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STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER

11th DECEMBER 2017

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 Home Affairs

two Ministers Minister for Treasury and Resources

Approx. 5.10 p.m. Statements

Chairman of the Privileges and Procedures Committee regarding the Referendum Commission
Chief Minister regarding the publication of the E.U. list of non- cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes

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12th December 2017 Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding

9.30 a.m. (P.107/2017)

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding (P.107/2017) – amendment (P.107/2017 Amd.)

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding (P.107/2017) – amendment (P.107/2017 Amd.) – amendment (P.107/2017 Amd.Amd.)

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding (P.107/2017) – second amendment (P.107/2017 Amd.(2))

Draft Public Finances (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.111/2017)

Note: Because of the requirement for a six-week lodging period the proposition lodged by the Minister for Treasury and Resources cannot be debated before Tuesday 19th December 2017. The Minister has indicated that he will therefore seek the agreement of the Assembly, under Standing Order 26(7), to reduce the lodging period in order that this matter can be debated at the meeting.

Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.66/2017)

Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.66/2017): amendment (P.66/2017 Amd.)

Note: Because of the requirement for a two-week lodging period the amendment lodged by the Minister for the Environment cannot be debated before Thursday 14th December 2017. The Minister has indicated that he will therefore seek the agreement of the Assembly, under Standing Order 26(7), to reduce the lodging period in order that this matter can be debated at the meeting.

States Employment Board: living wage 2017 (P.72/2017) Jersey Infrastructure Levy: approval in principle (P.100/2017)

Jersey Infrastructure Levy: approval in principle (P.100/2017) – amendment (P.100/2017 Amd.)

Draft Royal Court (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.101/2017)

Draft Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 14) (Jersey) Regulations 201- (P.104/2017)

Draft Howard Davis Farm (Arrangements for further Abrogation of Covenant) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.105/2017)

Draft Howard Davis Farm (Arrangements for further Abrogation of Covenant) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.105/2017): amendment (P.105/2017 Amd.)

Draft Howard Davis Farm (Arrangements for further Abrogation of Covenant) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.105/2017): amendment (P.105/2017 Amd.) – amendment (P.105/2017 Amd.Amd.)

Note: Because of the requirement for a one-week lodging period the amendment lodged by the Minister for Infrastructure cannot be debated before Wednesday 13th December 2017. The Minister has indicated that he will therefore seek the agreement of the Assembly, under Standing Order 26(7), to reduce the lodging period in order that this matter can be debated at the meeting.

Draft Statistics and Census (Jersey) Law 201- (P.106/2017) Arrangement of public business at subsequent meetings

The Assembly will convene at 9.30 a.m. on 12th December 2017 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 13th and Thursday 14th December 2017 if necessary.

STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER

MONDAY 11th DECEMBER 2017 at 2.30 p.m.

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

Health and Social Services (2018 Fees – Homes and Nursing) (Jersey) Order 2017. R&O.123/2017. Minister for Health and Social Services.

Home Affairs (Fire and Rescue and Petroleum – 2018 Fees) (Jersey) Order 2017. R&O.124/2017. Minister for Home Affairs.

DOCUMENTS PRESENTED

Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.66/2017): P.66/2017. comments. Com. Presented: 6th December 2017, Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny

Panel.

Jersey Infrastructure Levy: approval in principle (P.100/2017) – comments. P.100/2017. Presented: 4th December 2017, Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Com. Panel.

Jersey Law Commission Annual Report for 2016. R.129/2017. Presented: 6th December 2017, Chief Minister.

States of Jersey Law 2005: delegation of functions – Economic Development, R.130/2017. Tourism, Sport and Culture – delegation of financial authorities.

Presented: 6th December 2017, Minister for Economic Development, Tourism,

Sport and Culture.

Land Transactions under Standing Order 168(3) – Portinfer Common, St. Ouen – R.131/2017. grant of rights for a mains water pipe.

Presented: 6th December 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.

Social housing in Jersey: introduction of a regulatory framework – consultation R.132/2017. response and policy position of the Minister for Housing.

Presented: 7th December 2017, Minister for Housing.

Grants and Subsidies. R.133/2017. Presented: 7th December 2017, Comptroller and Auditor General.

Future Hospital Project. S.R.13/2017. Presented: 6th December 2017, Chairmen's Committee.

NOTIFICATION OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS

Draft Howard Davis Farm (Arrangements for further Abrogation of Covenant) P.105/2017. (Jersey) Law 201- (P.105/2017): amendment (P.105/2017 Amd.) – amendment. Amd.Amd. Lodged: 6th December 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding (P.107/2017) – P.107/2017. amendment (P.107/2017 Amd.) – amendment. Amd.Amd. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour .

Draft Data Protection (Jersey) Law 201-. P.116/2017. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Chief Minister.

Data Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 201-. P.117/2017. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Chief Minister.

Draft Criminal Procedure (Jersey) Law 201-. P.118/2017. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Council of Ministers.

Draft Amendment (No. 34) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey. P.119/2017. Lodged: 6th December 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Social housing in Jersey: introduction of a regulatory framework. P.120/2017. Lodged: 7th December 2017, Minister for Housing.

WITHDRAWAL OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS

In accordance with Standing Order 34(1), the proposer of the following proposition lodged au Greffe' has informed the Greffier of the States that it is to be withdrawn –

Draft Petty Debts Court (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. P.95/2017. Lodged: 12th October 2017, Chief Minister.

APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, COMMITTEES AND PANELS
MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE
PETITIONS
QUESTIONS

– Written Questions(attached)

1(628) 1. The Minister for Social Security will table an answer to a question asked by the Deputy of St. Ouen

regarding the additional single parent component of Income Support.

1(629) 2. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P.

Southern of St. Helier regarding the return to the Guarantor from Andium Homes.

1(630) 3. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier

regarding the Social Security Review and the involvement of the Statistics Unit.

1(632) 4. The Minister for Treasury and Resources will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy G.P.

Southern of St. Helier regarding the E.U. Code of Conduct for Business Taxation and information on company profits.

1(633) 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 funding of higher education tuition fees and maintenance grants.

1(634) 6. The Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture will table an answer to a

question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier regarding agricultural grants and loans. 1(635) 7. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier

regarding policies to reduce economic inequality.

1(636) 8. The Chief Minister will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier

regarding policies to increase social mobility.

1(637) 9. 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 Department's complaints policy for children and vulnerable adults.

1(638) 10. The Minister for the Environment will table an answer to a question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins

of St. Helier regarding agricultural grants and loans provided by his Department.

– Oral Questions (120 minutes)

1(648) 1. The Deputy of St. John will ask the following question of H.M. Attorney General –

"Will H.M. Attorney General explain the legal context to the role of States members as the corporate parent in relation to children in care?"

1(649) 2. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and

Social Services –

"Further to the Minister's comments to the Assembly on 26th September 2017 that he hoped that arrangements to prescribe certain medicinal cannabis products would be in place by the end of the year', will the Minister provide an update on this matter?"

1(642) 3. The Connétable of St. John will ask the following question of the Minister for Home Affairs –

"Will the Minister provide the cost to date for the training of fire officers and cover provided by the Fire and Rescue Service in place of the R.L.N.I. all-weather life boat; and will she also provide figures for the anticipated ongoing cost to the Fire and Rescue Service?"

1(644) 4. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and Social

Services –

"Further to his answer to Written Question 1(175) on 28th March 2017, will the Minister set out which services are currently undertaken in the existing hospital and are not planned to be undertaken in the new hospital?"

1(646) 5. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Chairman of States

Employment Board –

"Will the Chairman explain what policy or process applies to the release to complainants of the report arising from the receipt and investigation of a complaint about a States employee; will he state whether the timetable for releasing such reports is set by policy and, if so, what that timetable for release is?"

1(656) 6. Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Home

Affairs –

"Further to her responses to earlier questions on this subject, will the Minister explain how a member of the Jersey Police Complaints Authority appointed to supervise a complaint made against the police undertakes that role, once appointed?"

1(640) 7. The Deputy of Grouville will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Given the adoption in November 2014 of my proposition, P.149/2014; questions I asked in February 2016, January 2017 and July 2017; and previous advice from the Chief Minister that work was underway and that he would bring forward measures to include wholly-owned or majority- owned States entities within the Freedom of Information Law, will he state what has happened and why that decision of 3 years ago has not been implemented?"

1(631) 8. Deputy J.M. Maçon of St. Saviour will ask the following question of the Minister for Treasury and

Resources –

"Will the Minister, as shareholder representative, explain why fencing (which Save Jersey's Heritage has been reported as describing as "inappropriate") has been erected at St Catherine's; will he request the Ports of Jersey to remove it and to deal with the area differently; and if not, why not?"

1(647) 9. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Given Jersey has been placed on the E.U. grey list' of tax jurisdictions, will the Chief Minister explain how he proposes to reform Jersey's tax system to ensure, for example, that the tax regime does not facilitate offshore structures which attract profits without real economic activity; and will he further state which company structures he proposes should be affected by such reforms?"

1(652) 10. Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for the

Environment –

"Further to an incident earlier this year in which a 10-year old Japanese Spitz died after ingesting phorate at Les Creux Country Park, what further steps, if any, will the Minister take to ensure the possibility of such instances recurring are minimised in the future?"

1(651) 11. Senator S.C. Ferguson will ask the following question of the Minister for Economic Development,

Tourism, Sport and Culture –

"What was the cost, if any, to the States of the R.N.L.I. lifeguards when they originally were employed and what is the current cost?"

1(641) 12. The Deputy of Grouville will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –

"Will the Minister state when his policy on pursuing payments for encroachments on the foreshore, which he claimed some months ago would be forthcoming, will be ready; and advise whether it will include the dates of maps he intends to use to identify any encroachments?"

1(654) 13. Deputy S.Y. Mézec of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Following comments made to the Assembly by the Assistant Chief Minister, Senator Routier, and a public statement he released in April about the prospect of an independent public inquiry into the sacking of the R.N.L.I. coxswain, what progress, if any, has been made in setting up this inquiry?"

1(653) 14. Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Will the Chief Minister advise whether, following the adoption of his government's policy of wage freezes and restraint since 2009 for public sector workers (which resulted in a real-term loss in earnings of 7.5%), his modernisation' offer will leave these employees on average a further 7% worse off in real terms, meaning a real terms loss of 15% in earnings from 2009 to 2020?"

1(643) 15. The Connétable of St. John will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and Social

Services –

"Further to his answer to Written Question 1(175), will the Minister advise whether any changes have been made in respect of the acute services which it is planned will be available in the new Hospital?"

– Questions to Ministers without notice (30 minutes) –

1st question period – Minister for Home Affairs

2nd question period – Minister for Treasury and Resources

PERSONAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENTS ON A MATTER OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Chairman of the Privileges and Procedures Committee will make a statement regarding the Referendum Commission.

The Chief Minister will make a statement regarding the publication of the E.U. list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.

PUBLIC BUSINESS

(Consideration of Public Business to commence at 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday 12th December 2017)

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding. P.107/2017. Lodged: 31st October 2017, Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding (P.107/2017) – P.107/2017. amendment. Amd. Lodged: 28th November 2017, Connétable of St. John .

Future Hospital: approval of preferred scheme and funding (P.107/2017) – second P.107/2017. amendment. Amd.(2) Lodged: 28th November 2017, Senator P.F.C. Ozouf .

Draft Public Finances (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.111/2017. Lodged: 7th November 2017, Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.66/2017. Lodged; 17th July 2017, Minister for the Environment.

Note: The 2nd reading of the Draft Law will resume, following adoption of the principles on 31st October 2017 and the subsequent referral to the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel under Standing Order 72(1).

Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.66/2017): P.66/2017. comments. Com. Presented: 6th December 2017, Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny

Panel.

Draft Public Health and Safety (Rented Dwellings) (Jersey) Law 201- (P.66/2017): P.66/2017. amendment. Amd. Lodged: 30th November 2017, Minister for the Environment.

States Employment Board: living wage 2017. P.72/2017. Lodged: 31st July 2017, Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier .

Jersey Infrastructure Levy: approval in principle. P.100/2017. Lodged: 20th October 2017, Minister for the Environment.

Jersey Infrastructure Levy: approval in principle (P.100/2017) – comments. P.100/2017. Presented: 4th December 2017, Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Com. Panel.

Jersey Infrastructure Levy: approval in principle (P.100/2017) – amendment. P.100/2017. Lodged: 28th November 2017, Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré of St. Lawrence . Amd.

Draft Royal Court (Amendment No. 15) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.101/2017. Lodged: 23rd October 2017, Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade .

Draft Employment (Minimum Wage) (Amendment No. 14) (Jersey) Regulations P.104/2017. 201-.

Lodged: 24th October 2017, Minister for Social Security.

Draft Howard Davis Farm (Arrangements for further Abrogation of Covenant) P.105/2017. (Jersey) Law 201-.

Lodged: 24th October 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.

Draft Howard Davis Farm (Arrangements for further Abrogation of Covenant) P.105/2017. (Jersey) Law 201- (P.105/2017): amendment. Amd. Lodged: 28th November 2017, Deputy J.A.N. Le Fondré of St. Lawrence .

Draft Statistics and Census (Jersey) Law 201-. P.106/2017. Lodged: 27th October 2017, Chief Minister.

ARRANGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS

16th January 2018

(Meeting to commence at approximately 10.45 a.m. following at service at the Parish Church of St. Helier )

Draft Road Traffic (No. 63) (Jersey) Regulations 201-. P.67/2017. Lodged: 17th July 2017, Minister for Infrastructure.

JT Group Limited: restructuring of enterprise. P.96/2017. Lodged: 12th October 2017, Senator S.C. Ferguson.

JT Group Limited: restructuring of enterprise (P.96/2017) – comments. P.96/2017. Presented: 13th November 2017, Council of Ministers. Com.

JT Group Limited: restructuring of enterprise (P.96/2017) – amendment. P.96/2017. Lodged: 31st October 2017, Senator S.C. Ferguson. Amd.

Short-Term Incapacity Allowance: lower threshold. P.102/2017. Lodged: 23rd October 2017, Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier .

Short-Term Incapacity Allowance: lower threshold (P.102/2017) – comments. P.102/2017. Presented: 24th November 2017, Minister for Social Security. Com.

Independent Jersey Care Inquiry Report: implementation of recommendations. P.108/2017. Lodged: 31st October 2017, Chief Minister.

Draft Connétable s (Amendment No. 2) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.112/2017. Lodged: 14th November 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Income Support: reinstatement of single parent component. P.113/2017. Lodged: 15th November 2017.

Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel.

Jersey Gas Works site: development by Andium Homes Limited. P.114/2017. Lodged: 21st November 2017, Council of Ministers.

Bellozanne Sewage Treatment Works: odour emissions. P.115/2017. Lodged: 30th November 2017, Deputy A.D. Lewis of St. Helier .

Draft Data Protection (Jersey) Law 201-. P.116/2017. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Chief Minister.

Data Protection Authority (Jersey) Law 201-. P.117/2017. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Chief Minister.

Draft Criminal Procedure (Jersey) Law 201-. P.118/2017. Lodged: 5th December 2017, Council of Ministers.

Draft Amendment (No. 34) of the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey. P.119/2017. Lodged: 6th December 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

30th January 2018

Jersey Electricity plc.: referral of stand-by charges to the Channel Islands P.88/2017. Competition and Regulatory Authorities.

Lodged: 26th September 2017, Deputy of Grouville .

Draft Marriage and Civil Status (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.91/2017. Lodged: 3rd October 2017, Chief Minister.

Draft States of Jersey (Appointment Procedures) (Jersey) Law 201-. P.97/2017. Lodged: 13th October 2017, Privileges and Procedures Committee. (re-issue)

Note: Note: The 2nd reading of the Draft Law will resume, following adoption of the principles on 16th November 2017 and the subsequent referral to the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel under Standing Order 72(1).

Draft Liquor Licensing (Jersey) Law 201-. P.103/2017. Lodged: 24th October 2017, Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and

Culture.

Social housing in Jersey: introduction of a regulatory framework. P.120/2017. Lodged: 7th December 2017, Minister for Housing.

DR. M. EGAN Greffier of the States

6th December 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 December 2017.

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

R&O.123/2017.

Health and Social Services (2018 Fees – Homes and Nursing) (Jersey) Order 2017.

This Order amends the Nursing Agencies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1978 (by Article 1), the Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1995 (by Article 2), and the Residential Homes (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1995 (by Article 3), to increase in each case certain fees payable under those Orders in respect of licences and registrations, by the same amounts and to the same levels.

Article 1 increases fees for applications for, and renewals of, licences for nursing agencies. The fee for a first application is increased to £727.75, the fee for renewal of a licence is increased to £370.02, and the fee for transfer of a licence to different premises is increased to £205.

Equivalent increases are made by Articles 2 and 3 to registration fees for persons carrying on nursing homes, mental nursing homes and residential care homes (which are increased to £727.75), registration fees for any separate person in charge of such a home (increased to £256.25), and annual fees for persons carrying on such homes (increased to £370.02).

Article 4 gives the title by which this Order may be cited and provides for it to come into force 7 days after being made.

The Order was made on 24th November 2017 and came into force on 1st December 2017.

R&O.124/2017.

Home Affairs (Fire and Rescue and Petroleum – 2018 Fees) (Jersey) Order 2017.

This Order increases, with effect from 1st January 2018, various fees associated with the Fire and Rescue Service and licensing fees under the Petroleum (Jersey) Law 1984. The fees were last increased on 1st January 2017, and the increases range from 1.8% for certain training provided by the Fire and Rescue Service, to 133.8% in respect of the issue and amendment of fire certificates and of inspection of commercial or public premises for the provision of a fire safety report.

The Order was made on 27th November 2017 and comes into force on 1st January 2018.

WRITTEN QUESTIONS (See Item I(a))

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

"Will the Minister, in respect of the additional single parent component of Income Support, advise –

how many claimants received the component in the 12-month period prior to its removal on 1st November 2015;
how many of those claimants received the component for the first time during that 12-month period;
how many of those claimants were still in receipt of the component on 31st October 2015;
what the total amount of the component paid to claimants was in the 12-month period prior to 1st November 2015;
what the breakdown of the amount given in the answer to (d) above was, shown in the following bands:

Payments from £0.01 to £10.00 per week;
Payments from £10.01 to £20.00 per week;
Payments from £20.01 to £30.00 per week;
Payments from £30.01 to £40.39 per week;

how many of the claimants who received the component in the 12-month period prior to 1st November 2015 were also in receipt of regular maintenance income for a child; and
what the average weekly amount was of maintenance income for a child received by those claimants?"

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, as shareholder representative, inform members what the return to the Guarantor' from Andium Homes, currently £28.2 million annually and which is derived from some £46m of rental income, is used for?

Is it his assessment that this return ties Andium Homes into a high-rent business model (i.e. rents at 90% of the private sector) which makes the capping of rent levels at, say, 30% of household income impossible?"

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

"Further to the responses of the Minister for Social Security during questions without notice on 27th November 2017 that, in respect of the Social Security Review, the Statistics Unit has been involved "in providing the questions without bias for any review that we do" and that the Unit has been "the principal port of call" for the Department of Social Security and that the Unit has been involved with "all 3 parts of this consultation and the review programme and very heavily so", will the Chief Minister specify what involvement the Statistics Unit has had with the Social Security Review and when that involvement occurred?"

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 advise whether the E.U. Code of Conduct for Business Taxation requires that a majority of company profits are subject to tax at a zero rate and that, in this regard, a clear majority of profits is at least 51%?

Will he further inform members what figures, if any, he has for trading company profits, by sector, subject to zero-rate taxation which show that these profits subject to zero-rating constitute the majority of overall company profits when compared with those subject to tax at other rates, including the new 20% supermarket tax'?

Will he also inform members what figures, if any, he has for the profits of the 30,000 non-trading' companies in the Island?

Will he also state what proportion of total companies these figures relate to and when he expects to have figures covering 100% of companies?"

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 give members full details of the proposals announced during the debate on the 2018 Budget Statement for the funding of higher education tuition fees and maintenance grants (including the sources of funding) and the removal of higher rate child allowance for the years 2018 - 2022?

Will he also, following discussion with the Minister for Education, give details of the schedule for any consultation process in respect of these proposals and outline what aspects of those proposals, if any, will be open to change through consultation?"

The Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Will the Minister list for members –

all grants made in the last 4 years to the agricultural industry, identifying what they were for and whether the recipients were locally or foreign owned; and
all loans to the agricultural industry in the last 4 years, identifying what they were for, the rates of interest charged and whether the recipients were locally or foreign owned?"

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

"Will the Chief Minister identify which specific policies adopted by the Council of Ministers over the last 3 years have been designed to reduce economic inequality in Jersey; and will he provide his assessment of how effective these measures have been?"

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

"Will the Chief Minister identify which specific policies adopted by the Council of Ministers over the last 3 years have been designed to increase social mobility in the Island and will he state how effective these measures have been?"

The Minister for Health and Social Services will table an answer to the following question asked by Deputy M.R. Higgins of St. Helier –

"Further to his answer to Oral Question 1(610) on 14th November 2017, will the Minister provide for members his Department's policy which sets out –

the rights of children when making complaints about staff or in respect of the care they receive from the Department;
the procedure for making complaints and the representation which is granted in such cases;
the rights of appeal that such childnre have if their complaints are not upheld;

and will the Minister also outline for members –

what rights vulnerable adults have when making complaints about staff or in respect of the care they receive from his Department;
what the procedure is in such cases for making complaints and the representation they are granted; and
what rights of appeal such vulnerable adults have if their complaints are not upheld?"

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

"Will the Minister advise whether his Department provides any grants or loans to the agricultural industry separately from any such grants or loans provided by the Department of Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture and, if so, will he list for members –

any such grants made by his Department to the agricultural industry during the last 4 years, identifying what they were for and whether the recipients were locally or foreign owned; and
any such loans provided by his Department to the agricultural industry during the last 4 years, identifying what they were for, the rates of interest charged and whether the recipients were locally or foreign owned?"

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

Questions without notice 2018

1st Session 2018

January 16th Health and Social Services Chief Minister

January 30th Education Economic Development, Tourism,

Sport and Culture

February 20th Housing Chief Minister

March 6th Treasury and Resources Environment

March 20th External Relations Chief Minister

April 10th Social Security Home Affairs

June 26th Infrastructure Chief Minister July 10th Health and Social Services Education

2nd Session 2018

September 11th Economic Development, Tourism, Chief Minister

Sport and Culture

September 25th Housing Treasury and Resources October 9th Environment Chief Minister

October 23rd External Relations Social Security November 6th Home Affairs Chief Minister

November 20th Infrastructure Health and Social Services December 4th Education Chief Minister