Thursday 30 June 2011

Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Ridgway

Jersey's lieutenant governor has told the States that politicians lost sight of the needs of the victims in the historic abuse inquiry.




Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Ridgway gave a final address to the States.



The speech was only the second time he has addressed the States Chamber, the first was when he arrived in the island in 2006.



He was retiring on Thursday after five years in office and is moving to Devon with his wife Lady Valerie Ridgway.



'Low point'



 Sir Andrew revealed the historic abuse inquiry at Haut de la Garenne had been one of the most testing times during his time in office.



He said life in the island had reached a low point during that time.





Sir Andrew said the historic abuse inquiry was one of the most testing times during his five year term Sir Andrew told States members it had been a challenge to make sure that authorities in the UK understood what was actually going on as opposed to what they were reading about in the press.



He said: "When everyone should have been focused on that they were diverted away by these extraordinary allegations of mass murders and people attempting to exploit the situation for political purposes.



"I think that was a great shame because it distracted from the real effort, which was caring for the people who had been abused all those years ago."



Also during his farewell address, Sir Andrew said politicians should conduct themselves with more common courtesy in the States.




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Monday 27 June 2011

Mr Harper on Jersey Radio this Morning.
















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Monday 20 June 2011

Gradwell Leaked report.

Question's to the Home Affair's Minister.








Deputy Trevor Pitman ask's a Question.



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Thursday 9 June 2011

Question 3, 15 & Question Time for our Chief Minister.

Question
 3. The Deputy of St. Martin will ask the following question of the Minister for Health and Social Services –


“Given that a hospital Consultant and 2 Middle Grade doctors have performed no clinical work since October 2006, December 2008, and August 2009 respectively, and that a fourth Middle Grade doctor is undertaking restricted duties only, will the Minister state how many different locum doctors have been employed to do the work of the 4 affected doctors, and what is the cost of these locums to date?”













Question
15. The Deputy of St. Mary will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

“Would the Chief Minister confirm whether FG Hemisphere is using the courts in Jersey to enforce debt repayments by the Democratic Republic of Congo in a way which has just been outlawed by the UK Parliament and, if so, does the CM think it is appropriate for the Jersey courts to be used in this way, and what actions, if any, has he taken and does he propose to take on this matter?”











(c) – Questions to Ministers without notice (30 minutes) –



2nd question period – Chief Minister


Wednesday 8 June 2011

Question's with out Answer's !


5. Senator J.L. Perchard will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –


“As Chairman of the States Employment Board, what action, if any will the Chief Minister be taking to limit the level of payment granted in a severance package to any employee of the States of Jersey who, for whatever reason, is leaving their position?”









18. Deputy T.M. Pitman of St. Helier will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

“Will the Chief Minister clarify the exact sums paid as ‘golden handshakes’ to two civil servants, clarify who was paid which sum and explain why such large payments were considered justified?”








20. The Deputy of St. Martin will ask the following question of the Chief Minister –

“Will the Chief Minister inform Members of the cost of the investigation into my serious complaint against a senior civil servant and given that the Wiltshire Report was put into the public domain, will the Investigator's Report be made public and if not, why not?”