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Representatives of Guernsey-based Liberate have previously expressed their wish to meet Senator Ian Gorst to discuss some of the issues facing gay people in Jersey, including the same-sex marriage proposals.

States Members are due on Tuesday to debate a proposition from Deputy Sam Mézec to introduce same-sex marriages.

Backbencher Deputy Sam Mézec had sought ‘in principle’ approval from the house for gay marriage to be introduced in Jersey.

Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand said it was his view that keeping salaries down would be a key part of States policy over the next few years if it emerged that anticipated expenditure was going to exceed income.

He also revealed that the States police had appointed an internet investigator to examine reports of cyber-bullying and other internet-related crimes.

The Independent Jersey Care Inquiry was set up following a proposal by Senator Francis Le Gresley that was backed by the States in 2011. It has been charged with investigating what went wrong in Jersey’s care system in the years following 1945. It launched in April 2014 and the first public hearings began on 22 […]

St Helier Deputy Sam Mézec had proposed the introduction of same-sex marriages, however an amendment from Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand was approved 24 votes to 18 – delaying the legislation until a study into the potential consequences is carried out.

HAVING spent more than a year hearing allegations of child abuse in Jersey care homes, the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry will this week shift its focus towards whether the political set-up may have allowed such abuse to occur.