Public Accounts

Fraud Review questions

At the November 2012 States meeting I provided answers to a set of Rule 5 questions asked by Deputy Peter Gillson. Question 1. Could the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee please explain why the Committee felt it preferable to inform Members of this Assembly that Ernst &…

Statement on the review into the fraud against the States of Guernsey

This Statement was made by me, as Chair of the Public Accounts Committe, at the Meeting of the States on 25 September 2012. Deputy Bailiff, Members of the States I am making this statement further to last week’s publication of the terms of reference for the Public Accounts Committee’s…

Election as Chair of Public Accounts Committee

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…

Terms of Reference of PAC Fraud Inquiry

Below is the Media Release issued on 19 September, accompanying the Terms of Reference for the Fraud Inquiry, which are attached. The Public Accounts Committee has published its terms of reference for its review prompted by the fraud committed against the States of Guernsey reported in July 2012. This will…

Public Accounts Committee media release re Fraud Inquiry

Below is the media release published on 2 August 2012 by the Public Accounts Committee confirming that it would be investigating the circumstances surrounding the fraud against the States of Guernsey. In light of the recent £2.6 million fraud committed against the States of Guernsey, the Public Accounts Committee…

Had a great meeting on Friday. Delighted with the quality of people on the Committee. Had presentations from Internal Audit, Project Services and SAP/STSC implementation team. Our forward work programme is now beginning to take shape and I hope we will be able to be in a position to publish…