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The States won't be discussing the possibility of creating a new Housing Committee OR creating jobs for six new civil servants until the very end of this year at the earliest.
Deputy Lyndon Trott advised his political colleagues that it would be better to defer that discussion until after the 2025 Budget has been agreed.
The budget debate is due to be held in November, as usual.
Therefore, he suggested that the requête calling for a new Housing Committee, and an amendment to that proposal suggesting that six new Housing Officer roles are created instead, should not be debated until December.
Pictured: Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller and Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez have different views on how the States can tackle the housing crisis.
Deputy Sasha Kazanteva-Miller is leading the requête that could lead to a new Housing Committee being created - taking the pressure off the committees for the Environment and Infrastructure, Employment and Social Security, and Policy and Resources who currently all share responsibility for housing.
She yesterday agreed to defer the debate until December.
"We have discussed this motion in detail with the requerants, with a small caveat," she said.
"The main consideration, as Deputy Trott alluded to was that the propositions seek to establish the committee from the next political term so a delay would not have a material impact on what we're trying to achieve."
The caveat she explained was that the requerants wanted to see their budget request tied up in the proposed housing committee included in the budget reserve in the event the suggestion is approved at a later date.
Deputy Lindsay de Sausmarez is leading on the proposed employment of six additional civil servants to work for E&I, focused solely on housing.
The Committee President told the States that she and her committee members also agreed to defer the debate.
Deputy Andrew Taylor was one of the few others who spoke on the sursis saying "it won't make a jot of difference" if they debated the matter now or later, because the idea of creating a new Housing Committee won't make a "jot of difference" anyway.
He was the only Deputy who voted against the sursis, but as it was passed by 34 votes to one, his vote did not make a "jot of difference" on this occasion as the matter was deferred until December.
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