Mary Rose Le Hegarat

The manifesto ranges across economy, education, population, housing, health, environment and governance, which gives it breadth, but each area is addressed at the level of broad preference rather than a reform programme. The most distinctive positions, opposing capital gains and inheritance tax, supporting solar panels in new properties, and introducing work permits, are defensive or incremental rather than transformative. There is no overarching investment envelope or cross-portfolio agenda connecting the sections.

Every commitment in the manifesto is directional: no figures, no dates and no named mechanisms appear for any pledge. The solar panel commitment names a condition ('all new properties') but supplies no regulatory instrument. The housing section mentions 'utilising empty properties and investigation of obstacles' without naming a mechanism, a target or a timeline. The work permit commitment names the instrument but not its scope or design.

The manifesto's fiscal position is internally coherent: it opposes new taxes, opposes high borrowing and calls for disciplined budgeting, which is a consistent if constrained framework. Several pledges, school facilities, student return incentives, affordable housing, are acknowledged only as intentions without a named funding source, which limits confidence in delivery. The solar panel requirement for new properties is a plausible planning condition. No pledge makes claims that contradict the practical reality of Jersey's fiscal or legislative environment.

The Scorecard records Le Hegarat as Minister for the Environment. The solar panel requirement for new properties and the protection of green spaces and agricultural land fall within the same subject area as that post. The remaining pledges, covering tax, education, population, housing, health and government transparency, depend on other Ministers and an Assembly majority of 25 of 49 members.

A substantial proportion of the text consists of general statements of support and belief rather than commitments with a defined action or outcome. Phrases such as 'a holistic approach with joint agency initiatives should be encouraged and extended' and 'disciplined, transparent budgeting must underpin every economic objective' express orientation without specifying what the candidate will do or how. The economy and health sections in particular contain sequences of value statements rather than pledges.