Regular Statements by Committee Presidents

States' Assembly & Constitution Committee P.2017/44

 Amendment 1 - Regular Statements by Committee Presidents Dep R Prow & Dep A Dudley Owen [184kb]
 Amendment 2 - Regular Statements by Committee Presidents Dep R Prow & Dep A Dudley Owen [182kb]
 Amendment 3 - Regular Statements by Committee Presidents Dep R Prow & Dep A Dudley Owen [180kb]
 Amendment 4 - Regular Statements by Committee Presidents Dep R Prow & Dep V Oliver [183kb]
 Amendment 5 - Regular Statements by Committee Presidents Ald Rep McKinley & Ald Rep Jean [237kb]

The States are asked to decide whether, after consideration of the attached policy letter, they are of opinion:-

1. To amend the Rules of Procedure of the States of Deliberation and their Committees with immediate effect as follows:

insert at the end of Rule 1(1) the following sentence:

       "With effect from the 1^st September, 2018 the policy letter referred to above shall also include
        proposals setting out the Committee or Committees whose President or Presidents will be
        obliged to make statements under the provisions of Rules 10(4) and (5) at each ordinary
        Meeting during the said period." 

and insert before the "."at the end of Rule 10(1) the following text:

         ";

         Provided that the Member has supplied the Presiding Officer with the text of the statement
         in advance"

and delete the proviso at the end of Rule 10 and replace it with the following new Rules:

"10(4)  In addition to the right to make a statement set out in paragraph (3) above, the
            President of the Policy & Resources Committee and the President of each Principal
            Committee shall be obliged twice every twelve months and the President of the
            following other Committees of the States, namely the Development & Planning Authority,
            Overseas Aid & Development Commission, Scrutiny Management Committee, States'
            Assembly & Constitution Committee, States' Trading Supervisory Board, and Transport
            Licensing Authority, shall be obliged once every twelve months (or in every case in his or
            her absence the Vice-President) to make a statement setting out his or her Committee's
            recent activities, forthcoming work and the like at an ordinary Meeting. Such a statement
            shall not cover any topic which is part of another item of business at the Meeting in question. 

10(5)   Any statement made under the provisions of paragraph (4) shall not exceed 10 minutes in 
            duration. In respect of statements made under the provisions of paragraph (4) only, after the
            statement has been made, the Presiding Officer shall allow a period not exceeding 20 minutes
            (which period may be extended at the discretion of the Presiding Officer) for questions to be
             asked on any matter within the mandate of the Committee, except any topic which is part of 
             another item of business at the Meeting in question; 

            Provided that:
            the Member to whom questions are addressed may decline to answer a question if, in his or
            her opinion, any answer given might be inaccurate or misleading.  Each individual question
            shall not exceed one minute in duration and the answer thereto shall not exceed one and a
            half minutes in duration.

            Provided also that:
            in respect of questions asked on statements made under the provisions of paragraphs (3) and
            (4) no question may be asked by a member of the Committee on behalf of which the statement
            is being made until all other Members who wish to ask a question on the statement have had
            the opportunity to do so."          

and insert after Rule 11(4)(d) the following new paragraph:

           "(e)     no supplementary question may be asked by a member of the Committee whose
                      President was asked the principal question until all other Members who wish to
                      ask a supplementary question on the principal question have had the opportunity
                      to do so;"

and insert after Rule 12(5)(d) the following new paragraph:

            "(e)     no supplementary question may be asked by a member of the Committee whose
                       President was asked the principal question until all other Members who wish to
                       ask a supplementary question on the principal question have had the opportunity
                       to do so;"

and insert after Schedule 1 to the Rules an additional Schedule as follows:
"Schedule 1a
Rota of statements by Presidents of Committees of the States

2017

2018

"
            And

            To agree in respect of the twelve-month period beginning on the 1^st September, 2017 that
            such statements shall be made by the Presidents according to the rota set out in Schedule 
            1a to the Rules.  In respect of any States' Meeting after the 1^st September, 2018 the States'
            Assembly & Constitution Committee shall propose the rota in accordance with the provisions
            of Rule 1(1). 

The above Propositions have been submitted to Her Majesty's Procureur for advice on any legal or constitutional implications. 

• Voting Records

  •  Voting Record - Billet XI Article 2, Amdt 1 Rule 26 (1) Guillotine Motion [106kb]
  •  Voting Record - Billet XI Article 2, Amdt 1 [305kb]
  •  Voting Record - Billet XI Article 2, Amdt 2 [154kb]
  •  Voting Record - Billet XI Article 2, Amdt 3 [108kb]
  •  Voting Record - Billet XI Article 2, Amdt 4 [156kb]
  •  Voting Record - Billet XI Article 2, Prop 2 (as amended) [327kb]

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