The States debated the FTP following it’s closure in October 2014. This followed the PAC’s review as per my earlier post. My speech during the debate is set out below. Sir, on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee, I would firstly like to pay tribute to all those across the…
Following the defeat of the Bebb amendment, T&R proposed an amendment seeking to reduce the number of secondary schools. However, discussions were continuing during the States’ session and this ultimately led to the withdrawal of the T&R amendment and the replacement with one from the Education Department that had been…
The next stage of this long running saga was the report from the Education Department proposing the rebuild La Mare de Carteret on the same lines as their previous report, but to also submit a report no later than March 2016 looking at the optimal sixe, number and location of…
This report was criticised by the Minister of HSSD as being neutral when; “It should pioneer, inform and shape the core a reas of health and social care strategy within our Bailiwick, especially bearing in mind the mounting pressures our Island faces in terms of emerging healthcare needs, plus the ageing demographic, where we…
I am pleased to have been a member of the HSSD Board that proposed the Tobacco Strategy for the next 5 years. Amongst the recommendations were the banning of smoking in cars with children present, the introduction of plain packaging and consideration as to whether there should be regulation of e-cigarettes. I…
As a former patron of GASP I have worked to prevent the uptake of smoking by children. However, I opposed an amendment laid by Deputy Bebb seeking to ban smoking near public buildings as it was not well drafted. My speech is below. Sir, I have to say when…
After deadlock in negotiations over public sector pension changes, the Policy Council went to the States recommending that the scheme changes be made that went back to its first proposals. This was an unprecedented move and there was considerable concern about what would happen should changes be forced through on…
In April 2015 the PSD Minister advised the States that the department was not now going to introduce an in-vessel composter due to the costs being prohibitive. I asked the following question of the Minister. His reply is given below. Although the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign has been very…
I made the following speech about the funding of health and social care during the debate on the personal tax and benefits review report. Sir, I just wish to focus briefly on recommendation 17 and more generally on the comments made about healthcare in this report. Throughout this report…
I made the following speech in respect of the proposed deregulation of Guernsey Electricity and Guernsey Post, with a strengthening of the shareholder role. Sir, I’ll speak briefly. I support the findings of this report. I’ve always found it odd that States owned entities should need to be regulated…