FOUR years after a revised staff number limitation policy was introduced, it is still not clear whether it has worked.

STATES departments are failing to communicate with the public, the Scrutiny Committee has said.

DISRUPTIVE students are being repeatedly excluded from school because Education is not adequately addressing the reasons behind their bad behaviour, the Scrutiny Committee has found.

GUERNSEY’S proposed new population management regime could leave the island vulnerable to challenges under human rights laws, the Scrutiny Committee has warned.

In this column yesterday, we drew attention to the shortcomings of the Legislation Select Committee as an element of scrutiny. Today in the Guernsey Press the chairman of that committee makes the same point: ‘We’re not really a parliamentary committee, we are a proofreading committee…’.

PUBLICATION of the House of Commons Justice Committee’s report on the Crown Dependencies has generally been beneficial for the island’s autonomy but one area which actually seeks to extend it needs to be treated with caution.

GIVEN the current interest in the way that the island’s planning service handles at least some applications that come before it, the involvement of the Scrutiny Committee in its performance is also revealing.

A DEPUTY has been shocked to learn of an anticipated 33% increase within two years in States spending on consultants.

BUSINESSES representing all sectors of the economy are being asked to help the Scrutiny Committee with its public review on vandalism.

PUBLIC services admitted yesterday that it has no idea when it will stop sewage contaminating local beaches.