‘£13m. in Seized Assets Fund should be used by the States’

Rob Prow, the former vice-president, was the sole nomination. He was proposed by Deputy Peter Ferbrache, with Deputy Andrea Dudley-Owen seconding.

He served for more than 40 years in what is now the Guernsey Border Agency, including as its head.

Deputy Prow said the Assembly needed to be more dynamic and timely in its decision-making.

Of the work of Home, he said a key workstream would be to produce a justice policy letter.

But Home Affairs by itself could not put things into practice and collaboration was essential in the form of collaborating with professionals, listening to the public, engaging with service users and close working with and commissioning the third sector.

‘Furthermore it must achieve cross-committee buy-in and support.

‘Home Affairs alone cannot reduce offending, develop restorative justice, better support and rehabilitate those who are convicted, tackle domestic abuse, identify and support people with mental health, substance addictions or other identified issues, and where it is in the interests of society divert them away form the criminal justice system.’

The island was due an International Monetary Fund inspection in 2022 and could not afford to fail it.

But although £1.5m. was allocated to this in the Policy & Resource Plan, no resolution about it had emerged.

He said that the money from Seized Assets should be put to use through the usual budget process. He said that Jersey had built a new police station with £9m. from its fund.

It could be used to develop the financial crime capabilities of the force, the fledgling justice policy and to help third sector organisations in harm reduction.