Sign this petition to support the withdrawal of Amendment 8 to the proposed anti discrimination legislation for Guernsey as it excludes disabled people and carers from accessing the same standard of life as everyone else.

The amendment is proposed by Deputy Chris Blin, seconded by Deputy David De Lisle and the amendment ‘coordinator’ is Deputy Carl Meerveld. 

They believe that small businesses, which make up 63% of organisations in Guernsey, should be allowed to discriminate against disabled people and their carers. This could exclude people from accessing work, goods and services that are available to the rest of the community. 

We cannot leave anyone behind - if we don’t cover everyone from discrimination in all settings then the legislation will be ineffective for the people who need it most. 

If you’d like to know more about the reasons why this amendment is so damaging you can click here.

And when it comes to the next election remember who voted for Amendment 8 and who stood against amendment 8!

What else can you do after you’ve signed this petition?

1. Email the three deputies behind this amendment and ask them (as your peoples Deputies) to withdraw this amendment. Their emails are here:

Chris.Blin@deputies.gov.gg

David.DeLisle@deputies.gov.gg

Carl.Meerveld@deputies.gov.gg

2. Email ALL Deputies and ask them not to support this amendment. You can click on this link and then go to the ‘Individual Deputies listed A-Z’ and click the button to send them an all an email. 

3. Join us on the steps of the Royal Court on Wednesday 28th September to show your support for the legislation. We’ll be there from 8:30-9:30am when the deputies arrive for the debate, at lunchtime when they come out at 12:30pm (there will be food and entertainment in the sunken gardens until 14:30 when the deputies return to the debate chamber, and then we need people there again when deputies leave for the day, so that they are held accountable for their votes and their discussions in the chamber from 5pm onwards.