2022 MANIFESTO
I have been proud to represent the island since 2011. As Deputy for St Peter, I served in Scrutiny and then as Minister for Home Affairs (2014-18). In 2018 I was elected Senator.
Following the last election I was appointed President of the Scrutiny Liaison Committee and Chair of the Corporate Services Scrutiny Panel, holding the Government to Account. We have successfully amended legislation & championed issues to improve the lives of islanders & their interactions with public services.
Under the new voting system, I am seeking your support to represent you as one of 4 Deputies for St Mary, St Peter & St Ouen. The focus of my manifesto is to deliver change for Jersey.
As a Deputy for St Mary, St Peter & St Ouen I will:
Continue to look for ways to modernise & streamline the States, its policies & legislation
Make decisions that ensure your money is spent wisely
Work tirelessly & inclusively for a prosperous & fair island for all
Restore trust & accountability
Government has failed to address key challenges for the community. The former CEO was employed to streamline and reduce costs. The outcome has been 800 more on the public payroll and a decline in service levels to the community by many departments. This failure must be reversed by a transparent and accountable new government.
At the ballot box you are choosing people who best represent your views & will take decisions on your behalf. So you should be able to feel that the government is being open and transparent with you. I will rebuild trust by communicating and making clear decisions, as well as welcoming the opportunities our system provides to be held to account.
I will continue the conversation with islanders after the election, engaging through conventional and social media.
Our Assembly is a consensus building chamber, I will listen to members, particularly Scrutiny, engage with their perspectives & strengthen decision making. I will not shy away from making tough decisions and showing leadership when it is required.
Create an advisory panel from a diverse range of talented and knowledgeable islanders to seek the greatest advantage for the island by providing insight and external challenge and reduce the use of Consultants.
Improve the complaints process for members of the public and introduce a public sector Ombudsperson.
Ensure that internal governance is strong but appropriate to Jersey’s size and public spending is restrained.
2.Housing
Increase supply and involve parishes in localised provision of affordable homes, by working up Parish Plans. Consider the impact of government monopolising construction capacity on its availability for smaller and private development projects.
Introduce incentive schemes for first time buyers, including the provision of time limited interest tax relief.
Identify sites that will be suitable for the construction of garden villages style development, rather than flats - so that we can thrive as a community, whilst balancing our desire to protect the historic beauty of our natural environment:
Allow the partial development of derelict glasshouse sites to create affordable housing, with 50% of the area being turned into either community gardens or returned to agriculture.
Redevelop the old Les Quennevais school site for affordable housing
For a limited period impose strict limits on the number of houses that can be built over 2500sqft. Increase the island wide rate for large properties that enjoy the luxury of space.
Release undeveloped or empty States owned sites for redevelopment.
Reintroduce the loan deposit scheme to help young people enter the property market.
Provide stamp duty breaks for first time buyers and higher rates for buy to let property purchases.
Introduce a rent to buy scheme for those returning to the island after a period of time in education or work in other jurisdictions.
3. Cost of Living
Protect islanders from increasing taxes or charges by restraining the cost of government where possible. Consider the impact of government monopolising construction capacity on its availability for smaller and individually led projects. Ensure that support schemes are targeted towards those who are most impacted rather than offering a windfall for those who do not require assistance:
Deliver targeted measures to assist low and middle income households with rising costs before Winter.
Work with the Jersey Competition & Regulartory Authority and Jersey Business to ensure the most competitive prices, particularly across food, transport and construction costs
Use the additional GST revenue from higher prices to make temporary reductions to some duties, such as fuel.
Working with JEC transition households away from oil and gas fuelled heating
Offer free period products through pharmacy prescribing.
4. Education: Children are our future
A child’s brain is 90% developed by the time it starts school at the age of 4. That’s why it makes sense to invest in the early years, so that our children have the best chance to learn and succeed. This means supporting the families they live in during those years in order to build a stronger society for tomorrow.
Offering a good quality education to our young people is particularly important in our community as we need people to cover a wide range of skills, from care to construction and commerce.
The more productive our economy will be when they enter the workforce the better islanders’ lifelong learning opportunities, the faster our economy will grow. Investigate funding opportunities through increases in Parish rates for larger properties:
Invest in the first 1001 days: provide childcare as part of a package for key workers
Extend the school day to allow more time for physical activity, arts, music and one to one extra tuition
Improve the provision of healthy food at schools
Encourage community gardens and smallholding projects
Invest in children’s mental health and the Children’s service.
5. The Economy
In real terms the economy has shrunk over the past 20 years. This must be reversed. We now need to focus on productivity, protect and grow our economy. The focus must be on developing a Jersey appropriate approach to regulation, ensuring that high standards are maintained, but ensuring that a practical approach is applied, particularly for small and medium sized local businesses:
Provide incentives for start ups through tax breaks and swifter processing of administration
Support Community Savings bank to enhance its online services to include banking for start ups
Reduce red tape, particularly for small and medium size businesses.
Change the definition of a small business to 20 employees or under.
Extend the temporary licence period for hospitality workers
Identify new sites for hotels, attractions and light industry.
6. Health & hospital
We need to make urgent improvements to our hospital and we must deliver those as soon as possible. Although a planning application has been passed, the Inspector did not take into account important issues such as value for money and the timing of borrowing to build.
My Scrutiny panel identified that the size & scale of the plans for a new hospital at Overdale are not justified and the running costs are unknown.
Given the significant financial pressure of inflation which will impact upon every aspect of our lives, I do not believe it would be wise for the island to borrow such a large amount of money now.
With £100m already spent there is sufficient information available to revert to a dual site option without delaying the project. Doing so would save money now and for future generations:
Build a new hospital wing on Kensington Place, another at Westaway Court (as per existing plans) and complete a comprehensive year by year refurbishment plan on the Gloucester St site (many areas have had millions spent on them in recent years.
Re-open the Samares rehabilitation centre at Overdale and build an inpatient mental health centre there too
Enhance the packages for healthcare workers, including access to housing and childcare as well as pay.
Settle the longstanding stalemate over Primary health funding. Develop an achievable care model, based on preventative healthcare
Follow the Portuguese model which treats the causes of addiction
7. Protect & enhance our environment
People care passionately about the natural beauty of the island. I will protect our natural heritage and move toward a zero waste, circular economy. Improve water, air and soil quality by minimising use of pollutants, in particular carbon:
Modify regulations to require better insulation of all buildings - homes, office, shops, and public spaces. Offer a grant scheme to get this started. This will also reduce energy bills.
Accelerate move to carbon free transport by legislating to phase out vehicles that burn fossil fuel. Replace the government fleet with electric vehicles, or where practical use car sharing schemes instead.
Invest in shared transport: hydrogen fuelled buses running more frequent services. Establish a car scrapage scheme which gives a bus pass & credits for car share use.
Introduce a coherent island-wide recycling system, including the collection of food waste, so that waste that has been carefully separated by islanders is no longer simply re-combined and incinerated. Increased municipal composting
Increase local food production by rate cuts for actively farmed land so that less of what we eat is flown or shipped in
Accelerate the switch to electricity from oil and gas through tax incentive programme. JEC profits to be directed to conversion programme over 3 year period.
Secure investment in wind generation as a power source.
8. Quality of life
Over the past four years the island has slipped 5 places in the OECD’s Better Life Index. I will focus on returning us to the top 20. By strengthening our community, focusing on health outcomes and moving from a minimum wage to a Living Wage:
Expand the Community garden project
Develop food hubs across the island offering seasonal produce
Deliver improved cultural spaces for performance
Support Jersey Sport in raising participation for everyone
Join together our active travel networks to encourage greater use
9. Population
Credit: Statistics Jersy
Since the census the population appears to have declined, yet we don’t have any evidence to support that other than businesses are struggling to recruit people and employment is high. At best we can include that population growth has stabilised. But we face a demographic challenge with the numbers of working people dealing and the dependency ratio (non working age: working age) now 52%. This will rise unless we increase supply of affordable housing. I will:
Create a People & Skills Commission, monitoring the number of people vs gaps in workforce and availability of housing
Attract local talent home with a rent to buy scheme
Invest in training across all public sector jobs to ensure we develop & retain
Encourage greater take up of active travel to ease traffic congestion
10. Parishes
Set up a Comite Scolaire in each parish to strengthen the community connection with their schools and provide oversight
Develop park and ride schemes
Enhance the network of green lanes and pathways to boost active travel
Introduce a programme of community events to remove ragwort and invasive weeds turning verges and banks into pollinator patches
I am proud to be a States Member, I’m proud of Jersey and I’m proud to work on your behalf. Please follow me on social media and join the conversation. Or if you would like to get involved in the campaign, please call or email me.
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