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BBC News
04-07-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Votes to decide who will run Guernsey's committees
Politicians will elect the presidents of the States of Guernsey's committees in a secret ballot of members later. First up the States will choose who should lead the seven principal committees. Following that, the presidents of the Scrutiny Management Committee, Development and Planning Authority and States Assembly and Constitution Committee will be elected. The final significant election will be for the President of the States Trading Supervisory Board. Health and Social Care In 2020 there were no willing candidates for the position at the head of the States' highest spending committee, before Deputy Al Brouard was eventually elected to the role. This time around, it looks set to be a coronation, with Deputy George Oswald, a retired doctor and founding partner of the Medical Specialist Group, set to run for the role. He has also served as a non-States member on HSC for the past five years Deputy Marc Leadbeater had said he would stand, but after conversations with the new Policy and Resources Committee, he said he was set to run for the presidency of Home Affairs. The committee has a wide mandate including everything from the running of the Princess Elizabeth Hospital to overseeing the food hygiene ratings dished out by environmental health. Environment and Infrastructure Bringing together a lot of the mandates of the old Environment and Public Services Department, Environment and Infrastructure covers a huge amount of work in the States. It looks after the quality of local roads, the island's policy on climate change and popular spots such as Sausmarez committee vice-president Adrian Gabriel has said he would run for the States members deputies Andrew Niles and Sally Rochester have both said they were interested in a seat on the board. Home Affairs The Committee for Home Affairs has a broad mandate, including the police, border force, the island's immigration regime and trading standards. Simon Vermeulen, the committee's former vice-president, said he would be interested in the presidency, while Deputy Marc Leadbeater who resigned from the committee in the last term has said he will run. New deputy Jayne Ozanne has also said she would like to run the committee. Economic Development Despite having the smallest budget of all the principal committees, there has been a lot of interest in the presidency. Deputies Sasha Kazantseva-Miller and Marc Lainé have both said they would be interested in the role after Deputy Steve Falla who said he wanted the job was elected to Policy and Resources, which means he can't be on any other committees. While Deputy Chris Blin also said he wanted the job, but now says he will most likely stand for a position on the board. Newcomer Deputy Hayley Camp has said she would be keen to serve on the board, while Alderney representative Edward Hill has also said he will stand in an election on term it was one of the key committees which secured the island's new ferry contract with Brittany Ferries. Education, Sport and Culture Education, Sport and Culture has been seen by many within the States as a poisoned chalice, with every leader of the committee losing their seat at an election in the last two decades. The committee oversees the running of the island's primary and secondary schools alongside cultural events like Liberation Day. Deputies Sarah Hansmann-Rouxel and Aidan Matthews have both said they would like to run the committee, while new and former teacher Deputy Paul Montague has said he may also be interested, after initially having said he would not want to run a committee in his first term. Employment and Social Security The Committee for Employment and Social Security admisters benefits, including pensions, alongside looking after health and safety in the workplace. In the last term it was responsible for the introduction of secondary pensions and the island's first anti-discrimination legislation. Deputy Tina Bury sat on the committee in the last term and has said she would like to lead it in the new assembly. Returning politician Deputy Garry Collins has said he would like to serve on the board, alongside new politician Deputy David Dorrity. Housing A successful proposal from Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller led to the creation of this new committee. Former Guernsey Housing Association CEO Steve Williams has said he wanted to lead this new board, while Deputy Marc Lainé also said he would be interested. It will have responsibility for the island's social housing stock and will take over general housing policy from Environment & Infrastructure. The new housing committee is the last of the principal committees so there is a chance some of the candidates who fail to get a place at the top of other boards may run for this role. States Trading Supervisory Board The board is not like the other big committees in the States, partly because it has fewer deputies on it and in the way it operates. It has political oversight of Guernsey Electricity, Waste, Water and the Channel Island Lottery amongst other things. Deputy Mark Helyar is set to run for the role, while Deputy Neil Inder had said he would contest the position, but has now decided not to. Scrutiny Father of the house Deputy John Gollop, the longest-serving politician in the States, has said he would like to run this committee, which looks at whether committees within the States of Guernsey are delivering their services effectively and has also run a series of public hearings where politicians and officials are quizzed on their work. He will face competition from former States economist Deputy Andy Sloan. Development and Planning Authority Former environment department minister Deputy Yvonne Burford could stand as the president of the authority. Before the changes to the machinery of government in 2016, environment had responsibility for of the first jobs for the new committee will be to finish the review of the Island Development Plan which was started, paused and restarted in the last term. States Assembly and Constitution Committee With a lot of talk before the election about the shape and size of government, alongside talk at election time about the electoral system, it seems likely both of these areas will be looked at by whoever takes up the presidency of the States Assembly and Constitution Aidrian Gabriel, Andy Cameron, John Gollop and Tom Rylatt have all said they would like to stand for roles on the committee, while Deputy Burford has also said she would be keen to run the committee alongside the Department and Planning Authority, if elected.
BBC News
21-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
What happens now after Guernsey's general election?
The votes have been counted, the posters are coming down and we now know the 38 next members of Guernsey's new government. So what comes next? New deputies will first elect the presidents and members of States committees, deciding who is responsible for what in a series of secret bidding to lead committees will make their pitch for the job in the States chamber and respond to questions from will then write their preferred choice on a piece of paper, which will be collected and counted by parliamentary officials. What are Guernsey's committees and what do they do? Guernsey's system of government is made up of one senior committee, principal committees and several other committee boards, authorities and committees include the new Committee for Housing, which the current States voted to introduce for the next political term. It takes over the responsibility for housing which is currently divided between three different other committees include:Policy & Resources (P&R), which is responsible for public finances and co-ordinating policy across the StatesEconomic Development, which promotes business, handles regulation and air and sea linksEducation, Sport & Culture, which looks after schools, heritage and museums, arts, and sporting and civic eventsEmployment & Social Security, which administers benefits such as pensions and income supportEnvironment & Infrastructure, which manages waste policy, roads, coastal defences, renewable energy, agriculture and public transportHealth & Social Care, which delivers medical services from emergencies to welfare and support for children and adultsHome Affairs, which oversees the courts and crime, immigration and population, and emergency planningOther boards include the States Assembly and Constitution Committee, Overseas Aids & Development, Scrutiny Management, Transport Licensing and the States Trading Supervisory Board (STSB), which oversees the ports and public companies such as the dairy and the States' next meeting on 15 July, members will debate the accounts for 2024, which have not been fully published the outgoing president of P&R has announced the States spent £44m more than it brought in last year. When will the committees be chosen? On 1 July the president of P&R, the most senior committee in the States will be chosen, after members are sworn in as deputies at the same next day the four other members of P&R will be elected, with anyone able to stand from the floor of the Friday 4 July elections will take place for the presidents of each of the principal committees, alongside bodies such as the Development and Planning the weekend, the 38 deputies and two Alderney Representatives, who make up the States of Deliberation, will return to elect who sits on each of those committees. What happens to outgoing deputies? The 2025 election is the first one where deputies will receive one month's basic salary if they fail to be re-elected following a review of States members pay in eight deputies who have decided to stand down from their posts will not receive the who have not been re-elected will continue their duties until 1 July when the new deputies are sworn into office.
