A Conservative backbench MP has posed the question of whether the island should have its own MP at Westminster to address what he sees as a ’democracy deficit’.

Andrew Rosindell MP, the chairman of the all party parliamentary Group for the Channel Islands, said that the independent governments of the Crown Dependencies - Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man - should not be afraid to seek fairer representation in London.

The Romford MP has proposed that a special select committee should be established to hear the concerns of the 21 crown dependencies and overseas territories.

Mr Rosindell has pointed out that the UK parliament makes many decisions which affect them, in such areas as defence, foreign affairs, use of currency and Brexit, despite the fact they have no democratic representation.

He told the Jersey Evening Post: ’It is a bit of a sacrifice for those MPs who work for the all-party group, when they have that much to be getting on with in their own constituencies, to stick their necks out for the dependencies and territories as well.

’I don’t mind doing that because I’m in politics [and] because I believe in things, but I do think that we need a better way of explaining or promoting this.’

Mr Rosindell’s proposals include setting up a new select committee and exploring the possibility of MPs from the islands standing in the House of Commons.

He said that it is a ’complete anomaly that the Crown Dependencies are stuck’ in the Department of Justice and issues relating to the CDs and OSTs are handled by the justice select committee which primarily focuses on prisons and the judicial system.

And added: ’I think in the end there’s a big democratic deficit for the islands right now.’