States Meeting on 17 & 24 June and 1 July 2020 (Billets d'Etat XIII & XIV and Urgent Propositions)

This meeting took place remotely on Microsoft Teams Live from the 17, 18, 19 June and then resumed physically at the Royal Court on 24 June & 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July. Items discussed include The Sexual Offences Law, Upgrade to the Airport Hold Baggage Screening System and the Modernisation of the Abortion (Guernsey) Law, 1997.

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  • Access to Log Notes

    Log Note (03.07.20) (PDF) [450kb]  Log Note (03.07.20) (Excel) [23kb]

    Log Note (Full day) (02.07.20) (PDF) [389kb]  Log Note (Full day) (02.07.20) (Excel) [13kb]

    Log Note (Full day) (01.07.20)(PDF) [322kb]   Log Note (Full day) (01.07.20) (MS Excel) [16kb]

• Elections and Appointments

  • Billet d'Etat	Billet Article	Committee/Body	Title	Proposition Reference
    		Committee for Economic Development	Appointment of Chairman of the Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority [353kb]
    		Committee for Economic Development	Appointment of an Ordinary Member of the Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority [352kb]

• Questions

  • Questioner	Committee	Topic
    Deputy J Gollop	Committee for Home Affairs	Housing Licenses for key workers [252kb]
    Deputy J Gollop	Committee for Health & Social Care	Boards and Committees meeting virtually [506kb]

• Urgent Propositions in Pursuance of Rule 18

  • Committee/Body	Title	Proposition Reference	Status
    Civil Contingencies Authority	Emergency Powers (Coronavirus) (General Provision) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (No. 3) Regulations, 2020	P.2020/108	Approved
    Civil Contingencies Authority	Emergency Powers (Coronavirus) (General Provision) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (No. 3) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020	P.2020/109	Approved
    States' Assembly & Constitution Committee	General Election 2020: Review of the date of the General Election	P.2020/117	Approved (as amended)
    Voting Record	Proposition 1 [105kb]		Approved
    Voting Record	Propositions 2-7 (as amended) [105kb]		Approved
    Amendment 1	Deputy Fallaize & Deputy Soulsby [222kb]	P.2020/117 Amdt 1	Carried
    Voting Record	Amendment 1 [184kb]		Carried (Pour 19; Contre 17; Abstain 1; Absent 2)
    Amendment 2	Deputy Fallaize & Deputy de Sausmarez [222kb]	P.2020/117 Amdt 2	Lost
    Voting Record	Amendment 2 [184kb]		Lost (Pour: 17; Contre: 20; Abstain: 2)
    Amendment 3	Deputy Dorey & Deputy Green [396kb]	P.2020/117 Amdt 3	Carried
    Voting Record	Amendment 3 [183kb]		Carried (Pour: 23; Contre: 14; Absent 2)
    Amendment 4	Deputy Inder & Deputy Merrett [378kb]	P.2020/117 Amdt 4	Carried

• Legislation laid before the States

  • The Seat Belts (Exemptions) Order, 2020

    The Customs and Excise (Relief for Hand Sanitiser) (Guernsey and Alderney) Order, 2020

    The Liquor Licensing (Fees) Regulations, 2020

    The Prison (Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

    The Control of Poisonous Substances (Guernsey) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

    The Driving Licences (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

    The Health Service (Benefit) (Limited List) (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2020

    LEGISLATION LAID BEFORE THE STATES [379kb]

• Legislation for Approval

  • Billet d'Etat	Billet Article	Committee/Body	Title	Proposition Reference	Status
    XIII	1	Committee for Home Affairs	The Sexual Offences (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020	P.2020/52	Approved (Pour 39)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 1 (as amended) [183kb]
    		Amendment 1	Deputy St Pier & Deputy de Sausmarez [508kb]	P.2020/52 Amdt 1	Carried
    		Voting Record	Amendment 1 [108kb]		Carried (Pour 32; Contre 5; Abstain 2)
    		Amendment 2	HM Procureur & HM Comptroller [385kb]	P.2020/52 Amdt 2	Not laid
    		Amendment 3	HM Procureur & HM Comptroller [384kb]	P.2020/52 Amdt 3	Carried
    XIII	2	Policy & Resources Committee	The Income Tax (Independent Taxation) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020	P.2020/87	Approved
    XIII	3	Policy & Resources Committee	The Income Tax (Guernsey) (Approval of Agreement with Anguilla) Ordinance, 2020	P.2020/88	Approved

• Propositions and Policy Letters

  • Billet d'Etat	Billet Article	Committee/Body	Title	Proposition Reference	Status
    XIII	4	States' Trading Supervisory Board	Guernsey Airport Hold Baggage Screening System Upgrade	P.2020/32	Approved (Propositions 1 & 2)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 2 [105kb]		Approved (Pour 20; Contre 16; Abstain 2)
    		Amendment 1	Deputy Ferbrache & Deputy Le Tocq [343kb]	P.20202/32 Amdt 1	Carried
    XIII	5	Committee for Health & Social Care	Modernisation of the Abortion (Guernsey) Law, 1997	P.2020/42	Approved
    		Voting Record	Proposition 1 [106kb]		Approved
    		Voting Record	Proposition 2 [106kb]		Approved
    		Voting Record	Propositions 3 & 4 [106kb]		Approved
    		Voting Record	Proposition 5, 6 & 7 [106kb]		Approved
    		Voting Record	Propositions 8 & 9 [106kb]		Approved
    		Voting Record	Proposition 10 [106kb]		Approved
    		Voting Record	Proposition 11 & 12 [106kb]		Approved
    		Sursis Motive	Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [382kb]	P.2020/42 Surs	Lost
    		Voting Record	Sursis Motive [108kb]		Lost (Pour 19; Contre 20)
    		Amendment 1	Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [497kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 1	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 1 [102kb]		Lost (Pour 5; Contre 32; Abstain 2))
    		Amendment 2	Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [498kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 2	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 2 [106kb]		Lost (Pour 10; Contre 27)
    		Amendment 3	Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Dudley-Owen [509kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 3	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 3 [106kb]		Lost (Pour 14; Contre 25)
    		Amendment 4	Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Dudley-Owen [500kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 4	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 4 [106kb]		Lost (Pour 13; Contre 23; Abstain 3)
    		Amendment 5	Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [255kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 5	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 5 [106kb]		(Pour 12; Contre 26; Abstain 1)
    		Amendment 6	Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Stephens [332kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 6	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 6 [108kb]		Lost (Pour 10; Contre 27)
    		Amendment 7	Deputy Dudley-Owen & Deputy Stephens [255kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 7	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 7 [107kb]		Lost (Pour 12; Contre:24)
    		Amendment 8	Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Stephens [259kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 8	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 8 [107kb]		Lost (Pour 8; Contre 31)
    		Amendment 9	Deputy Dudley-Owen & Deputy Graham [303kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 9	Lost
    		Voting Record	Motion to Suspend the Rules of Procedure to allow Amendment 9 to be debated [109kb]		Carried (Pour 26; Contre 12; Abstain 1)
    		Voting Record	Amendment 9 [106kb]		Lost (Pour 11; Contre 27)
    		Amendment 10	Deputy Dudley-Owen & Deputy Le Tocq [302kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 10	Not laid
    		Amendment 11	Deputy Gollop & Deputy Le Tocq [299kb]	P.2020/42 Amdt 11	Laid before the States but Rule 24(4) was involked successfully so was not debated and no vote taken
    XIII	6	Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure	Proposed Introduction of a General Housing Law	P.2020/30	Approved (as amended)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 4 [182kb]		Carried (Pour 28; Contre 4; Abstain 5)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 4a [183kb]		Carried (Pour 19; Contre 11; Abstain 4)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 4b [183kb]		Carried (Pour 21; Contre 11; Abstain 2)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 5 [182kb]		Carried (Pour 27; Contre 6; Abstain 1)
    		Amendment 1	Deputy McSwiggan & Deputy Tindall [439kb]	P.2020/30 Amdt 1	Carried
    		Voting Record	Amendment 1 [107kb]		Carried (Pour 18; Contre 15; Abstain 2)
    XIII	7	States' Trading Supervisory Board	The Future Guernsey Dairy Project	P.2020/33	Deferred to 15th July
    		Letter of Comment	Policy & Resources Committee [496kb]	P.2020/33 Lett Com
    XIV	1	Policy & Resources Committee	Revive and Thrive: Our Recovery Strategy for Guernsey Together	P.2020/106	Approved
    XIV	2	Committee for Home Affairs	Committee for Home Affairs Membership	P.2020/107	Rejected
    		Voting Record	Rule 26(1) - Guillotine motion to close general debate [104kb]		Carried (Pour 19; Contre 11; Abstain 3)
    		Voting Record	Proposition 1 [137kb]		Lost (Pour 3; Contre 28; Abstain 3)
    		Motion to Withdraw	Deputy Lowe & Leadbeater [651kb]	P.2020/107 w/draw	Lost
    		Voting Record	Motion to Withdraw [138kb]		Lost (Pour 16; Contre 17; Abstain 1)
    XIII	8	Policy & Resources Committee	Schedule for future States business [311kb]	P.2020/101	Approved
    		Amendment 1	Deputy McSwiggan & Deputy Fallaize [229kb]	P.2020/101 Amdt	Lost
    		Voting Record	Amendment 1 [105kb]		Lost (Pour 14; Contre 15; Abstain 4)

• Appendix Reports

  • Committee for Home Affairs	Guernsey Prison - Annual Report 2019 [960kb]
    Committee for Home Affairs	Guernsey Prison - Independent Monitoring Panel - 2019 Annual Report [727kb]

• Procedural Motions brought during debate  

  • 	Status
    19/6/20 - Motion to continue sitting into the evening to complete the abortion debate [83kb]	Lost (Pour 17; Contre 22)
    19/6/20 - Motion to adjourn the Meeting to 24th June [83kb]	Carried (Pour 20; Contre 18)
    3/7/2020 - Motion to re-order business [103kb]	Carried (Pour 15; Contre 10; Abstain 4

     

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