29/03/2017 Channel Islands News


29/03/2017

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With less than a week to go - concerns and confusion surround

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Date to update them, you cannot just kick people out and it got up to

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live. People need security. Good evening and welcome to the late

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news from BBC Channel Islands, Also tonight - Commercial waste

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charge gets the green light New laws governing who can live

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and work in Guernsey were debated by the States today -

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less than a week before they're Some businesses and property-owners

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want the laws to be delayed, claiming that they'll harm

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the economy and that most islanders Why is this important? In simple

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terms it will dictate who can live and work in Guernsey and for how

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long. Conditions are local

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properties and much more. They have been used in the making

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that late attempt to derail the new laws seem to have

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fallen on deaf ears. The deputy suggests

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just a few tweaks. Do islanders really understand how

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the changes will impact on them? I know they will affect

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but I'm not sure. I live with my boyfriend

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is why on his I know the licence

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regime has to change. They need to have people here, you

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can just kick people out. People need security if they're going to

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live here. There's still plenty and 70

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about what the changes will mean for islanders and that will remain

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to that list the end Following today's debate

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in the States I spoke to Mark and asked what progress had been

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made today. There are five proposed changes to

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the plans are just two doubles have been dealt with today. The first

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called for a review of the laws and it will now happen by early 2019

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carried out by the policy and resources committee and the home

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affairs committee. The bulk of today has been spent discussing what

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birthrights children born in Guernsey should have when it comes

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to living and working in the island. That was an amendment for all

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children do have the same rights and that was eventually thrown out. We

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have not seen any move by any deputy to throw out the whole package and

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that was something that had been called for by members of the

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business community. The leader of the Chamber of Commerce is

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disappointed not to have seen that yet. Not disappointed at all because

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we have seen good democracy in action. The fine details, the points

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of the law are being challenged and we have some very sensible

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suggestions being made which will better reflect customer work

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practices and they will be reflected in the law, so looking forward to

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the debate tomorrow hoping we keep moving in the right direction but

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also it's great that policy and resources will review the law and we

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will hope that policy and resources are going to look at it much more in

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terms of what is a long-term economic, how we can make the island

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as resilient and sustainable and grow vibrantly in the future and

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think we're more likely hear about those noises. Are you saying you are

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less worried it will be damaging for the economy? It will hang on what

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happens tomorrow. If we are preserving three months or nine

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months in Guernsey, three months off, then that is going to be good

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news for reflecting how people can work in continuing going forward. We

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hope that the politicians will have an engaging debate tomorrow and

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we'll conclude that is something we really need to preserve. More debate

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tomorrow. Three more amendment still to be discussed and we'll bring you

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the latest on those as we get them. Jersey's government is allocating

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nearly a million pounds for a review into how to keep the island's

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financial services sector It'll look in particular

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at the potential opportunities and challenges due to the UK

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leaving the EU. Meanwhile, Jersey's external affairs

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minister has responded to concerns that the island will become more

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vulnerable to being persuade people in Europe that we

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are transparent and open jurisdiction, that we are not a

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threat to Europe in anyway and that quite the contrary, we actually

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contribute to Europe in the sense of supporting employment and supporting

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tax revenues in the European Union states.

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There are calls for tougher laws forcing Guernsey taxi drivers

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At the moment there's no legal requirement for car

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But today the States urged parents and taxi drivers

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to use common sense, as Jessica Banham reports.

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It's something many of us do every day,

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Strapping your child in for the school run.

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And you wouldn't dream of not using a car seat.

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But what if you need to go somewhere using one of these?

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We ordered a taxi when my son was probably 18 months

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and I had my own car seat but there wasn't enough room

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for all of us so the taxi driver explained that we could put my son

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on my lap with the seat belt which I wasn't

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Over in the UK, taxi drivers are exempt from having

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And here in Guernsey, there's currently no legal

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requirement for drivers to use them IF there isn't one available.

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It's something that parents have been criticising

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after a local mum struggled to find a firm that

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Samantha Bisson commented that this is "so not ok".

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Young children need to travel securely in a car.

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While Liz Taylor-Kerr called it ridiculous and said she'd faced

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a similar problem elsewhere but Kirsten Jameson admitted

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she struggles to fit her suitcases in the boot of a taxi -

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It would be very awkward to carry one round with you -

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you'd be limited to do other fares with car seats in the back so it

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Over in Jersey - legislation brought in last year means taxis now have

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But today Guernsey's states said it was unrealistic to expect

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all drivers to offer a range of child seats, and that

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some do own them and can provide one when asked.

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Jessica Banham, BBC Channel Islands News, Guernsey

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Over a hundred pounds per tonne of solid rubbish,

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and water bills almost doubling - those are the new charges facing

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The waste tax has been agreed in principle as part

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It's an incentive to stop the growing amount of rubbish thrown

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away but a new commercial waste charge is worrying industries,

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especially hospitality. We can't pass this tax onto people, so where

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is it supposed to come from? Are we supposed to absorb this and just put

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up with it or what? I think it's quite harsh and it's unfair. Despite

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their concerns the states gave the new waste tax the green light

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without knowing how the costs would be worked out but now they've been

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released. So what can businesses expect to pay. Solid waste will be

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charged at ?150 per tonne and be a bit more for bulky rubbish but

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cheaper for a cycle bulls. Liquid waste will be calculated on the

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volume used and to pound 27 per volume used and to pound 27 per

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cubic metre and that will be applied to 95% of metered water going into

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the business, as it is assumed that is how much goes out in waste. The

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minister behind it says they are not making a profit. These figures cover

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the cost generated by commercial waste, so it's feared they pay for

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services on the island use our services on the island use our

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disposal services and they each pay their fair amount, so is creating a

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level playing field between those level playing field between those

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businesses and it means that the general taxpayer, people like

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yourself and other Islanders are not subsidising businesses. The new

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charges still in the consultation stage but could be passed by the

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states this summer. Lets take a look at the weather

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now with Holly Green. We've got some decent weather to

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come over the next few days, today we saw highs of 18 degrees in Jersey

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and we will get higher than that tomorrow. Warm feeling, tomorrow is

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the warmest day of the next few, hopefully some decent spells of

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sunshine to be had and most should be dry. A decent chance of catching

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a shower. We got low pressure which is dominating the Atlantic but

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across France we have higher pressure and we are in the middle of

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the two and seeing some pretty fine conditions. Into tomorrow we start

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to import southerly and south-easterly wind and bring some

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warmer and slightly drier air across as so temperatures will rise a

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little bit. Then into tomorrow night we see this cold front coming

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through, so for Friday it slightly fresher but still mostly dry and

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mostly bright and thickening us -- taking us into the weekend which

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will see a bit of a drop. For tonight, some clear spells around,

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should be a largely dry picture, some cloud going and the breeze

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around but mild tonight and temperatures staying in double

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figures for most of us. For tomorrow it should be a decent day, just a

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bit of a breeze around but southerly south-easterly drawing in that warm

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air, sunny spells around and mostly bright picture for tomorrow and

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temperatures easily reaching the mid to high teens and Jersey could get

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up to 20 degrees. Times of high water here.

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Nothing to complain about as we go through the coming days, drying and

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bright conditions and sunshine to be had. There will be a bit of rain at

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times and on Thursday night that might be the case and some showers

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on Saturday and temperatures taking a tumble as we head toward the

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weekend but certainly not bad for this time of year. One tomorrow and

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slightly cooler for the weekend. That's your news this Wednesday

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evening, BBC Radio Guernsey and Jersey will have bulletins

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from 6.00am tomorrow far. The outlook for the next few

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days, temperatures coming down a bit but staying decent for this time of

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year. Here is Darren Bett with the national weather.

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The warm air coming up on a southerly breeze all the way from

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Iberia and across France into England and Wales. To achieve the

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high temperatures we need to get into some of this dryer

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