I made the following speech during the debate on the Energy strategy at the June States Meeting. The States was meeting remotely at this time. Sir, I thought I would begin by picking up on comments made by Deputy Lester Queripel just now and Deputy De Lisle in the previous…
I made the following speech against an amendment to a policy letter on waste seeking to stop kerbside collections and undertake a review. Sir, Here we go again. How many pages of old speeches have been sent to recycling, how many speeches will be recycled or reused today for that…
I made the following speech on the biodiversity strategy in December 2015 Sir, I have to say I did struggle early on with the funding request for this strategy. However, I do believe States should be fulfilling its commitment to the environmental strand of the States Strategic Plan. Members…
I spoke against an amendment to the policy letter from the Environment Department setting out a new funding structure in July 2015. Basically it sought funding from general revenue just to support funding of the bus contract. I made it clear that funding was needed and things couldn’t continue as…
The long running saga of paid parking continued in February 2015 with a requete to reverse the decision the previous year to introduce paid parking. On the back of this an amendment was placed by Deputy Lowe to introduce parking clocks. My speech on that amendment is set out below….
The following speech was made during the debate on an amendment placed by Deputy de Lisle to construct a full sewage treatment works. Sir, Deputy de Lisle can’t be faulted on his tenacity. The energy he has shown in trying to get this Assembly to change its mind would put someone half…
I have to say I struggled very much knowing how to vote in the transport strategy debate. I did a lot of research beforehand and had a lot of concerns – these are evident in my speeches, which you can read below. It was a very difficult decision for me…
My speech on the 2 proposals is below. Sir, Speaking from a personal point of view I must say that I consider the minority report better written, better thought through and better considered than the main report. The presentation was certainly more professional and I commend Deputy Burford in…
I laid a successful amendment to the transport strategy effectively exempting commercial vehicles from the width tax and capping the charge for commercial vehicles to £2,000. My speech is below. Sir, my amendment is purely focused on just one aspect which was common to both strategies and that is…
I spoke on behalf of the Public Accounts Committee on the proposed transport strategy in April 2014. In effect, the point was made that no assurance could be given as to the figures in either the majority or the minority report. Sir, A key aspect of both reports is…