FORMER Magistrate and Judicial Greffier Ian Le Marquand is standing for Senator.

Mr Le Marquand (56), who retired as Magistrate earlier this year, will be campaigning under a banner of ‘fair and accountable government’. He qualified as an Advocate in 1977 and spent eight years as Magistrate. He is now campaigning on a platform of better controls on States spending and tighter political oversight of the police, Transport and Technical Services, and the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

He said: ‘The issue about oversight of the police is based on a growing concern over a lengthy period of time that the police were increasingly operating as if they were a politically independent organisation. That predates the Haut de la Garenne investigation by about two years. It is a long-standing concern that they are operating without effective political oversight.’

He said: ‘I have areas of expertise in Home Affairs, and in terms of legislation, and I also have areas of expertise in terms of budgetary management because of my days as a chief officer at the Judicial Greffe. Those are the areas of expertise that I would bring to the States if I am elected. It would be up to Members to decide where my expertise could be best used.’