Report from 1959 regarding agriculture and tourism (FOI)

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Authored by Government of Jersey on behalf of the States Greffe and published on 09 November 2023.
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​Request

Plesae provide a copy of the report of a Special Committee of the States of Jersey on the Conflicting Aims of Agriculture, Tourism and the English Residents in Jersey. The source is the Evening Post dated 19 November 1959 which stated the report had been lodged au Greffe.

Response 

The information requested is not held by the States Greffe. However, all reports lodged au Greffe between 1860 and 2014 are open to public access and can be viewed at the Jersey Archive. The relevant reference is C/A7 – Reports to the States of Jersey.

Arrangements to view the file can be made directly with Jersey Archive. Their contact details are below:

Jersey Archive, Clarence Road, St Helier, Jersey JE2 4JY

Tel: +44 (0)1534 833135 Fax: +44 (0)1534 833101

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Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.

This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly.  Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.​​