MEANS-tested financial support for IVF treatment will be replaced and a consultation launched on what changes to make to the “archaic” funding model, after States Members backed an amended proposition yesterday. Deputy Lucy Stephenson, who has personal experience with infertility and is a founding governor of fertility support charity Tiny Seeds, lodged a proposal in […]
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Politicians move to end the Bailiff’s dual role
RENEWED moves to have an elected Speaker preside over the States Assembly, ending the historic but controversial presiding role fulfilled by the Bailiff, will be debated next month. More than a third of the 49 States Members have already signed up to support a proposition by Infrastructure Minister Andy Jehan which would see the election […]
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Housing Minister ends empty-home reporting for ‘not producing results’
A SCHEME asking Islanders to report vacant properties – to get unused homes back on the market – is being axed by the new Housing Minister, just over a year after it was launched by his predecessor. During a Scrutiny hearing, Deputy Sam Mézec told former Housing Minister David Warr that the Empty Homes Service […]
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Under a purple hue, Value Jersey movement launches with confidence
EIGHT months before the next election, the political pace is clearly beginning to quicken. On Wednesday evening, more than 100 people braved the driving rain and wind to attend the launch not of a political party but of a “movement” called Value Jersey. Wharf Street nightspot The Sundown was the place: the venue lit in […]
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Ministers call for more time to consider decriminalising cannabis in Jersey
MINISTERS want more time to develop “fully informed proposals” about the recreational use of cannabis before adopting any new legislation. Deputy Tom Coles lodged a proposal last month calling for the personal possession and recreational use of cannabis to be decriminalised. He argues this move would “protect Islanders” and better align policy with the government’s […]
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Emotional scenes as Jersey politicians debate assisted dying ahead of votes
A series of votes were due to take place on Wednesday, including on whether the island should have a law establishing an assisted dying service.
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Self-catering plan for beach site is refused
“REGRETTABLE” circumstances surrounding a controversial bid to transform the former Nude Dunes site at La Pulente into self-catering tourist accommodation drew sympathy from members of the Island’s Planning Committee – but ultimately did not stop it being rejected. The quiet and formal atmosphere during the committee’s meeting at the St Paul’s Centre yesterday did little […]
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States praised for approach to possible cannabis reform
A PRO-CANNABIS campaign group has praised the States for “setting a direction of travel” on the potential legalisation and decriminalisation of the drug. Although States Members yesterday voted by 23 to 22 to reject the decriminalisation of personal possession and recreational use of the class B drug, a further move – adopted by 26 to […]
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Jersey parliament votes to draw up law for assisted dying service
The States Assembly heard impassioned and at-times emotional debate on what is accepted to be a divisive issue.
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Landmark vote to protect the seabed
TWENTY-THREE percent of Jersey’s territorial waters will receive far-reaching protections from destructive fishing practices after States Members unanimously approved the Island’s first Marine Spatial Plan in a landmark vote yesterday. The plan, which passed with 40 votes in favour and no votes against, sets out how the Island’s “marine estate” should be managed in future […]
