea Ports (Incorporation) (Transfer No. 2) (Jersey) P.77/2017. Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 24th August 2017, Council of Ministers.
31st October 2017
* Draft Health and Safety at Work (Freight Containers Safety Convention) P.80/2017. (Amendment) (Jersey) Regulations 201-.
Lodged: 12th September 2017, Minister for Social Security.
14th November 2017
DR. M. EGAN Greffier of the States
11th September 2017 Note –
In accordance with the meeting dates fixed for 2017 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee, this meeting will continue, if necessary, on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th September 2017.
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 September 2017, or an item which has been altered or moved.
Explanatory Note regarding subordinate legislation tabled at this meeting. (See Item B)
R&O.92/2017.
Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 9) (Jersey) Order 2017.
This Order amends the Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1967 to add to the list of services that are not medical services for the purposes of the Health Insurance (Jersey) Law 1967 any medical service (within the meaning of Article 20A of that Law) for which the Minister has entered into a contract under Article 20B of that Law and the supply of vaccines for which the Minister has entered into a contract under Article 20C of that Law.
The Order was made on 11th September 2017 and came into force on 12th September 2017.