Will controversial taxi regulations be dropped?

Members are also due to vote on whether to investigate the possibility of creating a country park at Warwick Farm, and to appoint a new chair of the Public Accounts Committee.

The States is due to reconvene on Tuesday with a packed agenda, including a debate on whether to increase fishing restrictions around the Écréhous and Minquiers reefs and a debate on whether to remove the Bailiff as presiding officer of the States.

The agenda currently lists the proposition from Deputy Montfort Tadier for debate, although it is understood that it might yet be withdrawn to allow time for further research to be conducted.

And new taxi regulations signed off by Infrastructure Minister Eddie Noel, which set maximum fares of £3 plus 21p for every tenth of a mile, with higher maximum fees for late-night and bank holiday fares, could be overturned if States Members approve Senator Sarah Ferguson’s proposals.

She has called for a mediator to be appointed to resolve a dispute over fare structures between drivers and the Infrastructure Minister, as well as to repeal industry reforms that came into effect this summer.

Meanwhile, Deputy Noel could also come under further criticism when the future of Warwick Farm is debated.

The minister has agreed a deal in-principle to lease the land to an agriculture business that will come into force should Members reject plans from St Helier Constable Simon Crowcroft for a feasibility study to be carried out on whether the site could be used as a country park.

Deputy Andrew Lewis is expected to complete his formal resignation as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee after he was censured by Members during the last sitting, after having been found to have ‘lied’ to the Assembly over the 2008 suspension of the then-police chief Graham Power.

Nominations for a new chairman will be sought during the sitting.

And a proposition from Deputy Russell Labey on whether the Chief Minister should be chosen by the electorate is due to be debated.

The Deputy has called for candidates for Chief Minister, who receive the backing of 18 or more fellow States Members, to be put forward for a public vote. He has also lodged plans for all ministers and scrutiny panel chairmen to be decided via a secret ballot rather than an open vote, as is currently the case.

A total of 11 oral questions and 13 written questions have been tabled for the sitting. Health Minister Andrew Green and Chief Minister Ian Gorst will face questions without notice.

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