Below is the speech I made in the May 2013 States’ meeting setting out the findings of the Public Accounts Committee’s review into the financial controls of the States of Guernsey in relation to Fraud. Sir, When it was announced in July 2012 that the States of Guernsey had been…
Below is the speech I made in the January 2013 States’ meeting in support of Deputy Fallaize’s amendment, which I seconded, to ensure lines of accountability in relation to FTP were clearer. Sir, Deputy Fallaize has already made it abundantly clear how vague and woolly accountability is in terms of…
At the January 2013 States Meeting I proposed a Motion to Debate the accounts of Guernsey Electricity and Guernsey Post. My Motion was successful, which apparently was the first time this had happened in the States. I gave the reasons for placing the Motion in the speech I made to…
I made the following speech during the debate on the HSSD 2020 Vision at the January 2013 States meeting. Sir, I would firstly like to say how useful I found this report in providing a very clear impression of the challenges facing not only the department, but the States…
I made the following statement as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee at the November 2012 States meeting. Sir, I am making this statement to update Members about progress in terms of the investigation into the July Fraud and its Review. Having spoken to the Minister of Treasury and…
I made the following speech at the 12 December 2012 States meeting, in my capacity as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee. Sir Further to the November States Meeting, the Public Accounts Committee met to discuss the Statement made by the Minister of the Health and Social Services Department….
At the November 2012 States meeting I provided answers to a set of Rule 5 questions asked by Deputy Peter Gillson. Question 1. Could the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee please explain why the Committee felt it preferable to inform Members of this Assembly that Ernst &…
I asked the following questions of the Minister of Treasury and Resources in the budget debate at the December 2012 States Meeting. Sir, I’m going to be brief and just ask 2 questions of the Minister. In relation to Table A on page 35, bearing in mind the level…
At the October States Meeting I asked the Chief Minister the following question, following his statement on the FTP; Sir, in his letter to States members of 18 October 2012, the Chief Minister stated that the Report to be presented in January 2013 will, amongst other things, ‘chart the…
This Statement was made by me, as Chair of the Public Accounts Committe, at the Meeting of the States on 25 September 2012. Deputy Bailiff, Members of the States I am making this statement further to last week’s publication of the terms of reference for the Public Accounts Committee’s…