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THE length of time Members are allowed to speak in States debates will be shortened to 15 minutes following a vote in the Assembly yesterday.

THE word ‘chairman’ should be replaced in all official States documents by the gender-neutral term ‘chair’, the Privileges and Procedures Committee has proposed.

UPDATED laws governing the harvesting of seaweed on Jersey’s beaches were brought into effect by the States this week.

GREEN Street is to become one-way after States Members backed proposals to make recent temporary traffic-safety measures permanent.

A FOOTBRIDGE linking two St Saviour schools is due to be built after the Planning Committee went against the Planning Department’s recommendation to refuse the proposal.

THE government has broken its silence on an investigation into a complaint made against a top-tier civil servant – after the issue was raised in the States Chamber on Tuesday.

PROPOSALS to overhaul the make-up of the States Assembly – including cutting the number of Members by three, removing the office of Senator and blocking Constables from voting in debates – are to be put before the Chamber.

THE price threshold for online goods being exempt from GST could be lowered to £100 due to customs and postal checks becoming more cost-effective, the Treasury Minister has said.

A MAN who ‘misses his plants’ will be allowed to build a small greenhouse just outside the Coastal National Park after the Planning Committee approved his proposals.