States Meeting Summary 11 November
States Assembly
11 November 2025
Question TimeQuestions with notice
The States Meeting began with Ministers answering States Members’ questions with notice.
Skip to page 9 of the Order Paper to find out which questions were asked and watch from 9 minutes into this morning’s recording to hear questions with notice in full.
Remembrance Day
At 11am, the States Assembly observed a two minute’s silence as part of Remembrance Day.
Questions without notice
States Members then asked the Minister for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel; the Minister for Treasury and Resources, Deputy Elaine Millar; and the Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham, questions without notice for 15 minutes each.
Skip 2 hours and 5 minutes into this morning’s recording to hear questions without notice in full.
Statement
The Chair of the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel, Deputy Catherine Curtis, made a Statement regarding the Panel’s recently published report into online harms.
You can listen to the Deputy’s statement and Members questions from 2 hours and 48 minutes into this morning’s recording.
Public Business
At the start of Public Business, the States Assembly were asked to consider a request to reduce the lodging period for Depuy David Warr’s proposition: P.94 Management and Maintenance of the Havre des Pas site
The States Assembly voted to REJECT the request, with 12 votes for, 33 votes against and no abstentions.
This means the debate on Deputy Warr’s proposition will not be held during this week’s States Meeting.
Watch from the beginning of this afternoon’s recording to hear the debate in full.
You can see how Members voted on the request via our website.
P.96 Suspension of Deputy P.F.C Ozouf of St. Saviour
The Privileges and Procedures Committee then asked the States Assembly to suspend Deputy Philip Ozouf with immediate effect until his pending court case is concluded.
This proposition was put forward as a neutral act in accordance with Standing Order 21AA, which required the debate to be held ‘in camera’. This was to avoid any potentially prejudicial public discussion regarding the pending court case.
The debate was not live-streamed or will not be available to watch back.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Committee’s proposition with 31 votes for, 8 votes against and 6 abstentions.
Skip 38 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to hear the vote in full.
You can see how Members voted on this proposition on our website.
P.3 Draft Harbours (Inshore Safety) (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 202-
The Minister for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel, proposed to amend the Harbours (Inshore Safety) Regulations to introduce penalties for those found guilty of causing harm to others within the Island's territorial waters. The proposition also seeks to introduce aggravated offences in circumstances where the skipper is under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
This debate is a continuation, after the principles were adopted in July and the proposition was referred to the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Minister's proposition with a Standing Vote.
Skip 40 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to hear the debate in full.
You can see how Members voted on this proposition on our website.
P.57 Draft Regulations of Care (Jersey) Amendment Law 202-
The Minister for the Environment, Deputy Steve Luce, proposed the Regulation of Care (Jersey) Amendment Law 202- which will bring Jersey’s hospital services (including Government-provided mental health services), ambulance services, laser clinic services that are currently regulated under the Nursing Homes (Jersey) Law 1994, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy services, under the regulation of the independent Jersey Care Commission.
The law would amend several existing laws, as well as repeal the Nursing Homes (Jersey) Law 1994.
This is in part a reponse to public concerns, including a public petition.
The States Assembly voted to APPROVE the Minister's proposition with 46 votes for, 0 votes against and 0 abstentions.
Skip 1 hour and 21 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to hear the debate in full.
You can see how Members voted on this proposition on our website.
