I am pleased to have been a member of the HSSD Board that proposed the Tobacco Strategy for the next 5 years. Amongst the recommendations were the banning of smoking in cars with children present, the introduction of plain packaging and consideration as to whether there should be regulation of e-cigarettes. I…
As a former patron of GASP I have worked to prevent the uptake of smoking by children. However, I opposed an amendment laid by Deputy Bebb seeking to ban smoking near public buildings as it was not well drafted. My speech is below. Sir, I have to say when…
After deadlock in negotiations over public sector pension changes, the Policy Council went to the States recommending that the scheme changes be made that went back to its first proposals. This was an unprecedented move and there was considerable concern about what would happen should changes be forced through on…
In April 2015 the PSD Minister advised the States that the department was not now going to introduce an in-vessel composter due to the costs being prohibitive. I asked the following question of the Minister. His reply is given below. Although the ‘Love Food Hate Waste’ campaign has been very…
I made the following speech about the funding of health and social care during the debate on the personal tax and benefits review report. Sir, I just wish to focus briefly on recommendation 17 and more generally on the comments made about healthcare in this report. Throughout this report…
I made the following speech in respect of the proposed deregulation of Guernsey Electricity and Guernsey Post, with a strengthening of the shareholder role. Sir, I’ll speak briefly. I support the findings of this report. I’ve always found it odd that States owned entities should need to be regulated…
I laid a successful amendment to the personal tax and benefits review to ensure that, before changes were made during the transitional period, that the ability to pay is considered. My short speech is below. Sir, I do not propose to say a lot now as I understand that this…
I voted against the amendment to the PTBR to look at replacing document duty with increases in TRP. Whilst I had some sympathy with the arguments I was concerned that this would substantially hit the commercial sector where TRP rates are already signficantly higher than domestic rates and mentioned this…
I laid a successful amendment against the personal tax and benefits review that followed along the lines of the previous Green amendment requring an investigation into the ’20 means 20′ taxation for higher earners. This amendment sought the same in respect of social security contributions. I made a short speech…
I supported the successful amendment to the personal tax and benefits report, seeking a review into the introduction of environmental taxes, along with mitigating effects for lower income households. My speech is below. Sir, I stand in support of this amendment. Indeed, this is something I put in my manifesto and I recall…
