JEP - Six more questions for the candidates

WE asked the candidates six more questions as follows:
1. Should Jersey unilaterally introduce Central European Time?
2. Do you favour a casino for Jersey?
3. Should food be exempt from GST?
4. Do you aspire to ministerial office? If so, which?
5.Who would you like to see as the new Chief Minister?
6. How much have you spent on your election campaign?

Daniel Wimberley
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Environment and Transport.
5. Simon Crowcroft.
6. So little it is not worth thinking about.
Adrian Walsh
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Planning, as I have no vested interests.
5. NOT Terry Le Sueur.
6. £85.
Senator Mike Vibert
1. No, but we should when the UK moves there.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Education, Sport and Culture.
5. The best person for the job. At present there is only one declared candidate, Senator Terry Le Sueur, and I would support him.
6. Too early to give a definitive answer, but total spend will be well under £2,000.
Deputy Peter Troy
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. 1) Social Security. 2) TTS.
5. Once any declarations have been made. The best candidate for Jersey.
6. I intend to spend in excess of £2,000 and will declare the final sum in accordance with the PPC rules after the election.
Montfort Tadier
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Deputy Roy Le Hérissier.
6. TBA, but less than £1,000.1. Should Jersey unilaterally introduce Central European Time?
2. Do you favour a casino for Jersey?
3. Should food be exempt from GST?
4. Do you aspire to ministerial office? If so, which?
5.Who would you like to see as the new Chief Minister?
6. How much have you spent on your election campaign?



Deputy Geoff Southern
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Social Security.
5. Anyone with a social conscience as shown by their voting record.
6. Not calculated yet.
Senator Paul Routier
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. A socially focused portfolio.
5. Senator Le Sueur.
6. £14.32 to date (21 September).
Trevor Pitman
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Education, but outside of this I am also interested in PPC due to the need for reform.
5. Any candidate with a proven social conscience – it would be far easier to tell you who I don’t want.
6. Not calculated yet, but I will be well within budget.
Chris Perkins
1. No – senseless waste of taxpayers’ money to have referendum that is not even binding.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. My background would indicate Planning and Environment.
5. No idea until we know who will form the new assembly.
6. £37 (and I intend to peak at less than £100). The public will look at policy and not expensive campaigns.
Mick Pashley
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Only if we can guarantee to see a drop in prices in the shop and not an increase in profit margain.
4. No.
5. The public’s choice.
6. So far only around £50.1. Should Jersey unilaterally introduce Central European Time?
2. Do you favour a casino for Jersey?
3. Should food be exempt from GST?
4. Do you aspire to ministerial office? If so, which?
5.Who would you like to see as the new Chief Minister?
6. How much have you spent on your election campaign?



Nick Palmer
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Not yet.
5. Simon Crowcroft.
6. Lots of my time, petrol, phone calls, £30 for a website.
Senator Philip Ozouf
1. No (not without the United Kingdom).
2. No.
3. No, provided the additional targeted measures are delivered.
4. Yes. Treasury Minister but whatever role the States wish me to serve.
5. There is only one declared candidate at present. I will wait to see the results of the Senatorial elections.
6. Currently around half the allocated limit. Final figures will not be known until election day but obviously I will conform to the new law.
Jeremy Maçon
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes, everything should be exempt from GST.
4. Yes. Education. However, I don’t agree with ministerial government, as I believe it is another form of dictatorship.
4. Whoever the people of Jersey choose – not the States Assembly. Definitely not Terry Le Sueur.
5. Under £1,000 so far.
Deputy Alan Maclean
1. No, or only if the UK were
to do so.
2. No.
3. Only if it can be guaranteed that the 3% GST rate can be kept until at least 2012, as promised.
4. Yes, Economic Development or wherever my abilities would be most useful.
5. Too early to have a clear view.
6. About £3,500 to date.
Ian Le Marquand
1. This is a matter for the electorate. Personally no.
2. No.
3. Yes. All food.
4. Yes. Home Affairs or Social Security.
5. The best candidate for the post.
6. I decided to treat the campaign professionally and will have spent just under £8,000.
Nick Le Cornu
1. An utterly banal question. This is a dry run for unilateral independence from Britain.
2. This is not an important issue.
3. First of all there should be no GST. Of course food should be exempt.
4. First we create an opposition, then we form a government.
5. Deputy Roy Le Hérissier.
6. Estimate £1,000.1. Should Jersey unilaterally introduce Central European Time?
2. Do you favour a casino for Jersey?
3. Should food be exempt from GST?
4. Do you aspire to ministerial office? If so, which?
5.Who would you like to see as the new Chief Minister?
6. How much have you spent on your election campaign?



Cliff Le Clercq
1. Not sure.
2. Yes. State-owned, privately run.
3. Yes.
4. Maybe, would consider situation, possibly Environment.
5. It won’t be clear till after the election who will be available.
6. Less than £500, which was donated or sponsored. An ordinary person should be able
to stand against those with huge incomes.
Mike Higgins
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Yes. Economic Development.
5. Almost anyone other than the person the Council of Ministers have already lined up for the job.
6. So far about £100.
Mark Forskitt
1. No.
2. I’m not against a casino –
there is so much online gambling available I don’t see it would affect things much. That still doesn’t help with the problem of gambling.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Let’s see who does and doesn’t make it back in to the States first.
6. £650 so far.
Deputy Sarah Ferguson
1. No.
2. No.
3. No.
4. Public Accounts Committee
is my preference.
5. What is the choice?
6. N/A yet. I understand the final figures will be published.
Deputy Alan Breckon
1. No.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. No, it would be presumptious.
5. Who are the candidates?
6. Nothing yet.