The long running saga of paid parking continued in February 2015 with a requete to reverse the decision the previous year to introduce paid parking. On the back of this an amendment was placed by Deputy Lowe to introduce parking clocks. My speech on that amendment is set out below….
I was a member of the group looking at whether it was feasible to bring in a living wage statistic for Guernsey. The conclusion of our work was that, whilst on the face of it the idea was commendable, the calculation was fraught with difficulty. The speech I made in…
I made the following speech against the amendment to allow opting out of the ecclesiastical rates element of parochial taxes. Sir, Let me just say that personally I don’t attend any church and don’t want to go through the moral arguments or disestablishmentarianism here – I am pleased I got…
I made this speech during the debate on the Drug & Alcohol Strategy. I will be brief but I would just like to make 2 or 3 comments on what I think is an excellent report. What did strike me when reading this strategy was how many organisations were…
The following speech was made during the debate on an amendment placed by Deputy de Lisle to construct a full sewage treatment works. Sir, Deputy de Lisle can’t be faulted on his tenacity. The energy he has shown in trying to get this Assembly to change its mind would put someone half…
I spoke in relation to report into the Airport terminal project on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee at the December 2014 States meeting. Sir, I will speak specifically in relation to the Public Accounts Committee’s involvement in this report. Those members who were around during the last States will…
I spoke in favour of the Chief Minister’s amendment to the Education Department’s report on the rebuild of La Mare de Carteret. My speech below explains why. Sir, on a personal level, I am very disappointed that despite the hard work of both Ministers, common ground could not be found…
I made teh following speech as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee in relation to the Education Department’s report submitted at the November 2014 States meeting and the amendment placed by the Chief Minister requesting a review. In the end, an amendment to the amendment was approved that instructed Education…
I successfully laid an amendment to the 2015 budget instructing T&R and Housing Department’s to look at opportunities to help first time buyers get on the property ladder. The one argument made against such initiatives was that it could be inflationary. Whilst I agree that this is possible, I do…
I made the following speech in relation to the Social Security Department’s proposals for the changes to social security contributions in October 2014. Sir, I welcome the fact that any increase in contributions has been delayed by a year and thank SSD for listening to C&E’s view on this…