NEWLY-ELECTED ministers, as well as several of those they replaced, are set to take centre stage as the States Assembly meets for the first time since the new government came to power.
When the Assembly sitting begins tomorrow morning, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham, Health Minister Tom Binet and Housing Minister Sam Mézec will be grilled by fellow Members during questions without notice.
Four former ministers who left the government last Tuesday are scheduled to ask oral questions of those who have succeeded them.
Before questions, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee will be appointed, with nominations put forward and a vote in the event of there being more than one candidate, followed by the chairs of three Scrutiny panels: Corporate Services, Health and Social Security, and Environment, Housing and Infrastructure.
Members are also set to debate whether to back a proposition, brought by Deputy Farnham before his election as Chief Minister, that public money should be used to buy the former Seaside Café site at Grève de Lecq in order that the land be gifted to the National Trust for Jersey.
Deputy Malcolm Ferey will seek support for his call that anyone considering a proposition would have to secure support from a seconder prior to lodging – currently such support need only be voiced immediately prior to a debate.
Changes to the law regarding wills and succession are also included on the paper, as well as a crime and public order bill put forward by the Home Affairs Minister.
A call for Jersey’s government to back a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza, brought by Deputy Montfort Tadier on 29 January, could be debated if Members are supportive of the reduction of the usual two-week lodging period.
