 However, there are a number of pressure groups actively working to influence government decisions on a number of issues.For example, in 2012 the National Trust engaged in pressure campaign against development of the Plemont headland.The Trust was supported by the majority of the islands senior politicians, including the Chief Minister, but a proposition made in the States of Jersey for the States to compulsorily purchase the headland and sell it to the Trust was defeated in a vote on 13 December 2012.