Policy & Resources Committee
{{Short description|Committee in Guernsey}}
{{Hatnote|"Government of Guernsey" redirects here. For the executive body that governs the Bailiwick, see States of Guernsey. This article is about the modern committee, for the previous committee, see Policy Council of Guernsey.}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey
| type = committee
| logo = Guernsey P&RC logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption =
| logo_alt = Logo of the Policy and Resources Committee
| formed = {{Start date and age|2016|5|1|df=y}}
| preceding1 = Policy Council
| jurisdiction = States of Guernsey
| headquarters = Sir Charles Frossard House, La Charroterie, St. Peter Port, GY1 1FH
| employees = 5
| chief1_name = Lindsay de Sausmarez
| chief1_position = President
| chief2_name = Gavin St Pier
| chief2_position = Vice-President
| website = {{URL|https://www.gov.gg/article/152833/Policy--Resources|Policy and Resources Committee}}
}}
{{Politics of Guernsey}}
The Policy & Resources Committee is the Senior Committee of the system of government in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It was created on 1 May 2016 to replace the Policy Council of Guernsey.
Guernsey generally operates a system of government by committees and consensus. There were no registered political parties until 2020. The States of Deliberation is both parliament and executive, but it delegates most of its executive functions to policy-specific committees, which are known as the six principal committees, each of which is run by five political members, all of whom have equal voting power.
Objectives
To provide advice for the States of Guernsey, to develop policies and programmes and to implement such policies when approved relating to:
- Leadership and co-ordination of the work of the States
- Fiscal policy, economic affairs and the financial and other resources of the States
- External relations and international and constitutional affairs
- Other matters which have been delegated to the Committee
Committee
The committee is elected by States Deputies until the next general election.{{cite web |url=http://www.islandfm.com/policy-resources-elections-today/ |title=Policy and Resources Elections today |publisher=Island FM |date=6 May 2016}} The next election will be in June 2025.{{cite web |title=Elections & Electoral Roll |url=https://www.gov.gg/elections |access-date=15 December 2023}}
The current committee comprises a president and four members.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-36225833 |title= Guernsey Policy and Resources Committee chosen |publisher=BBC |date=6 May 2016}}
The president of the committee is the de facto head of government of Guernsey and may be given the title Chief Minister. The vice president may also use the title Deputy Chief Minister.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-18|title=P&R To Use Old Titles|url=https://www.islandfm.com/53486-2/|access-date=2020-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218150842/https://www.islandfm.com/53486-2/|archive-date=18 February 2019}}
One person in the committee is nominated as Lead Person for External Affairs; the title Minister for External Affairs is sometimes used.
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!Portfolio !Deputy !Appointed !Title !Notes |
| President
|1 July 2025 |Chief Minister |
| Vice President
|5 July 2025 |Deputy Chief Minister | {{cite web |title=Gavin St Pier back on Guernsey's top political committee as vice-president |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2025-07-05/gavin-st-pier-returns-to-guernseys-top-political-committee-as-vice-president |date=2025-07-05 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=ITV}} |
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|2 July 2025 | |
| Charles Parkinson
|2 July 2025 | |
| Steve Falla
|2 July 2025 | |
| Head of the Public Service
|Mark De Garis |13 July 2022 | | |
=Election=
The 40 States Deputies hold an election to determine the President, with successive rounds of voting continuing until an outright winner is elected. All candidates having to be proposed and seconded.
Shortly afterwards, the newly elected president may name his preferred committee members, however it is the votes of the States Deputies that elect the remaining four committee members. All candidates having to be proposed and seconded.
A lost vote to a motion of "no confidence" in the committee results in the immediate resignation of the President and Members of the Policy & Resources Committee, the States of Deliberation having no confidence in the said Committee{{cite web |title=Motion of No Confidence in the Policy & Resources Committee |url=https://www.gov.gg/article/198401/Motion-of-No-Confidence-in-the-Policy--Resources-Committee |access-date=15 December 2023}} and will result in an immediate election of first a new President and then the new committee members.
=Avoidance of conflict of interest=
No person on the Committee may be a president or member of the six principal committees, or of the Scrutiny Management Committee, the Development & Planning Authority, or the Transport Licensing Authority.{{cite web |url= https://www.gov.gg/article/152833/Policy--Resources |title= Policy & Resources |date= 15 April 2016 |publisher=States of Guernsey}}
=Six principal committees=
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- Committee for Economic Development
- Committee for Health & Social Care
- Committee for Education, Sport & Culture
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- Committee for Employment & Social Security
- Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure
- Committee for Home Affairs
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Civil servants
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.gov.gg/article/152833/Policy—Resources States of Guernsey – Policy & Resources Committee]
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