Speech I made when the Annual Accounts were presented to the States. Sir, there are a few points that I think deserve consideration and should be borne in mind when we debate the Medium Term Financial Plan next week. Firstly, as the President of SMC has pointed out, there appears…
I made this speech in main debate on the Policy & Resource Plan in relation to the priorities for Health and Social Care. Sir, I’m not going to repeat all the aspects that relate to HSC in this plan but there are few over-arching comments I wish to make. Firstly,…
This is the speech I made in the States when we debated the introduction of GDPR. This is for anyone who thinks government is too big and there are too many civil servants. Sir, before I go any further I should like to point out up front that I will…
I made this speech in general debate on the new population management regime. Sir, the new Law is not perfect. The current Law is not perfect. There never will be a perfect system. It does beg the question, as Deputy Yerby has already done, do we really need a law…
I made this speech in the States on an amendment I seconded to provide more support for seasonal workers. There’s been a lot of noise around the introduction of this law reaching a crescendo in the last few weeks. All of a sudden people have come out of the woodwork…
I made the following speech in the States supporting the birthright aspects in the Population Management Law. I have to say I have felt very uncomfortable about some of the comments made so far in this debate. Saying that people should hold their heads in shame is really unnecessary and…
I made the following speech against an amendment to a policy letter on waste seeking to stop kerbside collections and undertake a review. Sir, Here we go again. How many pages of old speeches have been sent to recycling, how many speeches will be recycled or reused today for that…
I made this speech in the November 2016 debate on selection. Sir, Declaration of interest. LC Governor – very proud to be so given the latest ISI Inspection report that rated it excellent in all categories. Also pleased that Post 16 team not only beat Elizabeth College but was the…
I made the following speech in debate and focused on health and social care. Sir, I will focus on a couple of aspects related to health and social care. As members will be aware and as President of P&R and myself mentioned during the budget debate, significant funding for H&SC…
My speech on the budget debate focused on health and social care. Sir, There are 9 pages devoted entirely to Health and Social Care in this budget and a good chunk of Deputy St Pier’s speech was taken up with it, so it would be remiss of me not to…
