What now for senior committee?
A MOTION of no confidence in the Policy & Resources Committee appears ever more likely now as the brief burst of interest over a potential snap general election fades.
It’s thought possible that the prospects of an election may come off the table altogether in the next couple of days.
If Deputy Charles Parkinson finds the support he needs – though the direct support he might have expected is proving strangely elusive, he hinted yesterday – the committee will be called upon to consider its own position and if it fails to jump, then the States will have the ultimate say.
But if there is a new Policy & Resources Committee, and a new leader of that committee, what could we expect them to do?
Would they be effectively caretakers, simply there to allow other committees to make more progress on their own mandates?
Or would they seek to use the ‘free hit’ of an 18-month term of office to enthusiastically pursue some results in at least one part of the committee’s broad mandate – even if that is unlikely to be another revisiting of taxation and balancing future finances?
Ultimately, members will have to decide if they see a motion of no confidence as some kind of punishment beating, or a chance to put factionalism aside and make some kind of fresh start.