States of Jersey

Joined the Commonwealth: 19 November 1926

CPA Branch Formed: 1 January 1952

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral – States Assembly (49)

Parliament/Legislature website: States of Jersey

Standing Orders: State Assembly

Committees:

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: Five scrutiny panels with specified remits to scrutinise ministerial departments.

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Privileges and Procedures Committee.

Recent articles in The Parliamentarian

• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue Two - 'Reflections as former Greffier and challenges facing small Legislatures' by Mark Egan 
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Four - Crown Dependencies Network Conference hosted in Jersey
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Three - Deputy Rob Ward, Looking ahead to COP26: Climate Change in the Commonwealth – A Focus on Small Islands
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Three - CPA news Jersey Branch visit
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue Two - Deputy Carina Alves, Electoral Reform in Jersey
• The Parliamentarian 2021 Issue One - Deputy Kirsten Morel, Importance of Parliament in the 21st century: A View from Jersey
• The Parliamentarian 2020 Issue Two - UK Parliament could follow Jersey’s lead to sit virtually, CPA Jersey/Jersey Digital
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - Deputy Carolyn Labey, Working together and playing to our strengths: Jersey and the Commonwealth
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue One - Anna Goodyear, Assistant Greffier of the States of Jersey, Votes4Women campaign throughout 2019 and centenary anniversary of women gaining the vote in Jersey
• The Parliamentarian 2018 Issue Two - 9th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Jersey
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Three - Mark Egan, Greffier of the States of Jersey, The regulation of parliamentary ethics: A case study from Jersey