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Reform Jersey's questions to Ministers - 23/03/2021

Posted on: Thu, Mar 18 2021 by Admin
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Reform Jersey's parliamentary members will be asking the following questions at the next States Assembly sitting on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 -


Senator S.Y. Mézec will ask the following question of H.M. Attorney General –

“Will H.M. Attorney General advise how many cases involving a breach of the Residential Tenancy Law (including for non-compliance with the Deposit Protection Scheme), or a breach of minimum standards rules for residential dwellings, have been referred to the Law Officers’ Department by Environmental Health, and how many such cases have subsequently led to a successful prosecution?”


Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

“Will the Chief Minister advise whether the States members reported to have overcharged their tenants for electricity delivered through metered supply are members of the Government?”


Deputy C.S. Alves of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –

“Will the Minister advise how long it takes, on average, for overpayments made to those on Income Support to be detected by the Department in cases where the detection is not prompted by the claimant informing the Department of a change in their circumstances?”


Deputy R.J. Ward of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –

“Will the Minister advise how much of the funding allotted to Liberty Bus in the Government Plan has been allocated to date; and what assessment of any such spend has been undertaken, given the easing of public health restrictions?”


Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –

“Following the adoption of paragraph (a) of P.107/2020, will the Minister advise whether the decision to introduce single fare transfer bus tickets from 1st January 2021 has been implemented; and if not, why not?”


Deputy C.S. Alves of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Infrastructure –

“Further to the answer to Written Question 100/2021, will the Minister advise whether the primary school estate review in St. Helier has commenced; and if so, what are its terms of reference?”


Senator S.Y. Mézec will ask the following question of the Minister for Children and Education –

“Will the Minister state what efforts, if any, are being made to ensure that there is an effective post Covid-19 recovery plan in place for children and families, equivalent to the work being undertaken around the Covid-19 economic recovery plan?”


Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Minister for Social Security –

“Further to the response to Written Question 94/2021, will the Minister explain her assessment of the impact of rent rises in the period 2014 to 2021 and the corresponding increases in the rental component of Income Support during this same period?


Deputy M. Tadier of St. Brelade will ask the following question of the Minister for the Environment –

“Will the Minister take action to ban pair trawlers fishing in Jersey waters as a matter of urgency; and if not, why not?”