Deputy Steve Luce

Minister for the Environment

I am a Jerseyman, father and grandfather who has spent all of my working life in the Jersey agriculture and aquaculture industries. My farming career was comprised of owning and managing Luce Farms Ltd (dairy products, Jersey Royals, vegetable crops and flowers), The Jersey Oyster Company (oysters and mussels), and “Happy Hens” (free range eggs).

I was elected Deputy of St Martin in 2011 and I now have over thirteen years of political experience in the States Assembly. Since being elected I have chaired both the Environment and Economic Scrutiny Panels, and served on the Legislation Advisory Panel and the Planning Committee. I served previously as the Minister for Planning and Environment, from 2014-2018, and regularly represented Jersey at meetings with senior Government Ministers from across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. I was re-elected as Minister for the Environment, in January 2024, and have resumed my role with the appropriate enthusiasm.

Outside of States work, and among many other honorary positions in and outside of St Martin, I am hugely proud to have served with the RNLI St Catherine’s Lifeboat, on the crew and on shore, since 1988. In other interests, I enjoy music, boating and gardening and have been a church organist since 1983.