I spoke in the adjourned January 2014 States meeting on the proposed waste strategy. I also managed to get the States to agree not to debate an amendment that would have caused extra work for the Public Services Department and voted against a Sursis to look again at landfill. Whilst…
The New Year kicked off with a Motion of No Confidence being put forward by Deputy Mike Hadley against the health and Social Services Department. I spoke on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee. The purpose was not to comment for or against the motion, but to inform Members of…
The Public Accounts Committee published its report into the financial management at HSSD in January 2014. Media release below. Report can be found Review of HSSD Financial Management The Public Accounts Committee is releasing its review of HSSD Financial Management. The purpose of the Review was to consider HSSD…
I spoke as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee in relation to the 2014 budget. Sir, I will be speaking firstly on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee and subsequently as an individual Deputy. I should just advise that the Committee have identified a number of areas within the budget…
Below is my speech in the July 2013 States meeting on the States accounts. In it I make reference to the concerns of the Public Accounts Committee on the fall of income tax receipts and consideration of a review. Sir, Firstly, as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, I’d like…
On 31 May 2013, the Public Accounts Committee published the Ernst & Young report on financial controls in relation to fraud in the States of Guernsey, together with its covering report. You can find both reports here.
Below is the speech I made in the May 2013 States’ meeting setting out the findings of the Public Accounts Committee’s review into the financial controls of the States of Guernsey in relation to Fraud. Sir, When it was announced in July 2012 that the States of Guernsey had been…
At the January 2013 States Meeting I proposed a Motion to Debate the accounts of Guernsey Electricity and Guernsey Post. My Motion was successful, which apparently was the first time this had happened in the States. I gave the reasons for placing the Motion in the speech I made to…
I made the following speech during the debate on the HSSD 2020 Vision at the January 2013 States meeting. Sir, I would firstly like to say how useful I found this report in providing a very clear impression of the challenges facing not only the department, but the States…
I made the following statement as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee at the November 2012 States meeting. Sir, I am making this statement to update Members about progress in terms of the investigation into the July Fraud and its Review. Having spoken to the Minister of Treasury and…