It became obvious to me very early on as a member of HSSD that the ageing demographic of Guernsey would result in growing pressures on the department in the next ten years. We want to be able to see people supported to be able to live independent lives as far…
I raised various concerns about the new machinery government structure in general debate on the second policy letter. My speech is set out below. Sir, I’d like to follow up on the speech I made yesterday where I spoke about the considerable change that will arise from the recommendations of…
My second successful amendment related to the introduction of recognised accounting standards and making T&R to action what they had already been instructed to do. This is a subject I have raised several times in the States and I set out my speech below. Sir, I take members back to…
I laid a successful amendment against the policy letter that meant that, instead of delaying a review of the power and resources required by the new Scrutiny Management Committee until its formation in May 2016, that this should be done by the current scrutiny committees. My speech is below. Sir, Whilst I…
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…