The speech I made in the general debate on the budget. Sir, As is customary will begin by commenting on the budget in so far as it affects HSC and then speak more generally. The headline summary of HSCs submission does not reflect the wide range of challenges and considerations…
I made this speech when I laid an amendment seeking to introduce electronic voting to the States. I was pleased that it passed. Sir, Electronic Voting is one of those subjects, like Sunday Trading that just keeps on coming back. Indeed I believe this is Deputy Lowe’s 10th debate on…
I made this speech in this debate on non-contributory benefits. I do welcome this amendment as I do the increases in benefits limitation. When we approved the benefits changes it was sold partly on the fact that it would bring more people into income support, which would mean they would…
I made this speech in the debate on the annual report of the contributory benefit scheme. I’d just like to pick up on the aspects that overlap the mandate of HSC and in particular the resolutions arising from our Partnership of Purpose policy letter. As acknowledged in this report, the…
Sir, I made my last statement at the same meeting we debated our Partnership of Purpose policy letter and since then work has happened at pace. I covered much of this during the P&R debate, so I won’t focus specifically on those transformational workstreams today, other than to say we…
Speech I made on an amendment to ensure health data considered appropriately. The privacy and security of patient data must be paramount. Health and care services need users to disclose personal and sensitive data and this is only possible if islanders trust that such information will remain confidential and is…
I made this speech when laying an amendment to the secondary education policy letter to ensure health and wellbeing was considered was considered in educational transformation. Sir, I will be brief. This second amendment again reflects the necessity of a close working relationship between HSc and ESC to meet the…
I made this speech when laying an amendment to the secondary education policy letter to ensure that a proper review was undertaken of the Institute to ensure that we maximised its benefit. Sir this is the first of 2 amendments I am laying on behalf of the Committee for Health…
I made this speech in the debate over the different secondary school models. Just to remind anyone reading my speeches, that I post what I have written in advance, but these can change as a result of debate. In this instance, there was a concluding paragraph, which is available from…
Sir, my statement today is intended to update members and the community generally on what has been happening in Health and Social Care since my last statement and our plans for the coming months. I apologise in advance that, because we have managed to get our policy letter on the…