Speech I made in the States to amend MTFP. It passed. Sir, a bit of light relief compared to the quite heavy amendments we’ve had to contend with today. This is the second amendment intended to give some clarity around expectations both to the Committee for Health and Social Care…
Second of the speeches I made in the MTFP debate. This one against an amendment laid by Deputy Yerby where I stated savings can be made but reliant on digital transformation. Sir, when I first read the MTFP, reinforced by re-reading it a number of times, I got a strong…
One of a series of speeches I made in debate on the MTFP. This against an amendment by Deputies Roffey and Ferbrache. Sir, On the back of Deputy Ferbrache’s speech I thought I would provide a few definitions. Let’s start with progressive – it says on my electronic communicator that…
Speech I made saying we didn’t need a review into extending the runway, but for Committees to come together to look at air and sea connectivity. Sir, before agreeing to second Amendment 1, I did point out to Deputy Roffey that there would undoubtedly be accusations of nimbyism given we…
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…