THE Health Minister has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code of conduct after his “unorthodox” approach to arranging a meeting with Hospital consultants, bypassing senior Health leadership, was found not have been motivated by “personal biases” or “political motivations”. The complaint against Deputy Tom Binet – which alleged he had breached multiple sections of […]
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Economic Development Minister reveals plans to update public events legislation
LONG-AWAITED plans have been unveiled by the Economic Development Minister to update current legislation to improve the “cumbersome” laws governing public events before the end of his term. In a letter to the Economic and International Affairs Panel, Deputy Kirsten Morel outlined a timeline for developing new rules to replace the Unlawful Public Entertainments Regulations […]
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Tree law is ‘a gross intrusion’ says Deputy Bailhache
A FORMER Bailiff’s claims that revised plans to protect trees are a “gross intrusion into individual freedom” have been dismissed an ‘alarmist nonsense’ by the Environment Minister, ahead of a States debate next week. Writing in the JEP letters pages on Thursday 12 October, Deputy Philip Bailhache said that minister Deputy Jonathan Renouf should have […]
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Former Bailiff argues against removing the role from Assembly
A FORMER Bailiff believes that the role should not be touched unless the public votes for change in a referendum. Deputy Sir Philip Bailhache said it was “almost indecent” to remove the Bailiff from the historic role as President of the States “on the basis of such an insubstantial report”. A renewed move to have […]
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'Removing one of the Bailiff’s functions – a schism or an inevitable evolution?'
By Jennifer Bridge The Constable of St John, Andy Jehan has decided to withdraw his proposition to replace the Bailiff as President of the States Assembly with an elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker. No doubt he has taken soundings and realised that the debate was lost before it began. It is true that this proposition […]
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Fees for abortions remain part of new law following Members’ single-vote decision
THE Island’s abortion service will remain a paid-for facility following a States Assembly decision, by a single vote, to support the government’s right to levy a fee. While all other parts of the new Termination of Pregnancy Law, the most significant overhaul of legislation in this area for almost 30 years, were relatively uncontentious, the […]
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Constables keep Assembly places as electoral reform debate enters day three
A SERIES of proposals for electoral reform was rejected by politicians yesterday, with Members voting emphatically in favour of Constables remaining in the States Assembly. On the second day of this week’s sitting, Members continued to debate a range of amendments to the proposition by Deputy Elaine Millar to restore the role of Senator, with […]
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Scrutiny panel to review Jersey's assisted dying bill
PROPOSALS to introduce an assisted-dying service in Jersey are being reviewed by a Scrutiny panel. In May, the States will be asked to decide whether assisted dying legislation should be limited to those with terminal conditions causing unbearable suffering, or whether it should also cover individuals with incurable conditions causing unbearable suffering. The fine details […]
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Retrials for hung jury cases to be reintroduced
RETRIALS in instances where a jury cannot reach a verdict will be reintroduced following the L’Ecume II case where a decision was not reached on manslaughter charges. The States Assembly yesterday approved a swathe of amendments to the Island’s Criminal Procedures Law – the most controversial of which would allow for a single retrial in […]
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Bilingual primary schools could cause redundancies, says minister
CREATING three bilingual French-English primary schools could lead to staff redundancies and take funding away from children with the highest levels of need, the Education Minister has said. Responding to Deputy Philip Bailhache’s proposition – to be debated on Tuesday 10 September – Education Minister Rob Ward said the proposal to convert three primary schools […]
