States Meeting Summary 24 February
24 February 2026
Petitions
At the start of today’s meeting, a paper petition was presented to the Assembly by Deputy Montfort Tadier regarding the restriction on solar ground mounts on agricultural land.
Deputy Tadier has lodged a proposition related to the petition, which is due to be debated by the Assembly next month.
Skip 16 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch the presentation of the petition in full.
Question Time
Questions with notice
The meeting then moved onto Question Time, with Ministers answering States Members’ questions with notice.
Skip to page 12 of the Order Paper to find out which questions were asked and watch from 18 minutes into this morning’s recording to hear questions with notice in full.
Urgent Oral Question
Deputy Jonathan Renouf asked the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Tom Binet, an Urgent Oral Question regarding the proposed off-Island travel and accommodation policy change.
Skip 1 hour and 5 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch the question and answer in full.
Questions without notice
States Members then asked the following Ministers questions without notice for 15 minutes each:
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Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Deputy Mary Le Hegarat
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Minister for Social Security, Deputy Lyndsay Feltham
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Chief Minister, Deputy Lyndon Farnham.
Skip 1 hour and 16 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch questions without notice in full.
Statements
Deputy Helen Miles, Chair of the Parishes and Government Review Panel, then made a statement regarding the publication of its report.
Skip 2 hours and 2 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch the statement, and subsequent question period, in full.
Deputy Louise Doublet, Chair of the Assisted Dying Review Panel, then made a statement regarding the publication of its report.
Skip 2 hours and 40 minutes into this morning’s recording to watch the statement, and subsequent question period, in full.
Deputy Louise Doublet, Chair of the Health and Social Security Scrutiny Panel, then made a statement regarding the publication of its Family Friendly Review report.
Skip 2 hours and 57 minutes into this morning’s recording and from the start of this afternoon’s recording to watch the statement, and subsequent question period, in full.
Resignation
At the start of the afternoon session, the Bailiff announced that Mr Vijay Khakhira has resigned from the Public Accounts Committee.
Statements continued...
Deputy Catherine Curtis, Chair of the Children, Education and Home Affairs Scrutiny Panel, then made a statement regarding the publication of its Lifelong Learning Review report.
Skip 13 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the statement, and subsequent question period, in full.
The Minister for the Environment, Deputy Steve Luce, then made a statement regarding the phase-out of petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030, as set out in the Carbon Neutral Roadmap.
Skip 40 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the statement, and subsequent question period, in full.
Public Business
P.47 Suspension of Deputy P. F. C. Ozouf of St Saviour
As Deputy Philip Ozouf was marked ‘malade’ (sick), the Privileges and Procedures Committee requested that this debate be deferred to the next States Meeting.
PPC would have needed to ask the Assembly to reduce the lodging period time in order to debate this Proposition today, and so instead this debate will be as scheduled, on 10 March 2026.
Skip 1 hour and 8 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate in full.
P.112 Draft Alcohol Licensing (Jersey) Law 202-
The Minster for Sustainable Economic Development, Deputy Kirsten Morel requested that this debate is deferred to the next States Meeting to allow for further work by scrutiny.
The Chair of the Economic and International Affairs Scrutiny Panel, Deputy Montfort Tadier, supported the request, and the debate will therefore resume on the Articles of the proposed law at the States Meeting due to begin on 10 March 2026.
Skip 1 hour and 16 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate in full.
P.65 Draft Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law 202-
The Council of Ministers proposed introducing the Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law which would allow a person who has a terminal illness and who is experiencing, or expected to experience, unbearable suffering to choose to end their life with the help of a medical professional.
They must:
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Be aged 18 or over and have been resident in Jersey for at least 12 months.
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Have been assessed by medical professionals and diagnosed with a physical condition that is expected to cause their death within 6 months, or 12 months if the condition involves degeneration of the nervous system.
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Have the capacity to make the decision, which much be voluntary, clearly expressed, settled and informed.
The Principles were approved by the Assembly on 26 November 2025. Debate resumed on the Articles, with any amendments taken in the order they appear in the proposed law.
Read more: bit.ly/4g60eBa
The Minister for Health and Social Services proposed Sections A and B of the second amendment. These sections relate to clarifying the definition of ‘close relative’ and ‘employee’.
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The Assembly voted to APPROVE these sections of the Minister’s amendment, with 36 votes for, 5 votes against and 0 abstentions.
You can see how Members voted here.
Skip to 1 hour and 19 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate.
The Assisted Dying Review Panel proposed an amendment that would require a person approved for an assisted death to administer the medication themselves or, in cases where there is reduced physical capacity, for all necessary resources to be provided to enable self-administration.
A practitioner would be permitted to administer the medication only in cases where there is severe physical incapacity.
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The Assembly voted to REJECT the Panel’s amendment, with 18 votes for, 30 votes against and 0 abstentions.
You can see how Members voted here.
Skip to 1 hour and 32 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate in full.
The Minister for Health and Social Services proposed Section C of the second amendment. This section relates to the right to request a palliative care assessment at any time before drugs are administered.
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The Assembly voted to APPROVE this section of Minister’s amendment, with 46 votes for, 1 vote against and 0 abstentions.
You can see how Members voted here.
Skip to 3 hours and 4 minutes into this afternoon’s recording to watch the debate the debate in full.
Adjournment
The States Assembly then adjourned and will reconvene at 9:30am on Wednesday 25 February 2026, to continue the debate into amendments to the Assisted Dying Law..
