Newly elected leader of the Alliance Party

WQ.61/2022

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER

BY DEPUTY R.J. WARD OF ST. HELIER QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 14th FEBRUARY 2022 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2022

Question

"Will the Chief Minister advise what meetings, if any, have taken place between the newly-elected leader of the Jersey Alliance and Government officials in the last year; whether any such meetings have taken place in Broad Street and, if so, what the reasons were for the meetings and on what dates they took place?"

Answer

Sir Mark Boleat has not undertaken any meetings with Government officials in his capacity as leader of the Jersey Alliance Party.

Sir Mark Boleat was employed at the discretion of Assistant Chief Minister, Deputy Carolyn Labey , to serve as a consultant for the Island Identity Project between 31 March 2021 – 30 September 2021. As part of this work, he undertook multiple meetings with Government officials which are detailed in Table A.

A breakdown of meetings held with Government officials following Sir Mark Boleat's admission to the Jersey Alliance Party in November 2021, is detailed in Table B.

Table A – Island Identity meetings

Table B – subsequent meetings