ANOTHER political board is set to open up its decision-making process. The House Committee has decided to allow the media to cover its work and will write to ministers and chairman to urge them to follow suit.

Public Services led the way under former minister Bill Bell when it asked the media to attend its waste meetings – a practice that will continue under his successor, Deputy Bernard Flouquet. During its first meeting, the House Committee mapped out a series of initiatives it wanted to pursue, including producing a report recommending how to implement some form of island-wide voting.

‘We’re keen to see more openness in respect of departments and committees,’ said House Committee chairman Ivan Rihoy (pictured).

‘We will be writing to all departments and committees expressing our wish that they consider opening their meetings to the public through the media. Then it’s up to them to decide what they feel is appropriate. At least we can show we’re an open and transparent government. In order to lead by example, the committee has decided that, probably not the next meeting but the one after that, we will have the media there.’