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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARTIN
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 9th MARCH 2010
Question
Will the Chief Minister inform Members when he submitted the brief/instructions to the Law Draftsman for the amendments to P.175/2009 (Employment of States of Jersey Employees Law: Proposed Changes') following States approval on 18th November 2009; the date when the draft amendments were returned to him from the Law Draftsman, and will he provide the Assembly with a copy of the brief/instructions submitted to the Law Draftsman?"
Answer
The initial brief/instructions were submitted to the Law Draftsman on 1st December 2009. There have been a number of drafts and the final draft was dated 19th February 2010.
The initial instructions to the Law Draftsman were taken from the States minute on this issue which I attach for information. The States Employment Board considered a draft amendment at its meeting on 22nd January 2010, at which it decided that, in order to ensure that the policies and activities of the Board remain part of Executive Government, whilst at the same time including a greater breadth of States opinion, further clarification was necessary in two areas:
- The twonon-executivememberson the Board will berecommendedto the States by the Chief Minister and that
- The quorum for a meeting of the Board will consist ofatleasttwoMinisters/Assistant Ministers, one of whom maybe the Chief Minister himself.
The final draft was approved by the Board and lodged on 1st March 2010.
STATES MINUTES 18th November 2009
633
Employment of States of Jersey Employees Law – proposed changes P.175/2009
THE STATES commenced consideration of a proposition of the Deputy of St. Martin concerning proposed changes to the Employment of States of Jersey Employees Law. The States, in accordance with Standing Order 26 (8), agreed to reduce the lodging period of an amendment to the amendment of the Chief Minister, so that his amendment to paragraph (a)(i) of the proposition read as follows –
that in sub-paragraph (a)(i), for the words "one other Minister" there should be substituted the words "2 other Ministers or Assistant Ministers", and agreed that the remainder of the amendment (for the words "and 2 elected members of the States who are neither Ministers nor Assistant Ministers elected by the States." substitute the words "and 2 elected members of the States, who are not Ministers, to be nominated by the Chief Minister.") should be disregarded.
THE STATES, adopting an amendment of the Chief Minister, as amended, agreed that in subparagraph
(a)(i), for the words "one other Minister" there should be substituted the words "2 other Ministers or Assistant Ministers".
Members present voted as follows –
POUR: 28 CONTRE: 17 ABSTAIN: 0
Senator T.A. Le Sueur Senator B.E. Shenton
Senator P.F. Routier Senator A. Breckon
Senator S.C. Ferguson Connétable of St. Helier Senator A.J.D. Maclean Connétable of St. Lawrence Senator B.I. Le Marquand Deputy R.C. Duhamel (S) Connétable of St. Ouen Deputy of St. Martin Connétable of Trinity Deputy G.P. Southern (H) Connétable of Grouville Deputy P.V.F. Le Claire (H) Connétable of St. Brelade Deputy S. Pitman (H) Connétable of St. Martin Deputy of St. John Connétable of St. Saviour Deputy M. Tadier (B) Connétable of St. Clement Deputy of St. Mary Connétable of St. Peter Deputy T.M. Pitman (H) Connétable of St. Mary Deputy T.A. Vallois (S) Deputy R.G. Le Hérissier (S) Deputy M.R. Higgins (H) Deputy J.B. Fox (H) Deputy D. De Sousa (H)
Deputy J.A. Martin (H) Deputy J.M. Maçon (S) Deputy of St. Ouen
Deputy of St. Peter
Deputy J.A. Hilton (H)
Deputy of Trinity
Deputy S.S.P.A. Power (B)
Deputy K.C. Lewis (S)
Deputy I.J. Gorst (C)
Deputy A.E. Jeune (B)
Deputy A.T. Dupré (C)
Deputy E.J. Noel (L)
Deputy A.K.F. Green (H)
STATES MINUTES 18th November 2009
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THE STATES, adopting paragraph (a)(i) of a proposition of the Deputy of St. Martin, as amended, agreed that the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005 should be amended as necessary to provide that the composition of the States Employment Board should be amended so that it was comprised of the Chief Minister as Chairman (or another member of the Council of Ministers nominated by the Chief Minister in his or her place) together with 2 other Ministers or Assistant Ministers appointed by the Chief Minister and 2 elected members of the States who were neither Ministers nor Assistant Ministers elected by the States, Members present voted as follows –
POUR: 41 CONTRE: 4 ABSTAIN: 0 Senator T.A. Le Sueur Deputy S. Pitman (H) Senator P.F. Routier Deputy M. Tadier (B) Senator B.E. Shenton Deputy T.M. Pitman (H) Senator A. Breckon Deputy M.R. Higgins (H) Senator S.C. Ferguson
Senator A.J.D. Maclean
Senator B.I. Le Marquand
Connétable of St. Ouen
Connétable of St. Helier
Connétable of Trinity
Connétable of Grouville
Connétable of St. Brelade
Connétable of St. Martin
Connétable of St. Saviour
Connétable of St. Clement
Connétable of St. Peter
Connétable of St. Lawrence
Connétable of St. Mary
Deputy R.C. Duhamel (S)
Deputy of St. Martin
Deputy R.G. Le Hérissier (S)
Deputy J.B. Fox (H)
Deputy J.A. Martin (H)
Deputy G.P. Southern (H)
Deputy of St. Ouen
Deputy of St. Peter
Deputy J.A. Hilton (H)
Deputy P.V.F. Le Claire (H)
Deputy of Trinity
Deputy S.S.P.A. Power (B)
Deputy K.C. Lewis (S)
Deputy I.J. Gorst (C)
Deputy of St. John
Deputy A.E. Jeune (B)
Deputy of St. Mary
Deputy A.T. Dupré (C)
Deputy E.J. Noel (L)
Deputy T.A. Vallois (S)
Deputy A.K.F. Green (H)
Deputy D. De Sousa (H)
Deputy J.M. Maçon (S)