How might the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey respond to the formation of political parties?
Dr Caroline Morrisco-authrored a report to the Privileges and Procedures Committee of the States Assembly, Jersey.
Dr Caroline Morris, Reader in Public Law and Director of the Centre for Small states at Queen Mary Univeristy of London, was commissioned by the Jersey States Assembly to investigate how the Privileges and Procedures Committee (PPC) how the Standing Orders of the States of Jersey respond to the formation of political parties?
Dr Morris, alongside Dr Matthew Bishop, University of Sheffield and Professor Jack Corbett, University of Southampton, from the Centre for Small States, worked in collaboration with Paul Evans CBE to undertake the research project.
PPC asked the researchers to consider the following questions:
- How the rules and practical arrangements in legislatures in small jurisdictions which have party politics take account of parties, if possible (and where applicable), identifying what steps were taken to change rules when party politics developed; and
- How Jersey’s rules might be adapted to deal with the possible development of party politics, taking account of the list set out above but including any other factors (including new rules or arrangements it may be desirable to introduce) which the author wishes to propose.
Their final report was presented to PPC in October 2021. Read the full report.