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STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER

22nd APRIL 2025

SUMMARY

9.30 a.m.  Communications by the Presiding Officer and other announcements Appointments, matters of privilege, petitions (if any)

Approx. 9.40 a.m.  Oral questions with notice

Up to 2 hours 20

minutes

Urgent questions (if any)

Up to 45 minutes,  Oral questions without notice: divided between the  Minister for Infrastructure three Ministers  Minister for Housing

 Chief Minister

Statements (if any)

Approx. 2.15 p.m.  Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law

202. (P.78/2024).

Draft Employment and Discrimination (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.78/2024): second amendment. (P.78/2024 Amd.(2)).

Draft Employment and Discrimination (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.78/2024): third amendment. (P.78/2024 Amd.(3)).

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy. (P.11/2025).

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025): amendment. (P.11/2025 Amd.).

Evidence-Based  Energy  Strategy  (P.11/2025):  second  amendment. (P.11/2025 Amd.(2)).

Draft Single-Use Plastics etc. (Restrictions) (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 202-. (P.19/2025).

Organ Donation Memorial. (P.25/2025).

Increase in assets and savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway. (P.26/2025).

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 23rd, Thursday 24th and Friday 25th April 2025 if necessary.

STATES OF JERSEY ORDER PAPER

22nd APRIL 2025

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

Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third Countries) Regulations (Jersey) R&O.18/2025. Amendment Order 2025.

Minister for External Relations.

Royal Court (Family Division) Amendment Rules 2025.  R&O.19/2025. Superior Number of the Royal Court.

Family  Division  Registrar  (Change  of  Status  and  Title)  (Jersey) R&O.20/2025. Commencement Order 2025.

Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

Dormant Bank Accounts (Distribution of Fund Money) (Jersey) Amendment R&O.21/2025. Order 2025.

Minister for External Relations.

Royal Court and Stamp Duties and Fees (Jersey) Commencement Order  R&O.22/2025. 2025.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Revenue Administration (Information Sharing) (Jersey) Amendment No. 2  R&O.23/2025. Order 2025.

Minister for Treasury and Resources.

  1. DOCUMENTS PRESENTED

Organ Donation Memorial (P.25/2025): comments. P.25/2025. Presented: 15th April 2025, Minister for Health and Social Services.  Com.

Social rents plan to reduce rental stress for tenants (P.29/2025) – Children's P.29/2025. Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 3rd April 2025, Deputy R.S. Kovacs of St. Saviour .

Draft Income Support (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- (P.30/2025) – P.30/2025. Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 7th April 2025, Minister for Social Security.

Draft Highways Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202- (P.31/2025) – P.31/2025. Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 11th April 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

States Employment Board Annual Report 2024.  R.43/2025. Presented: 3rd April 2025, States Employment Board.

Commissioner for Standards: Investigation of Complaint of Breach of the  R.44/2025. Code of Conduct for Elected Members by Deputy T.J.A. Binet of St. Saviour .

Presented: 4th April 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

States Greffe and Legislative Drafting Office Business Plan 2025.  R.45/2025. Presented: 7th April 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Jersey Advisory and Conciliation Service: Annual Report 2024.  R.46/2025. Presented: 7th April 2025, Minister for Social Security.

Land Transactions under Standing Order 168(3) – Garage No. 171, Le Clos R.47/2025. des Sables, La Route Orange, St. Brelade , JE3 8GH – Cancellation of Existing

99-Year Lease and Transfer of the Public's Freehold Ownership.

Presented: 10th April 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

Transfer of International Cultural Centre from Cabinet Office to the Customer R.48/2025. and Local Services (CLS) (now Employment, Social Security and Housing

(ESSH)).

Presented: 11th April 2025, Minister for Treasury and Resources.

Review of the new Healthcare Facilities Programme (S.R.2/2025): Response S.R.2/2025. of the Minister for Health and Social Services.  Res. Presented: 14th April 2025, Minister for Health and Social Services.

  1. NOTIFICATION OF LODGED PROPOSITIONS

Social rents plan to reduce rental stress for tenants.  P.29/2025. Lodged: 3rd April 2025, Deputy R.S. Kovacs of St. Saviour .

Draft Income Support (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-.  P.30/2025. Lodged: 7th April 2025, Minister for Social Security.

Draft Highways Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-  P.31/2025. Lodged: 11th April 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

  1. 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 –

Promotion of Political Education.  P.1/2025. Lodged: 7th January 2025, Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North .

  1. APPOINTMENT OF MINISTERS, COMMITTEES AND PANELS
  2. MATTERS OF PRIVILEGE
  3. PETITIONS
  4. QUESTIONS
  1. Written Questions (see attached)

WQ.153/2025 1.  The Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning tabled an answer on 7th April 2025 to a

question asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North regarding the development of the primary school estate in St. Helier .

WQ.154/2025 2.  The Minister for Social Security tabled an answer on 7th April 2025 to a question asked by

Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade regarding Sign Language Week.

WQ.155/2025 3. The Minister for Social Security tabled an answer on 7th April 2025 to a question asked by

Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement regarding the Jersey Cannabis Agency.

WQ.156/2025 4. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement regarding patient services provided at the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre.

WQ.157/2025 5. The Chief Minister tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question asked by Deputy M.B.

Andrews of St. Helier North regarding consultant costs.

WQ.158/2025 6. The Chair of the States Employment Board tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North regarding staff employed across the Public Sector at Grade 11 and above.

WQ.159/2025 7. The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North regarding knives in schools.

WQ.160/2025 8. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy H.L. Jeune of St. John , St. Lawrence and Trinity regarding palliative care. WQ.161/2025 9. The Minister for Treasury and Resources tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy S.M. Ahier of St. Helier North regarding the connection of homes to mains

water by Jersey Water.

WQ.162/2025 10. The Minister for Children and Families tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade regarding the Short Breaks provision. WQ.163/2025 11. The Minister for Children and Families tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade regarding Oakwell Children's Short Breaks

Home.

WQ.164/2025 12. The Chair of the Comité des Connétable s tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade regarding modernising Parish Assemblies. WQ.165/2025 13. The Chief Minister tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question asked by Deputy J.

Renouf of St. Brelade regarding the High Value Residency scheme.

WQ.166/2025 14. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy J. Renouf of St. Brelade regarding Heath and Care Jersey overspend. WQ.167/2025 15. The Minister for External Relations tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question asked

by Deputy A.F. Curtis of St. Clement regarding work to enable UK credit card agencies to

provide cards and services to Jersey residents.

WQ.169/2025 16. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question

asked by Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement regarding transport links to, and parking facilities at, the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre.

WQ.170/2025 17. The Minister for Social Security tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question asked by

Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement regarding the increases in fees and costs for nursing and residential care provided in the private sector.

WQ.171/2025 18. The Minister for Infrastructure tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to a question asked by

Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade regarding the toilets at the Nude Dunes development.

  1. Oral Questions (2 hours 20 minutes)

OQ.102/2025  1.   Deputy T.A. Coles of St. Helier South will ask the following question of the Minister for

Health and Social Services –

"Will the Minister advise what progress has been made since the Assembly's adoption of P.31/2024, as amended, which included a request that the Council of Ministers bring forward proposals for potential approaches to the decriminalisation, legalisation and regulation of cannabis?"

OQ.96/2025  2.   Deputy M.B. Andrews of St Helier North will ask the following question of the Chief

Minister –

"Will the Chief Minister advise whether the Council of Ministers has a target for net inward migration, and if not, why not?"

OQ.98/2025  3.   Deputy J. Renouf of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Health

and Social Services –

"Will the Minister explain whether it is his assessment that there are systemic gender inequalities in Jersey's health system and what proposals, if any, there are to improve health outcomes for women?"

OQ.104/2025  4.   Deputy A.F. Curtis of St. Clement will ask the following question of the Minister for the

Environment –

"Will the Minister advise whether a Building Control application has been received for the proposed South Hill development and, if it has, will he update Members on the status of the application, including whether the floor plans provided match those approved under planning application P/2022/1619?"

OQ.103/2025  5.   Deputy C.D. Curtis of St. Helier Central will ask the following question of the Chair of the

States Employment Board –

"Will the Chair advise what measures are in place to ensure that hospital staff have access to legally-required minimum rest breaks and uninterrupted rest periods, and will he state whether he is aware of any circumstances in which such access has been restricted?"

OQ.101/2025  6.   Deputy S.M. Ahier of St. Helier North will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

"Will the Chief Minister advise what actions, if any, are being undertaken to ensure all Island properties are connected to mains water; and will he further advise whether any funding requests for such work have been made to the Council of Ministers?"

OQ.100/2025  7.   Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for

Sustainable Economic Development –

"Further to his response to Urgent Oral Question 2/2025, in which the Minister stated that he stood ready with a grant of up to £220,000 for the Battle of Flowers to go ahead in 2025, will he state the size of the grant that has been offered to the new exhibitors' committee and advise what conditions, if any, are attached to that grant?"

OQ.94/2025  8.   Deputy H.L. Jeune of St. John , St. Lawrence and Trinity will ask the following question of

the Minister for Infrastructure –

"Will the Minister provide details of the scope, priorities, and key objectives of the energy policy areas he is responsible for, as outlined in the 2025 Cabinet Office Business Plan?"

OQ.97/2025  9.   Deputy M.B. Andrews of St Helier North will ask the following question of the Minister for

Housing –

"Following  the  publication  in  2018  of  the  Scrutiny  Report  on  Residential  Property Transactions, will the Minister advise what actions have been taken to date to implement the Review Panel's recommendations and advise what further actions, if any, he intends to take?"

OQ.95/2025  10.   Deputy H.L. Jeune of St. John , St. Lawrence and Trinity will ask the following question of

the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs –

"Further to the response to Oral Question 246/2024, will the Minister explain why the Youth Justice Strategy was not published in January 2025 as anticipated and provide an update on when the Strategy will be published?"

OQ.99/2025  11.   Deputy J. Renouf of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Health

and Social Services –

"Will the Minister provide an update on the progress of the construction of the Acute Hospital at Overdale, with particular reference to the procurement process that commenced in Autumn 2024?"

  1. – Questions to Ministers without notice (45 minutes)

1st question period – Minister for Infrastructure

2nd question period – Minister for Housing

3rd question period – Chief Minister

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

Draft Employment and Discrimination (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-.  P.78/2024. Lodged: 6th November 2024, Minister for Social Security.  (re-issue).

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024) – Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 6th November 2024, Minister for Social Security.

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): comments.  Com. Presented: 16th January 2024, Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel.

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): second amendment.  Amd.(2). Lodged: 21st January 2025, Deputy M.R. Ferey of St. Saviour .

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): second amendment (P.78/2024 Amd.(2)) – Children's Rights Impact  Amd.(2). Assessment.  Add. Presented: 21st January 2025, Deputy M.R. Ferey of St. Saviour .

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): second amendment (P.78/2024 Amd.(2)) – comments.  Amd.(2). Presented: 31st January 2025, Minister for Social Security.  Com.

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): third amendment.  Amd.(3). Lodged: 28th February 2025, Deputy Sir P.M. Bailhache of St. Clement .

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): third amendment (P.78/2024 Amd.(3)) – Children's Rights Impact  Amd.(3). Assessment.  Add. Presented: 28th February 2025, Deputy Sir P.M. Bailhache of St. Clement .

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202- P.78/2024. (P.78/2024): third amendment (P.78/2024 Amd.(3)) – comments.  Amd.(3). Presented: 31st January 2025, Minister for Social Security.  Com.

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy.  P.11/2025. Lodged: 12th February 2025, Deputy H.L. Jeune of St. John , St. Lawrence and

Trinity .

Evidence-Based  Energy  Strategy  (P.11/2025)   Children's  Rights  Impact P.11/2025. Assessment.  Add. Presented: 12th February 2025, Deputy H.L. Jeune of St. John , St. Lawrence and

Trinity .

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025) – comments.  P.11/2025. Presented: 11th March 2025, Minister for the Environment.  Com.

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025): amendment.  P.11/2025. Lodged: 10th March 2025, Deputy P.F.C. Ozouf of St. Saviour .  Amd.

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025): amendment (P.11/2025 Amd.) – P.11/2025. Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Amd.Add. Presented: 10th March 2025, Deputy P.F.C. Ozouf of St. Saviour .

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025): second amendment.  P.11/2025. Lodged: 11th March 2025, Minister for the Environment.  Amd.(2).

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025): second amendment (P.11/2025 P.11/2025. Amd.(2)) – Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Amd.(2). Presented: 11th March 2025, Minister for the Environment.  Add.

Draft Single-Use Plastics etc. (Restrictions) (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law P.19/2025. 202-.

Lodged: 4th March 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

Draft Single-Use Plastics etc. (Restrictions) (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 202- P.19/2025. (P.19/2025) – Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 4th March 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

Organ Donation Memorial.  P.25/2025. Lodged: 25th March 2025, Deputy L.K.F. Stephenson of St. Mary , St. Ouen and

St. Peter .

Organ Donation Memorial (P.25/2025) – Children's Rights Impact Assessment. P.25/2025. Presented: 25th March 2025, Deputy L.K.F. Stephenson of St. Mary , St. Ouen and  Add. St. Peter .

Organ Donation Memorial (P.25/2025): comments. P.25/2025. Presented: 15th April 2025, Minister for Health and Social Services.  Com.

Increase  in  assets  and  savings  threshold  for  the  Affordable  Housing P.26/2025. Gateway.

Lodged: 28th March 2025, Deputy D.J. Warr of St. Helier South .

Increase in assets and savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway P.26/2025. (P.26/2025) – Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 28th March 2025, Deputy D.J. Warr of St. Helier South .

  1. ARRANGEMENT OF PUBLIC BUSINESS 13th May 2025

Draft Jersey Gas Company Amendment Law 202-.  P.22/2025. Lodged: 11th March 2025, Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

Draft Jersey Gas Company Amendment Law 202- (P.22/2025) Children's P.22/2025. Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 11th March 2025, Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

Road Traffic: offences and penalties.  P.23/2025. Lodged: 19th March 2025, Deputy C.D. Curtis of St. Helier Central . (re-issue).

Road Traffic: offences and penalties. (P.23/2025) – Children's Rights Impact P.23/2025. Assessment.  Add. Presented: 19th March 2025, Deputy C.D. Curtis of St. Helier Central .

Draft Elections (Electoral Registers) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-.  P.27/2025. Lodged: 31st March 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Draft Elections (Electoral Registers) (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.27/2025) P.27/2025. – Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 31st March 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Draft Elections (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-.  P.28/2025. Lodged: 31st March 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Draft Elections (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- (P.28/2025) – Children's Rights P.28/2025. Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 31st March 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Social rents plan to reduce rental stress for tenants.  P.29/2025. Lodged: 3rd April 2025, Deputy R.S. Kovacs of St. Saviour .

Social rents plan to reduce rental stress for tenants (P.29/2025) – Children's P.29/2025. Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 3rd April 2025, Deputy R.S. Kovacs of St. Saviour .

3rd June 2025

Amendment  to  Standing  Orders   deadline  for  challenging  written P.5/2025. responses.

Lodged: 30th January 2025, Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Draft Income Support (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-.  P.30/2025. Lodged: 7th April 2025, Minister for Social Security.

Draft  Income  Support  (Jersey)  Amendment  Regulations  202-(P.30/2025)   P.30/2025. Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 7th April 2025, Minister for Social Security.

Draft Highways Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-  P.31/2025. Lodged: 11th April 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

Draft  Highways  Law  (Jersey)  Amendment  Regulations  202-(P.31/2025)   P.31/2025. Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 11th April 2025, Minister for Infrastructure.

24th June 2025 8th July 2025

Draft Harbours (Inshore Safety) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-.  P.3/2025. Lodged: 28th January 2025, Minister for Sustainable Economic Development.

Draft  Harbours  (Inshore  Safety)  (Jersey)  Amendment  Regulations  202- P.3/2025. (P.3/2025) – Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 28th January 2025, Minister for Sustainable Economic Development.

Draft Residential Tenancy (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-.  P.24/2025. Lodged: 25th March 2025, Minister for Housing.

Draft  Residential  Tenancy  (Jersey)  Amendment  Law  202-  (P.24/2025)   P.24/2025. Children's Rights Impact Assessment.  Add. Presented: 25th March 2025, Minister for Housing.

W.J.C. MILLOW Deputy Greffier of the States

15th April 2025 Note –

In accordance with the meeting dates fixed for 2025 by the Privileges and Procedures Committee, this meeting will continue, if necessary, on Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th and Friday 25th April 2025.

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

R&O.18/2025.

Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third Countries) Regulations (Jersey) Amendment Order 2025. Minister for External Relations.

This Order amends the Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third Countries) (Jersey) Regulations 2008 to add the dates that tax exchange agreements came into force with Brazil (22 January 2019) and Chile (3 October 2018). The Order comes into force 7 days after it is made.

The Order was made on 2nd April 2025 and came into force on 9th April 2025.

R&O.19/2025.

Royal Court (Family Division) Amendment Rules 2025. Superior Number of the Royal Court.

These draft Rules of Court amend Royal Court Rules governing procedures in the Family Division. The amendments are consequential on the enactment of the Family Division Registrar (Change of Status and Title) (Jersey) Law2025 ("the 2025Law").

The 2025Law was passed by the States on 12th November 2024 and registered by the Royal Court on 14th February 2025. It has yet to be brought into force by Order of the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

The purpose of the 2025Law is–

to amend the title and status of a Registrar in the Family Division of the Royal Court to become a Family Judge bringing that role in line with the status and title of other similar judicial appointments; and

to establish the office of Family Judge of the Royal Court in respect of the Family Division, and give a Family Judge the judicial functions previously delegated to a Registrar by the Judicial Greffier.

The Rules of Court amended by the draft Rules are the–

Adoption Rules1962 (see Rule1)

Legitimacy Rules1974 (see Rule2)

Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Rules 2003 (see Rule3) Children Rules2005 (see Rule4)

Child Custody (Jurisdiction) Rules2005 (see Rule5)

Child Abduction and Custody Rules2005 (see Rule6)

Matrimonial Causes Rules2005 (see Rule7)

Civil Partners Causes Rules2012 (see Rule8),

(collectively "the principal Rules").

The amendments are of a technical nature, making reference where appropriate in each of the principal Rules to a Family Judge where, prior to the 2025Law, the relevant judicial function was exercisable by the Judicial Greffier, but delegated to a Registrar.

The opportunity has also been taken to standardise and streamline certain terminology in the principal Rules relating to the filing of documents in the Judicial Greffe.

None of the amendments in the draft Rules alters the substance of the relevant court procedures.

The 2025Law contains a saving provision so as not to invalidate any proceedings that have commenced but not been concluded when the 2025Law comes into force, and so as not to affect anything done before that time in respect of any proceeding. These amending Rules likewise make provision that they do not affect proceedings commenced but not concluded when these Rules come into force, or anything done before then in respect of any proceeding (see Rule9).

Rule10 is the citation and commencement provision. The intention is for these Rules to come into force at the same time as the 2025Law is brought into force by Order of the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

The Amendment Rules were made by the Superior Number of the Royal Court on 3rd April 2025 and come into force on the same day as the Family Division Registrar (Change of Status and Title) (Jersey) Law 2025.

R&O.20/2025.

Family Division Registrar (Change of Status and Title) (Jersey) Commencement Order 2025. Minister for Justice and Home Affairs.

This Order brings the Family Division Registrar (Change of Status and Title) (Jersey) Law 2025 ("the Law") into force on 14th April 2025.

The Law changes the status and title of the Registrars of the Family Division of the Royal Court. It establishes the office of Family Judge of the Royal Court and gives Family Judges the judicial functions previously delegated to the Registrars of the Family Division.

The Order was made on 4th April 2025 and came into force on the same day.

R&O.21/2025.

Dormant Bank Accounts (Distribution of Fund Money) (Jersey) Amendment Order 2025. Minister for External Relations.

This Order amends the Dormant Bank Accounts (Distribution of Fund Money) (Jersey) Order 2020 to add further policy considerations regarding distributions from dormant bank accounts.

Article 2 (policy in respect of whether to make a distribution from the Fund) is amended for the Minister for External Relations to indicate an intention to repeat a distribution over more than 1 year.

Article 3 (policy in respect of amount of distribution) is amended to enable that Minister to make an additional distribution to match (wholly or to an agreed limit) charitable funding given or pledged by another person.

The Order was made on 7th April 2025 and came into force on 14th April 2025.

R&O.22/2025.

Royal Court and Stamp Duties and Fees (Jersey) Commencement Order 2025. Minister for Treasury and Resources.

This Order brings the Royal Court and Stamp Duties and Fees (Jersey) Amendment Law 2025 into force on 28th April 2025. That Law amends (1) the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948 to make alternative arrangements for the paying of an honorarium to Jurats and (2) the Stamp Duties and Fees (Jersey) Law 1998 to increase court fees as well as making further minor amendments.

The Order was made on 14th April 2025 and came into force on the same day.

R&O.23/2025.

Revenue Administration (Information Sharing) (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Order 2025. Minister for Treasury and Resources.

This Order amends the Revenue Administration (Information Sharing) (Jersey) Order 2024 to amend the purposes for which revenue information may be shared with the Office of the Chief Statistician and to add the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal to the authorities with which revenue information may be shared. This Order comes into force 7 days after it is made.

The Order was made on 14th April 2025 and came into force on 21st April 2025.

WRITTEN QUESTIONS (See Item I(a))

  1. The Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning tabled an answer on 7th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North

"Will the Minister advise what plans, if any, there are for the development of the primary school estate in St. Helier with specific reference to both St. Luke's School and Springfield School?"

  1. The Minister for Social Security tabled an answer on 7th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade

"Will the Minister describe and explain the Government's decision-making in respect of support for, and the active promotion of, the recent Sign Language Week (17th to 23rd March 2025), which raises awareness and advocates for the rights and inclusion of the Deaf community?"

  1. The Minister for Social Security tabled an answer on 7th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement

"Will the Minister detail the current work of the Jersey Cannabis Agency and will he clarify whether this agency has considered any further development of psilocybin cultivation in the Island, and, if so, provide details of –

  1. the number of individuals or companies that have registered an interest in the development of a market in this area;
  2. any progress that has been made to develop the market conditions for this product in the Island;
  3. the business areas under consideration (e.g. cultivation, export, retail);
  4. the potential economic value to the Island; and
  5. the number of licences applied for to develop these products?"
  1. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement

"Will the Minister advise what patient services are currently provided at the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre and, for each such service during the period since the Centre opened to the end of February 2025, state the number of –

  1. scheduled clinics provided, broken down by month and speciality;
  2. appointments available, broken down by month and specialty;
  3. appointments attended and missed (including the reason for non-attendance), broken down by month, specialty and Parish;
  4. complaints received about the services provided and any themes emerging from these complaints;
  5. compliments received about the services provided and the themes emerging from this feedback; and
  6. bank and agency staff employed, broken down by month for each of the services operating in the centre, and categorised by –
  1. grade of staff; and
  2. numbers of hours worked?"
  1. The Chief Minister tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North

"Will the Chief Minister state how much the Government has spent on consultants, excluding those permanently employed in Health and Care Jersey, during 2024 and 2025 to date; and will he advise what actions, if any, are being taken to minimise the expenditure on consultants?"

  1. The Chair of the States Employment Board tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North

"Will the Chair advise how many staff were employed during 2024 across the Public Sector at Grade 11 and above, broken down by Grade?"

  1. The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy M.B. Andrews of St. Helier North

"Will the Minister advise how many incidents, if any, have been reported over the last five years of young people carrying knives in school and state the number of incidents over the same period where knives have been used as offensive weapons, both in school and outside school?"

  1. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy H.L. Jeune of St. John , St. Lawrence and Trinity

"Will the Minister share a timeline for the introduction of legislation placing a statutory duty on the Minister to provide palliative care and end-of-life care, including when it will be brought to the Assembly, and will the Minister also outline –

  1. the key provisions of this duty and explain how it will enhance the quality and accessibility of care; and
  2. how he plans to ensure that sufficient funding and resources are allocated to implement this duty effectively, given that it is linked to the delivery of the Assisted Dying Law;

and if no such provision for palliative care is due to be included, will the Minister explain why not?"

  1. The Minister for Treasury and Resources tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy S.M. Ahier of St. Helier North

"In relation to the connection of homes to mains water by Jersey Water, will the Minister, as shareholder representative, advise –

  1. the number of properties that rely on boreholes for their water supply;
  2. the number of properties, if any, that have been connected to mains water in each of the last five years;
  3. the amount, in metres, that the mains network has been extended in each of the last five years;
  4. the budget allocated each year by Jersey Water to connect properties to mains water;
  5. the estimated timeframe to connect all Islanders to mains water; and
  1. the cost, in total, of enabling all Islanders to have access to mains water?"
  1. The Minister for Children and Families tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade

"Further to the Minister's response to Written Question 351/2024, in relation to CYPES undertaking a needs analysis and review of Short Breaks provision (daytime and overnight) in Jersey, will the Minister advise when that review will be completed and published?"

  1. The Minister for Children and Families tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade

"In relation to Oakwell Children's Short Breaks Home, will the Minister state, for each of the last five years –

  1. the total cost of running the home;
  2. the staffing costs;
  3. the number of individual children accommodated;
  4. the occupancy rate; and
  5. the number of nights per week the home was open?"
  1. The Chair of the Comité des Connétable s tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy H.M. Miles of St. Brelade

"Following the publication of Parish Assemblies: A Better Legislative Framework' (R.187/2024) by the Jersey Law Commission, will the Chair outline what action, if any, the Comité intends to take to update the Loi (1804) au sujet des Assemblées Paroissiales and the Loi (1905) au sujet des Assemblées Paroissiales in order to modernise the form and functions of the Parish Assembly, including membership, voting rights and public notices of holding an Assembly?"

  1. The Chief Minister tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy J. Renouf of St. Brelade

"In relation to Jersey's High Value Residency scheme, will the Chief Minister state the number of dependants who have arrived with the main applicant, broken down into separate categories (such as partner, children or staff), for each of the last 10 years?"

  1. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy J. Renouf of St. Brelade

"Further to his answer during questions without notice on 1st April 2025, will the Minister state whether it is forecast that Heath and Care Jersey will overspend in 2025 and, if so, will he detail –

  1. the estimated total overspend for the year;
  2. the factors that are driving the overspend; and,
  3. whether the overspend will be added to the current departmental budget to set a new baseline for funding in future years?"
  1. The Minister for External Relations tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy A.F. Curtis of St. Clement

"Will the Minister provide an update on the work to enable UK credit card agencies to provide cards and services to Jersey residents and, furthermore, detail –

  1. what work by his department, if any, remains outstanding;
  2. what obstacles, if any, still exist that prevent the exchange of data for the issuing of credit cards; and
  3. the expected timeline for any work to be undertaken by the Government of Jersey?"
  1. The Minister for Health and Social Services tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement

"Will the Minister advise what evaluation, if any, has been undertaken of the transport links to, and parking facilities at, the Enid Quenault Health and Wellbeing Centre and, if no such evaluation has taken place, will the Minister explain why not; and will he provide details of the numbers of patients travelling to the Centre for appointments on foot, by car, by public transport, by taxi and by the patient transport system?"

  1. The Minister for Social Security tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy K.M. Wilson of St. Clement

"Will the Minister detail what plans, if any, exist to address the increases in fees and costs for nursing and residential care provided in the private sector and explain –

  1. what steps, if any, are to be taken to support those currently in receipt of nursing and residential care affected by these fee increases and struggling to pay fees amidst the cost-of- living pressures in the Island;
  2. what actions are being taken in response to the report entitled Financial review of the domiciliary care market in Jersey to establish the costs of independent sector services and provide options for standard pricing tariffs'; and
  3. when the above report's recommendations will receive a response and be actioned, advising which officer role is responsible for leading this work stream?"
  1. The Minister for Infrastructure tabled an answer on 14th April 2025 to the following question asked by Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade

"Will the Minister explain what public access there is to the toilets at the Nude Dunes development and on what basis any such access exists?"

Explanatory Note regarding the main respondents for items listed under Public Business (Item L)

In accordance with Standing Order 104A, a time limit of 15 minutes applies to speeches made during debate, unless discretion has been exercised to allow for a longer, or shorter, time limit. No time limit applies to either speech made by the proposer.

Discretion is exercised by the Presiding Officer in accordance with guidance issued by the Bailiff , following consultation with the Privileges and Procedures Committee. The current guidance was presented to the States in the report Time Limits on Speeches in Debates: Guidance on the Exercise of Discretion' (R.3/2021). The report states that discretion may be exercised to allow for a longer speech than 15 minutes where the member speaking is designated as the main respondent' to the debate.

The following members have been identified as the main respondents in the debates listed to occur at this meeting –

 

Debate

 

Main Respondent(s)

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey) Amendment Law 202. (P.78/2024).

Chair of the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey) Amendment  Law  202-  (P.78/2024):  second amendment. (P.78/2024 Amd.(2)).

Minister for Social Security

Draft  Employment  and  Discrimination  (Jersey) Amendment  Law  202-  (P.78/2024):  third amendment. (P.78/2024 Amd.(3)).

Minister for Social Security

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy. (P.11/2025).

Minister for the Environment

Evidence-Based Energy Strategy (P.11/2025): amendment. (P.11/2025 Amd.).

Deputy  H.L.   Jeune  of  St.  John,   St. Lawrence and Trinity

Evidence-Based  Energy  Strategy  (P.11/2025): second amendment. (P.11/2025 Amd.(2)).

Deputy  H.L.   Jeune  of  St.  John,   St. Lawrence and Trinity

Draft  Single-Use  Plastics  etc.  (Restrictions) (Jersey) Amendment No. 2 Law 202-. (P.19/2025).

Chair of the Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel

Organ Donation Memorial. (P.25/2025).

Minister for Health and Social Services

Increase in assets and savings threshold for the Affordable Housing Gateway. (P.26/2025).

Minister for Housing

 

ORAL QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS WITHOUT NOTICE

(See Item I(c)) Questions without notice 2025

1st Session 2025

13th May  Treasury and Resources  Social Security  Chief Minister 3rd June  Sustainable Economic  Justice and Home Affairs  Chief Minister

Development

24th June  Children and Families  Education and Lifelong  Chief Minister

Learning

8th July  Environment  External Relations  Chief Minister 2nd Session 2025

9th September  Health and Social  Housing  Chief Minister

Services

30th September  Infrastructure  International Development  Chief Minister 21st October  Justice and Home  Social Security  Chief Minister

Affairs

11th November  Sustainable Economic  Treasury and Resources  Chief Minister

Development

25th November  Children and Families  Education and Lifelong  Chief Minister

Learning

9th December  Environment  External Relations  Chief Minister