The session is due to start earlier than usual – at 2.55 pm on Monday – to accommodate what is expected to be a lengthy sitting debating Jersey’s finances for the coming year.
Also during public business, Members are due to debate Deputy Geoff Southern’s proposition calling for the eligibility thresholds for short-term incapacity allowance to be changed so that workers on zero-hours contracts have greater entitlement to sickness benefits.
Deputy Sam Mézec’s proposition calling for Social Security laws to be updated and the minimum wage to be set at 60 per cent of median weekly earnings by 2020 is also due to be debated.
The States is currently planning for the minimum wage to reach 45 per cent of average earnings by 2026. However, Chief Minister Ian Gorst has said he wants this target to be met by 2020.
During oral questions, Senator Philip Ozouf is due to ask Housing Minister Anne Pryke for updated figures on demand and supply for homes in the Island, including in the social rented and affordable purchase categories.
Both Deputy Kevin Lewis and Sam Mézec are due to question Chief Minister Ian Gorst over what action he is taking to ensure Islanders are still safe at sea after the RNLI took the St Helier all-weather lifeboat back to the UK following a breakdown in relations between the charity and the crew.
Deputy Montfort Tadier is due to ask Home Affairs Minister Kristina Moore if she thinks action needs to be taken to tackle the ‘gender disparity’ in the Island’s judiciary in response to a report on discrimination against women published by the Jersey Community Relations Trust in 2012.
Written questions tabled include Deputy Mézec asking Social Security Minister Susie Pinel about the cost of subsidising GP visits.
Deputy Geoff Southern has asked Infrastructure Minister Eddie Noel for information about the roads surrounding the Millennium Town Park, the safety of which have been questioned after a toddler died after being struck by a vehicle in the area last year.
