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…
I was delighted, as a member of the Dairy Industry Review Board, that we were able to get our report into the industry approved by the States. This was the first time such a report had been successful in 15 years and we believe will give a brighter future for…
I was a member of the Dairy Industry Review Board that presented a report to the States in September 2014 setting out the future strategic direction of the industry. The history of reports in this area has been fraught and I was therefore delighted that we managed, for the first…
I was delighted that after much debate, public and media interest, the Policy Council agreed to seek to withdraw the fees paid to Capita totalling £42,000 in relation to a transfer of funding from general revenue to the Guernsey Health Service Fund. This really should not have been allowed to…
I made the following speech in relation to the Policy Council’s report on co-ordination of work at the September 2014 States meeting. Sir, I read this report and I have to say it left me scratching my head somewhat. We hear that PC are a. blaming the fact that…
I made the following speech regarding T&R’s proposals for the SCIP at the July 2014 meeting. Sir, 3 weeks ago we were asked to make a binary choice between executive and committee government and told that the Policy & Resources Committee would just be a co-ordinating Committee, with the States…
I made the following speech in support of the Population Management Group’s proposals in July 2014. Sir, I would just like to say that I think the Population Group have done an excellent job. They have listened and dealt with the major concerns expressed since the original propositions were agreed…
I made the following speech in relation to the requete on Island Wide Voting in July 2014. Sir, like many here I’ve always favoured an element of Island Wide Voting. However, I can’t find myself supporting the requete as the system adopted I believe would be completely unworkable and, perversely,…
