Islanders asked for views on petition process

Islanders are being asked about how they find the States of Jersey petition process.

The Privileges and Procedures Committee launched a survey to find out how the petition process was working and how the service could be improved.

The survey is available on the States Assembly website and paper copies will be made available from parish halls, the committee said.

It will close on Monday 31 March.

Since 2017, when it was agreed e-petitions could be submitted to the assembly, a total of 87 topics have received ministerial responses, the States said.

Seven of these have passed the 5,000 signature threshold to be the subject of an in-committee debate by the States Assembly, it added.

Constable Karen Shenton-Stone, committee chairwoman, said: "It is timely that we seek the views of those who have engaged with the system, as well as those who have not, to consider how we might improve it for all islanders going forward."

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