I made this speech at the States Meeting of July 2012. I was in favour of the Requete to bring in electronic voting and against the amendment to have the States Assembly and Constitution Committee go away and do yet more research on an appropriate system. Unfortunately, the amendment came…
The following questions were asked of the Deputy Chief Minister in relation to the 2011 financial statements of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. Following my comments I was invited to meet the Director General of the GFSC. In light of the fact the GFSC has made a surplus of £2.5m…
I made my maiden speech to the Assembly at the States Meeting in July 2012. It was on the subject of the States Accounts for 2011 that had been laid before us for approval. Sir, The Insititute of Chartered Accountnats once engaged consultants to find out why people…
There follows my speech to the Assembly where I was seeking election as Chair of the Public Committee in May 2012. Fortunately, I was successful! Mr Bailiff, I would like to thank Deputy St Pier for his eloquent speech and Deputy O’Hara for seconding me for this post. PAC…
The agenda for the June States meeting was quite short and matters were wrapped up before lunch. However, this should not be taken to mean that the issues debated were of minor consequence. There were 2 main subjects that have future ramifications for the Island but in very different ways….
Speech I made on an amendment to the Policy & Resource Plan regarding a review of drugs and treatments. Sir, the purpose of this amendment is to provide more detail around the review that the Committee has already stated it would undertake as part of the Partnership of Purpose in…