This meeting took place remotely on Microsoft Teams Live from the 17, 18, 19 June and then resumed physically at the Royal Court on 24 June & 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July. Items discussed include The Sexual Offences Law, Upgrade to the Airport Hold Baggage Screening System and the Modernisation of the Abortion (Guernsey) Law, 1997
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This meeting took place remotely on Microsoft Teams Live from the 17, 18, 19 June and then resumed physically at the Royal Court on 24 June & 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July. Items discussed include The Sexual Offences Law, Upgrade to the Airport Hold Baggage Screening System and the Modernisation of the Abortion (Guernsey) Law, 1997.
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Elections and Appointments
Billet d'Etat Billet Article Committee/Body Title Proposition Reference Committee for Economic Development Appointment of Chairman of the Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority [353kb] Committee for Economic Development Appointment of an Ordinary Member of the Guernsey Competition and Regulatory Authority [352kb] Questions
Questioner Committee Topic Deputy J Gollop Committee for Home Affairs Housing Licenses for key workers [252kb] Deputy J Gollop Committee for Health & Social Care Boards and Committees meeting virtually [506kb] Urgent Propositions in Pursuance of Rule 18
Committee/Body Title Proposition Reference Status Civil Contingencies Authority Emergency Powers (Coronavirus) (General Provision) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (No. 3) Regulations, 2020 P.2020/108 Approved Civil Contingencies Authority Emergency Powers (Coronavirus) (General Provision) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (No. 3) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 P.2020/109 Approved States' Assembly & Constitution Committee General Election 2020: Review of the date of the General Election P.2020/117 Approved (as amended) Voting Record Proposition 1 [105kb] Approved Voting Record Propositions 2-7 (as amended) [105kb] Approved Amendment 1 Deputy Fallaize & Deputy Soulsby [222kb] P.2020/117 Amdt 1 Carried Voting Record Amendment 1 [184kb] Carried (Pour 19; Contre 17; Abstain 1; Absent 2) Amendment 2 Deputy Fallaize & Deputy de Sausmarez [222kb] P.2020/117 Amdt 2 Lost Voting Record Amendment 2 [184kb] Lost (Pour: 17; Contre: 20; Abstain: 2) Amendment 3 Deputy Dorey & Deputy Green [396kb] P.2020/117 Amdt 3 Carried Voting Record Amendment 3 [183kb] Carried (Pour: 23; Contre: 14; Absent 2) Amendment 4 Deputy Inder & Deputy Merrett [378kb] P.2020/117 Amdt 4 Carried Legislation laid before the States
Legislation for Approval
Billet d'Etat Billet Article Committee/Body Title Proposition Reference Status XIII 1 Committee for Home Affairs The Sexual Offences (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 P.2020/52 Approved (Pour 39) Voting Record Proposition 1 (as amended) [183kb] Amendment 1 Deputy St Pier & Deputy de Sausmarez [508kb] P.2020/52 Amdt 1 Carried Voting Record Amendment 1 [108kb] Carried (Pour 32; Contre 5; Abstain 2) Amendment 2 HM Procureur & HM Comptroller [385kb] P.2020/52 Amdt 2 Not laid Amendment 3 HM Procureur & HM Comptroller [384kb] P.2020/52 Amdt 3 Carried XIII 2 Policy & Resources Committee The Income Tax (Independent Taxation) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 P.2020/87 Approved XIII 3 Policy & Resources Committee The Income Tax (Guernsey) (Approval of Agreement with Anguilla) Ordinance, 2020 P.2020/88 Approved Propositions and Policy Letters
Billet d'Etat Billet Article Committee/Body Title Proposition Reference Status XIII 4 States' Trading Supervisory Board Guernsey Airport Hold Baggage Screening System Upgrade P.2020/32 Approved (Propositions 1 & 2) Voting Record Proposition 2 [105kb] Approved (Pour 20; Contre 16; Abstain 2) Amendment 1 Deputy Ferbrache & Deputy Le Tocq [343kb] P.20202/32 Amdt 1 Carried XIII 5 Committee for Health & Social Care Modernisation of the Abortion (Guernsey) Law, 1997 P.2020/42 Approved Voting Record Proposition 1 [106kb] Approved Voting Record Proposition 2 [106kb] Approved Voting Record Propositions 3 & 4 [106kb] Approved Voting Record Proposition 5, 6 & 7 [106kb] Approved Voting Record Propositions 8 & 9 [106kb] Approved Voting Record Proposition 10 [106kb] Approved Voting Record Proposition 11 & 12 [106kb] Approved Sursis Motive Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [382kb] P.2020/42 Surs Lost Voting Record Sursis Motive [108kb] Lost (Pour 19; Contre 20) Amendment 1 Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [497kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 1 Lost Voting Record Amendment 1 [102kb] Lost (Pour 5; Contre 32; Abstain 2)) Amendment 2 Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [498kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 2 Lost Voting Record Amendment 2 [106kb] Lost (Pour 10; Contre 27) Amendment 3 Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Dudley-Owen [509kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 3 Lost Voting Record Amendment 3 [106kb] Lost (Pour 14; Contre 25) Amendment 4 Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Dudley-Owen [500kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 4 Lost Voting Record Amendment 4 [106kb] Lost (Pour 13; Contre 23; Abstain 3) Amendment 5 Deputy Stephens & Deputy Le Tocq [255kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 5 Lost Voting Record Amendment 5 [106kb] (Pour 12; Contre 26; Abstain 1) Amendment 6 Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Stephens [332kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 6 Lost Voting Record Amendment 6 [108kb] Lost (Pour 10; Contre 27) Amendment 7 Deputy Dudley-Owen & Deputy Stephens [255kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 7 Lost Voting Record Amendment 7 [107kb] Lost (Pour 12; Contre:24) Amendment 8 Deputy Le Tocq & Deputy Stephens [259kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 8 Lost Voting Record Amendment 8 [107kb] Lost (Pour 8; Contre 31) Amendment 9 Deputy Dudley-Owen & Deputy Graham [303kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 9 Lost Voting Record Motion to Suspend the Rules of Procedure to allow Amendment 9 to be debated [109kb] Carried (Pour 26; Contre 12; Abstain 1) Voting Record Amendment 9 [106kb] Lost (Pour 11; Contre 27) Amendment 10 Deputy Dudley-Owen & Deputy Le Tocq [302kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 10 Not laid Amendment 11 Deputy Gollop & Deputy Le Tocq [299kb] P.2020/42 Amdt 11 Laid before the States but Rule 24(4) was involked successfully so was not debated and no vote taken XIII 6 Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure Proposed Introduction of a General Housing Law P.2020/30 Approved (as amended) Voting Record Proposition 4 [182kb] Carried (Pour 28; Contre 4; Abstain 5) Voting Record Proposition 4a [183kb] Carried (Pour 19; Contre 11; Abstain 4) Voting Record Proposition 4b [183kb] Carried (Pour 21; Contre 11; Abstain 2) Voting Record Proposition 5 [182kb] Carried (Pour 27; Contre 6; Abstain 1) Amendment 1 Deputy McSwiggan & Deputy Tindall [439kb] P.2020/30 Amdt 1 Carried Voting Record Amendment 1 [107kb] Carried (Pour 18; Contre 15; Abstain 2) XIII 7 States' Trading Supervisory Board The Future Guernsey Dairy Project P.2020/33 Deferred to 15th July Letter of Comment Policy & Resources Committee [496kb] P.2020/33 Lett Com XIV 1 Policy & Resources Committee Revive and Thrive: Our Recovery Strategy for Guernsey Together P.2020/106 Approved XIV 2 Committee for Home Affairs Committee for Home Affairs Membership P.2020/107 Rejected Voting Record Rule 26(1) - Guillotine motion to close general debate [104kb] Carried (Pour 19; Contre 11; Abstain 3) Voting Record Proposition 1 [137kb] Lost (Pour 3; Contre 28; Abstain 3) Motion to Withdraw Deputy Lowe & Leadbeater [651kb] P.2020/107 w/draw Lost Voting Record Motion to Withdraw [138kb] Lost (Pour 16; Contre 17; Abstain 1) XIII 8 Policy & Resources Committee Schedule for future States business [311kb] P.2020/101 Approved Amendment 1 Deputy McSwiggan & Deputy Fallaize [229kb] P.2020/101 Amdt Lost Voting Record Amendment 1 [105kb] Lost (Pour 14; Contre 15; Abstain 4) Appendix Reports
Committee for Home Affairs Guernsey Prison - Annual Report 2019 [960kb] Committee for Home Affairs Guernsey Prison - Independent Monitoring Panel - 2019 Annual Report [727kb] Procedural Motions brought during debate
Status 19/6/20 - Motion to continue sitting into the evening to complete the abortion debate [83kb] Lost (Pour 17; Contre 22) 19/6/20 - Motion to adjourn the Meeting to 24th June [83kb] Carried (Pour 20; Contre 18) 3/7/2020 - Motion to re-order business [103kb] Carried (Pour 15; Contre 10; Abstain 4
