Senatorial hustings 2026 at St Helier

Senatorial hustings 2026 at St Helier Hustings event for the 17 candidates standing for election for Senator, to represent the entire Island. Held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, St. Helier on Wednesday 4 June 2026, ahead of the 2026 Election to the States Assembly. Voters are able to vote for up to 9 senatorial candidates on Sunday 7 June 2026. 00:04:15 Event starts 00:06:35 Speeches start 00:43:15 Q1. The Time to Win Report states Government's buy-in to the financial sector's competitiveness is inadequate. Of the three areas: Government commitment and delivery of the competitiveness agenda, reform of the FSAB and Jersey's digital and Fintech competitiveness, which of these three would you choose to champion in the first 100 days. Q.2 As the Government no longer includes sport and recreation expenditure within its reports, how can you restore our faith in the claims made of effective transparency and scrutiny when for eg. spending on sport is not even being measured? Short break 01:09:45 to 1:18:00 Questions resume 1:18:00 Q.3. Do you support the Elections Asks document from 34 charities, have you signed up to it and do you support modern slavery and hate crime legislation and a review of the 3 year work permit? Q.4 Roads are so bad, riding a bicycle has become extremely unpleasant, do candidates think there is joined-up thinking on the way roads are maintained. 01:44:00 Q.5 There is currently no automatic mechanism in law to permanently remove or disqualify an elected member from office who has been found guilt of deliberate dishonesty, would you support its introduction? Q.6 Who would you want to be Chief Minister? Short break 02:06:50 - 02:15:40 02:14:45 Q.7 What will candidates do to help deaf and disabled people in the future with more services? Q.8 The Planning process is horrendously slow, what single way would candidates suggest could speed up that process? Please note that the transcription has been auto-generated, so will not be 100% accurate. DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in this video are those of the candidates and the public in attendance at the event, and NOT of the Privileges and Procedures Committee, the Jersey Electoral Authority or Vote.je. We cannot guarantee the factual accuracy of any statements made in the meeting, either by attendees or candidates.