Policy and Resources Committee of Guernsey

Committee overview
Formed	1 May 2016; 9 years ago (2016-05-01)
Preceding committee	Policy Council
Jurisdiction	States of Guernsey
Headquarters	Sir Charles Frossard House, La Charroterie,St. Peter Port, GY1 1FH
Employees	5
Committee executives	Lindsay de Sausmarez,President Gavin St Pier, Vice-President
Website	Policy and Resources Committee

Politics of Guernsey
The Crown Duke of Normandy KingCharles III Lieutenant Governor Lieutenant GeneralRichard CripwellKBE CB
Government President of the Policy and Resources Committee Lindsay de Sausmarez
Legislature Bailiff Richard McMahon
Judiciary Law of Guernsey Crown Officers Jurat Courts of Guernsey
Administrative divisions Parishes
Elections Deputies Political parties Last election
Foreign policy Foreign relations
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ThePolicy & Resources Committee is the Senior Committee of the system of government in theBailiwick of Guernsey. It was created on 1 May 2016 to replace thePolicy Council of Guernsey.

Guernsey generally operates a system of government by committees and consensus. There were no registeredpolitical parties until 2020. The States of Deliberation is both parliament and executive, but it delegates most of its executive functions to policy-specific committees, which are known as the six principal committees, each of which is run by five political members, all of whom have equal voting power.

To provide advice for theStates of Guernsey, to develop policies and programmes and to implement such policies when approved relating to:^[1]

• Leadership and co-ordination of the work of the States
• Fiscal policy, economic affairs and the financial and other resources of the States
• External relations and international and constitutional affairs
• Other matters which have been delegated to the Committee

The committee is elected by States Deputies until the next general election.^[2] The next election will be in June 2025.^[3]

The current committee comprises apresident and four members.^[4]

The president of the committee is thede facto head of government of Guernsey and may be given the titleChief Minister. The vice president may also use the titleDeputy Chief Minister.^[5]

One person in the committee is nominated asLead Person for External Affairs;^[1] the titleMinister for External Affairs is sometimes used.

The 40 States Deputies hold an election to determine thePresident, with successive rounds of voting continuing until an outright winner is elected. All candidates having to be proposed and seconded.

Shortly afterwards, the newly elected president may name his preferred committee members, however it is the votes of the States Deputies that elect the remaining four committee members. All candidates having to be proposed and seconded.

A lost vote to a motion of "no confidence" in the committee results in the immediate resignation of the President and Members of the Policy & Resources Committee, the States of Deliberation having no confidence in the said Committee^[10] and will result in an immediate election of first a new President and then the new committee members.

No person on the Committee may be a president or member of the six principal committees, or of the Scrutiny Management Committee, the Development & Planning Authority, or the Transport Licensing Authority.^[1]

The Policy and Resources Committee is assisted by key civil servants:^[1]

• Politics of Guernsey
• List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies
• Council of Ministers of the Isle of Man
• Council of Ministers of Jersey

• States of Guernsey – Policy & Resources Committee

• Executive branches of government
• Government of Guernsey
• 2016 establishments in Guernsey
• Cabinets of Crown Dependencies

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