Debate to help understanding of politics - bailiff

The debate in the States Assembly is set to take place on 28 September

Jersey's bailiff has offered advice to people applying to take part in a public debate in the States Chamber.

The topic of the People's Debate is how ambitious Jersey should be in pursuing a net zero target for carbon emissions and which lifestyle and legislative changes would be needed to meet it.

Bailiff Sir Timothy Le Cocq, who will chair the debate, said it was an opportunity to hear what ideas people have "thought through very carefully" sound like in a public forum.

The debate is set to take place on Saturday, 28 September.

The States Assembly said it hoped the debate would encourage people to stand for election in 2026.

Encouraging people to apply, Sir Timothy said: "They want to think about what it means to stand up and talk, to put forward ideas that you may have thought through very carefully in your own head.

"But it's rather different when you are required to deploy them. You'll have to say them on the hustings when you stand and it's a really good chance to say them here in the assembly.

"You'll get to find out what they sound like."

He said it was not a "straightforward thing" to stand up and make an argument.

"The more public understanding of that, the better," he said.