Deputy’s suspension ends on second day of July meeting

The Guernsey Party candidate polled 6,615 votes in the 2020 general election, placing him 37th out of the 38 successful candidates.

However, he was suspended for one year last July after being found to have breached the code of conduct for States members. This followed his use of anonymised social media accounts which he later admitted had been ‘preternaturally stupid’.

He confirmed yesterday that he would be returning to the Assembly at the first opportunity, which will be at 9.30am on Thursday, when day two of the July meeting begins.

‘I’ve been following the debates closely over the last year,’ he said, ‘and I’ve been developing my own ideas, which I will voice in the next few days and months.’

The deferment of a number of items from the June meeting will mean that he will be likely to be able to contribute to most, if not all, of the July items, including the reinstatement of a reciprocal health agreement and the requete on building key worker housing beside the Duchess of Kent House.

‘I’ll be ready for whatever comes up,’ Deputy Le Tissier said.

Ironically, one of the items deferred from June will be a States’ Assembly and Constitution Committee proposal on the establishment of a commissioner for standards. Sacc will propose that the privileges panel be retained when the commissioner is appointed.

Deputy Le Tissier said he was undecided as to whether he would speak in that debate.

‘I do believe it’s a move in the right direction,’ he said, ‘but there’s a question as to whether it goes far enough.’

Having spoken with some fellow deputies, he said they were looking forward to seeing him back.

‘The time’s gone by quite quickly,’ he said.