CI ministers to discuss laying wreaths at Cenotaph

GUERNSEY and Jersey's chief ministers will discuss whether the Channel Islands should lay a wreath at Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London.

It follows a request from former deputy Tony Webber, who has written to both Deputy Peter Harwood and Senator Ian Gorst.

'The chief minister will discuss this with Senator Gorst – to whom the letter is also addressed – at the next opportunity,' the Policy Council confirmed.

Mr Webber said he had made the request as increasing numbers of islanders felt it was appropriate.

'It was noticeable that Gibraltar laid a wreath at the Cenotaph this year, and there had previously been a campaign by the British Overseas Territories to be able to lay their own wreath.

'It is felt that Guernsey and Jersey should be represented in their own right, in the same way as Gibraltar.'