Share your views on Jersey's petition system

A survey has been launched to seek Islanders’ views on Jersey’s petition process as part of a wider consultation to develop the system.

The Privileges and Procedures Committee (PPC) has commissioned the review to ensure that the petition process works well for all Islanders and to identify areas for improvement.

Two types of petitions are currently available – the more popular online petitions and the long-established paper-form. The survey is seeking to gather feedback from Islanders about both forms of the current petition system.

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What is the current petition system?

In 2017, States Members agreed that e-petitions could be submitted to the Assembly. The PPC, which oversees the procedures of the States Assembly, brought proposals for the required Law changes the following year.

It was agreed by Members that e-petitions which reach 1,000 signatures would receive a response from the relevant Minister, while those that surpass 5,000 signatures would be eligible for an in-committee debate in the Chamber, which has no time limit and no vote.

Since launching the online petition system more than six years ago, a total of 87 topics have received ministerial responses, of which seven have passed the 5,000-signature threshold to be the subject of an in-committee debate by the States Assembly. These topics were:

To introduce rental price caps.
To extend the “hit-and-run” law to include cats.
To make Green Street a one-way road.
For the Courts to impose higher sentences for child-sex offences.
To write off prior-year income tax liability for those that were moved to the current-year basis.
To make old age pensions exempt from tax.
A reduction in road fuel duty.