Each of the 15 Senatorial Candidates took time out of their campaign to speak to BBC Radio Jersey's Home Affairs Producer Hamish Marett-Crosby about their election platform and what they would do if they were elected. Name: Terry Le Main
Party: Independent Read a transcript of the interview with Terry Le Main below or listen to it using Real Player. Why are you going for an island mandate? Well I’ve heard some of the candidates complaining that some of the major committee presidencies have not faced an island mandate. And in view that over the six years I’ve been the housing president I have some of the members of the assembly, a very small minority, who totally disagree with my policies. And I felt that in view of this very important election I should put my name in the hat. And put my record to the public and the electorate of the island so that they can decide whether my policies are the policies of stability, independence, and my policies will be the kind of policies that they would like me to pursue, to shape their future, and to maintain the existing stability we have. I’m very worried that some of the candidates with some of their policies could create instability in this island, and Jersey has for many years now been seen as a very stable government. So, why should we vote for Terry Le Main in particular? I think if you vote for Terry Le Main you vote for someone you know. You know his record; you know my record, you know the kind of issues I take up. I’m very close to the people. I’m the only politician to hold two monthly political surgeries, every month, every year. I vote for what is good for Jersey. I vote for the people. I have children and grandchildren and their future is the people’s future because they have the aims and aspirations. You can take a chance with Terry Le Main. Terry Le Main will not let you down; I will not let you down. I am, as I say, a team player. I work with everybody else in the assembly whether they agree with me or not, but I am also very strong and very tough. And I am very fair and I want to see an equitable society. What do you think, on the basis that you are there next year, what do you feel the problems that will be facing you and your colleagues? If the good public will elect me I would rather hope that I can continue as the housing minister. And I will make sure that if I was the housing minister that the new migratory policy will in fact, I will be able to make sure to play my part in not allowing businesses to run riot and just allow people to come in willy nilly, I think that there ought to be some policies in place where businesses are given very strong policies that they have to employ local people and train local people, something that is not happening at the present time. So, I am very very keen to be able to be at the helm of the housing ministry, to make sure and to give confidence to the people of this island that we’re not going to open the doors and flood the island with immigrants. The other issue that I am very very concerned about is that we continue to allow businesses to start up in Jersey where all they need is lowly paid, unprofessional, unqualified immigrants to come to the island to fill those positions, and all those people become a burden on the island. I want to make sure that I can put in place policies that will continue to monitor the kind of businesses that operates in jersey. So these will be your priorities? Well some of the proprieties. What more I also want to see the housing committee privatised, so that we are not a burden on public expenditure and capital expenditure. There are members concerned with the number of people coming into the island with criminal convictions. If I am elected as the housing minister I would propose to put people like Deputy Huet and Deputy Hilton as a sub committee to look at ways and means of controlling and curbing the influx of people with large criminal convictions into this island. One of the first jobs you are going to have to do, if not the first job, were you to be re-elected would be to choose a new Chief Minister. Who would get your vote for that if you’ve made up your mind yet and why? Well I haven’t made up my mind. At the moment I understand there are three possible candidates if those are elected. I know Senator Syvret is basing this on if he is elected, but I understand there are another two candidates. And I would expect to listen to and analyse what they will provide and do for Jersey, not only in Jersey but very importantly on the international stage. We are now an international finance centre and the chief minister has to be at the core, in regard to being able to talk in London, abroad, representing Jersey all over the world, and the person I want has to have a lot of those attributes. | 
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