EDUCATION minister Carol Steere would like a full wheelchair service, but will not support the requete calling for one.

Deputy Steere (pictured) acknowledged reasons the service was necessary and would be of particular benefit to disabled children in education, but said she disagreed with the principle of debating projects in isolation by bringing requetes to the States as Deputy Mike Hadley has done this month.

‘I am not keen on the States micromanaging departments in this way. Tomorrow it could be Education that is told it must do this or that when other members may not know all implications,’ she said.

The Policy Council has also warned against debating projects in isolation in the Billet.

‘I believe we must let departments prioritise and manage their services,’ said Deputy Steere.

‘The issue of the wheelchair service is one of those that we really need to progress, but we are in a time of very many things to push forward and we must prioritise.’

While she respected Deputy Hadley, she thought he and his supporters should have waited a little longer.