Jersey Represented At Conservative Party Conference

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

07 October 2011

Jersey's Deputy Chief Minister, Philip Ozouf met with Foreign and Commonwealth Minister and First Secretary of State, William Hague, and Minister for Europe, David Lidington, during the final day of the Conservative Party Conference on October 5, 2011, in Manchester, UK.

Among back-to-back appointments throughout the day, Ozouf met with Hague and held a meeting with Lidington earlier in the day to discuss Jersey’s expansion into emerging markets and its ongoing positive representation in the EU. These discussions followed on from the supportive reception that Jersey Senator Cohen received when presenting to conference delegates on October 3, 2011, highlighting Jersey’s value as an international jurisdiction.

Continuing to focus on issues that directly affect the Island, Senator Ozouf also met with:

• Cities of London and Westminster Member of Parliament (MP), Mark Field;
• Treasury Select Committee member and Deputy Conservative Party Leader, Michael Fallon MP;
• Media Sport and Culture Select Committee member, Philip Davies MP;
• UK Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries, Richard Benyon MP;
• Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chairman, Richard Ottaway MP; and,
• Andrew Rosindell MP of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee

Ozouf commented: “Following the speech given by Cohen, I have taken full advantage of a very busy timetable at the Conservative Conference to represent Jersey on a number of key issues, and to discuss with senior UK politicians the island’s status as an international jurisdiction.”

“It is vital that we take these opportunities to engage on behalf of the island with some of the coalition government’s influential politicians. I am particularly pleased to have been able to speak to UK Ministers on matters that really affect us in Jersey.”

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