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Marc Laine

Vice-President, Committee for Economic Development

In the States since July 2025

Marc Laine

Marc Laine stood on a platform centred on economic growth, procurement reform, and practical solutions to housing and public services. He campaigned on the principle that stronger local economic management could reduce the need for unpopular measures such as GST, framing wealth generation and a fairer society as complementary goals.

Among his most significant pledges, Laine committed to radically overhauling government procurement to give greater weighting to local suppliers, treat economic impact as a core factor in contract decisions, and bring the States' IT support contract back to Guernsey. On housing, he proposed permitting sustainable modular self-builds on land currently unavailable for traditional development, with planning conditions designed to restrict resale and prevent speculative investment, keeping homes affordable and owner-occupied.

Laine also pledged to stabilise the sixth form college situation and minimise further disruption to students, and to address Aurigny's financial losses while acknowledging the difficulties of operating lifeline air routes. He supported efforts to reintroduce a Guernsey–Heathrow service. In the financial services sector, he promised fresh ideas to foster local innovation and leadership. He additionally called for Civil Service senior appointments to be made on merit rather than seniority.

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Amendments tabled

94%

States participation

246

States votes

Voted or took a side on 94% of 246 recorded votes on propositions and amendments in the States chamber since the start of this States term — procedural motions count alongside substantive policy votes, and abstaining or being absent both count against the rate. Committee meetings are counted separately, below.

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Record

Notable achievements

Sourced highlights from this deputy's time in the States - amendments tabled, debates led, initiatives championed.

  1. 01

    Elected Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development and appointed Digital/Innovation Lead.

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  2. 02

    Devised and is championing the "Guernsey Right to Build" scheme - off-island-built, custom-build homes roughly £200,000 cheaper than the local market.

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  3. 03

    Publicly called for stronger, clearer frameworks for appointing Guernsey Financial Services Commission commissioners.

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  4. 04

    Previously served as Deputy Minister for Commerce & Employment (2008-2012).

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Record

Amendments tabled

Every amendment this deputy has lodged with the States' Greffier, and what became of each. This is a record of what they proposed, not of how they voted, and it does not feed the kept-rate: an amendment the Assembly never reaches never produces a vote on its substance.

  • Amendment 3 · P.2025/143CarriedLodged 20 Jan 2026

    Government Work Plan 2026-2029 Amendment 3

    To insert a new proposition, as follows:

    To insert a new proposition, as follows: “Recognising the importance of a fit-for-purpose, accountable and high-performing leadership within the public service and supporting structures capable of delivering the Government Work Plan, and to enable political committees to exercise challenge, control and vision, to agree to mandate the Chief Executive, drawing on external expertise where appropriate, to lead a programme of organisational reform as a priority to deliver performance, culture and capability improvements across the public service, and to direct the publication of clear terms of reference, approved by the Policy & Resources Committee, and to further direct the Policy & Resources Committee to resource the programme as necessary to achieve these outcomes, reporting regularly on its progress to the States.”

    Carried by recorded vote, Pour 37, Contre 0, Ne vote pas 0. Taken on 28 Jan 2026. Co-proposed by Mark Helyar. Official filing →

Coverage

Media mentions

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Manifesto

Promises, and how they voted

Grouped by policy area. Each promise carries the recorded States votes that test it, and whether this deputy voted to deliver — open any vote for the motion and the reasoning. Where no recorded vote bears on a promise, an AI delivery verdict assesses progress against the public record.

Voted to deliverVoted againstAbsent or abstained

Housing & Planning

2 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will push to allow sustainable modular self-builds on currently off-limits land to ease housing pressures.

    “One option is to allow special sustainable self-builds using modern, low-impact technology on land currently off-limits to traditional housing, e.g., plots on the edge of domestic curtilage. These energy-efficient, owner-occupied modular homes would utilise modern technology foundations instead of concrete, reducing environmental impact, speeding up delivery and dramatically cutting costs.”

    HousingPlanning And DevelopmentEnvironment And Climate
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Deputy Laine publicly launched the 'Guernsey Right to Build' scheme in May 2026, proposing modular custom-build homes manufactured off-island and erected on pre-approved sites at significantly reduced cost, broadly aligned with his manifesto promise. By 25 May 2026, the Housing Committee President expressed support for a small-scale pilot to test the concept, and officials were being asked to work up the scheme's details. However, as of August 2026, Laine was still publicly pressing the case for wider political commitment via opinion articles, and no formal States approval, planning policy amendment unlocking off-limits/curtilage land, or confirmed pilot site had been reported.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will pursue planning conditions to restrict resale and prevent speculation on modular self-build plots.

    “To ensure affordability, plot prices must reflect the restricted use and sustainable status of the builds. This could be done through planning conditions or land-use rules that restrict resale, prevent speculative investment, and lock in the self-build purpose.”

    HousingPlanning And Development
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    By May 2026, Deputy Laine had developed and publicly unveiled his 'Guernsey Right to Build' scheme, which explicitly included anti-speculation provisions — the proposal incorporated a capital gains tax of up to 100% on early resale of plots, set over a 20-year glide slope, to prevent plot-flipping. He circulated the scheme to all States members and formally requested the Housing Committee instruct officials to develop the fine details. The Housing Committee president expressed support for a small-scale pilot in May 2026, but as of August 2026 Laine was still publicly urging greater government action, indicating no planning conditions restricting resale had yet been formally enacted or approved by the States.

Education & Families

1 promise · 0 kept

No recorded States vote bears on this area yet.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will work to stabilise the sixth form college situation and avoid further disruption to students.

    “Education Reform - Delays in constructing the new sixth form college led to temporary arrangements - we just need to get to a stable state and avoid more disruption to our students.”

    Education
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedhigh confidence

    Deputy Laine was assigned to the Development & Planning Authority (DPA) as Vice-President after taking office in July 2025, with no role on the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture responsible for the sixth form. Far from stabilisation, the situation deteriorated: students who moved to La Mare de Carteret in September 2025 immediately complained of unhygienic conditions, the previously hoped one-year temporary stay has extended to at least 2029, and in February 2026 ESC scrapped plans to even lay foundations for a permanent new Sixth Form Centre at Les Ozouets. No evidence was found of Deputy Laine taking any specific action towards this promise.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 24 Jun 2026·The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2026 — Pour36-0Carried

      Motion put to the States: The States are asked to decide:- Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Ordinance entitled ''The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 (Commencement) Ordinance, 2026'' and to direct that the same shall have effect as an Ordinance of the States.

      The Commencement Ordinance bringing the Education Amendment Law into force is part of implementing education governance reforms that bear on stabilising the sixth form college situation.

      Official voting record →

    • 25 Sept 2025·The Education (Governance Boards) Ordinance, 2025 — Pour33-2Carried

      Motion put to the States: Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Ordinance entitled "The Education (Governance Boards) Ordinance, 2025" and to direct that the same shall have effect as an Ordinance of the States subject to amendments below: In section 1 - in the section heading for "Constitution" substitute "Purpose and constitution", and after subsection (1), insert – "(1A)The purpose of the governance board of a relevant educational establishment is to – (a)contribute to and promote the ethos and strategic direction of the establishment, (b)hold the headteacher and management to account in respect of safeguarding, educational standards, attendance, staff performance and professional development, (c)hold the headteacher and management to account in respect of the use of financial and other resources by the establishment, and (d)facilitate and promote the giving of effective and appropriate communication from parents, staff, learners and the community to the headteacher and management of the establishment.", (c)in subsection (2)(b) for "four" substitute "five", (d)at the end of subsection (2)(d) insert "and", and at the end of subsection (2)(e) for ", and" substitute ".", (e)delete subsection (2)(f), (f)in subsection (3)(b) for "six" substitute "seven", (g)at the end of subsection (3)(d) insert "and", and at the end of subsection (3)(e) for ", and" substitute ".", and (h)delete subsection (3)(f).". To delete Clause 4(7) and replace with the following Clause: “4 (7)The Director of Education (or a person nominated by the Director of Education for this purpose) may attend one meeting of each governance board each academic year, or more frequently only at the – invitation of that governance board, or the direction of the Committee, where the Committee has reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a material failure in governance, safeguarding, financial management, or compliance with applicable law or policy, and has recorded such grounds in writing.

      The Education (Governance Boards) Ordinance establishes governance structures for educational institutions, which bears on the promise to stabilise the sixth form college situation.

      Official voting record →

    • 03 Sept 2025·Education Governance Board Sursis — Absent7-27Lost

      Motion put to the States: To sursis consideration of the Projet de Loi entitled ‘The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025’ and to direct the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture to return to the States with a revised Projet de Loi which— 1. revises and limits the Committee’s regulation-making powers ensuring that powers in respect of the constitution, powers and functions of Governance Boards vest clearly in the States of Deliberation by Ordinance and that the said regulation-making powers remain in-keeping with the scope envisaged by the Policy Letter, being to permit “operational changes to elements of the governance framework” to be made by the Committee for operational efficacy; and 2. sets out in full the proposed constitutional terms of reference of the Governance Boards, including their objectives, responsibilities and delegated and/or devolved powers, to apply from the commencement of the Law.

      A motion to sursis the Education Amendment Law and force revisions could delay education reform and create further disruption to students, working against the promise to stabilise the sixth form situation.

      Official voting record →

    • 03 Sept 2025·The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025 — Absent32-2Carried

      Motion put to the States: Whether they are of the opinion to approve the draft Projet de Loi entitled "The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law, 2025", and to authorise the Bailiff to present a most humble petition to His Majesty praying for His Royal Sanction thereto.

      The Education (Guernsey) (Amendment) Law touches on the governance and structure of education, which indirectly bears on stabilising the sixth form college situation the deputy promised to address.

      Official voting record →

Economy, Tax & Cost of Living

6 promises · 1 kept

4recorded votes

4 Contre

  • Keptconditional

    Candidate will focus on economic growth and fairness to avoid the worst of GST.

    “FAIR SOCIETY - My focus is on wealth generation and a fairer society that leaves nobody behind; only if we can boost the economy fairly can we avoid the worst of GST”

    Editorially assessed— the voting record alone reads broken

    2026-08-20: reverted to kept pending review. The pledge is a conditional forecast ("only if we can boost the economy fairly"), which is hard to fairly test against yes/no divisions - not confident "broken" is a fair read of a promise this soft.

    Tax And GstEconomy And BusinessPublic Finances

    4 recorded votes test this promise

    4 Contre
    • 17 Jul 2026✗Amendment 19 — Contre, voted against delivering7-30Lost

      Motion put to the States: At the end of Proposition 1 insert the words “, subject to excluding the following: “a) the introduction of a goods and services tax; b) the changes to social security contributions; c) the introduction of new, and changes to, transport taxes”.

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This amendment would exclude GST from the tax reform package altogether, directly bearing on the conditional promise to avoid the worst of GST.

      Why this counts against the promise: Deputy Marc Laine, who promised voters he would focus on fairness and boosting the economy to avoid the worst of GST, voted Contre on 17 July 2026 on a motion that would have excluded the introduction of a goods and services tax from consideration, a vote that works against delivering his stated commitment to avoid GST.

      Official voting record →

    • 16 Jul 2026✗Amendment 14 — Contre, voted against delivering15-23Lost

      Motion put to the States: To delete Propositions 1 to 3 and substitute therefor: “1.To agree that neither the proposed Goods and Services Tax nor the associated Income Tax and Social Security contribution reforms detailed in the Policy Letter shall be introduced as part of the Tax Reform Programme. 2.To agree that the proposed Transport Taxes shall proceed as set out in this Policy Letter at Paragraph 9.7 and as more specifically described therein. 3.To agree that the proposed Corporate Tax amendments shall proceed as set out in Paragraph 9.21 of this Policy Letter and as more specifically described therein, excepting that at the third bullet point of paragraph 9.21, the term “ISE” shall be substituted with “Corporate Levy” (and this substitution shall take effect wherever relevant). 4.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to develop and bring before the States proposals, for implementation on the same timetable as the tax measures proposed in this Policy Letter where reasonably practicable, for the introduction of a Corporate Levy payable by registered Guernsey companies, having regard to the work previously undertaken by the Tax Review Sub-Committee, and including consideration of whether such levy should comprise: a fixed annual levy payable by each registered company; a levy differentiated according to the size or scale of the undertaking, including consideration of whether existing company classifications may provide an appropriate and proportionate basis for differentiation; or such other structure as the Committee considers best achieves the objectives of fairness, administrative simplicity and efficient revenue collection. 5.To direct the Committee for Economic Development, in consultation with the Policy & Resources Committee, to develop and bring before the States, on the same timetable where reasonably practicable, proposals for the introduction of a Visitor Levy in accordance with the extant States Resolution, with all revenues arising from such levy to be paid into the General Revenue Account and not hypothecated for expenditure by any particular Committee or industry sector. 6.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to revise the implementation programme and associated implementation budget for Tax Reform to reflect the removal of the proposed Goods and Services Tax and associated Income Tax and Social Security contribution reforms, including the consequential reduction in implementation cost, implementation activity, systems development, staffing and administrative requirements. 7. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to return to the States with: 1. a revised implementation programme; 2. a revised implementation budget; 3. revised estimates of one-off implementation costs; 4. revised estimates of ongoing administration costs; 5. revised estimates of annual recurring revenues; and 6. revised staffing assumptions, reflecting the alternative package approved under this Proposition within a period that results in the States being capable of meeting the proposed implementation timetable as proposed within the Policy Letter. 8.To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to return to the States with an assurance review in 2030 as set out in section 12 of the Policy Letter, the scope of which shall be adjusted, where necessary, to take account of the removal of GST and Social Security measures from the package under these proposals and the application of those measures considered herein.”.

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This amendment would have agreed neither GST nor the associated social security reforms be introduced, a direct test of the promise to avoid GST.

      Why this counts against the promise: Deputy Marc Laine, who promised voters he would focus on economic fairness and avoiding the worst of GST, voted Contre on 16 July 2026 on a motion that would have removed GST from the Tax Reform Programme, a vote that worked against delivering his own manifesto commitment to avoid that outcome.

      Official voting record →

    • 16 Jul 2026✗Amendment 2 — Contre, voted against delivering10-28Lost

      Motion put to the States: To delete all propositions and to substitute therefor: “1.To agree a goods and services tax shall not be introduced, and: (i) to rescind Resolution I. 1B. and Resolution I. 1C. of Billet d’Etat No. XIX dated 14th October, 2024 made on 8th November 2024; and (ii) to direct the Policy & Resources Committee to cease all preparations for the introduction of any goods and services tax.”.

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This July 2026 amendment would have agreed that GST shall not be introduced and ceased all GST work, directly testing the conditional promise to avoid GST unless economic growth conditions were met.

      Why this counts against the promise: Deputy Marc Laine campaigned on avoiding "the worst of GST" and building a fairer society, yet on 16 July 2026 he voted Contre a motion that would have prohibited the introduction of a goods and services tax altogether, a vote that works against delivering his own promise to voters.

      Official voting record →

    • 26 Feb 2026✗Amendment 1 — Contre, voted against delivering5-31Lost

      Motion put to the States: To delete all propositions and to substitute therefor: “1. To agree a goods and services tax shall not be introduced, and: (i) to rescind Resolution I. 1B. and Resolution I. 1C. of Billet d’Etat No. XIX dated 14th October, 2024 made on 8th November 2024; and (ii) to direct the Policy & Resources Committee to cease all preparations for the introduction of any goods and services tax.”. View this proposition's information page on gov.gg

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This amendment would have agreed that a goods and services tax shall not be introduced and ceased all work on GST, directly bearing on the conditional promise to avoid GST if economic growth could not be fairly achieved.

      Why this counts against the promise: Deputy Marc Laine campaigned on focusing on economic growth and fairness to avoid the worst of GST, yet on 26 February 2026 he voted Contre the motion to prohibit the introduction of a goods and services tax and halt all preparations for it, a vote that works against delivering his own manifesto promise to voters.

      Official voting record →

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 15 Jul 2026·Amendment 3 — Contre14-25Lost

      Motion put to the States: To delete the propositions and substitute therefor: 1. To direct the States Assembly and Constitution Committee to return to the States at its meeting on 21st October 2026 with arrangements for the holding (under the provisions of the relevant legislation) of a referendum on Tax reform. 2. To direct the Committee to agree that the question to be put to the electorate in the referendum shall be in a binary form along the following lines: “Do you support the introduction of a GST (goods and services tax)? Yes or No.”.

      A motion to put tax reform to a referendum bears on the conditional aspect of the promise - public consent being one way to test whether conditions for GST are met.

      Official voting record →

    • 26 Feb 2026·Proposition 3 — Pour23-14Carried

      Motion put to the States: 3. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to give detailed consideration to the requirement for a two-thirds parliamentary majority to approve any future increase in the rate of GST, and present this for consideration by the States in the second quarter of 2026.

      Directing consideration of a two-thirds majority requirement for future GST rate increases is a safeguard/mitigation within the GST package, touching on the promise's concern about GST fairness.

      Official voting record →

    • 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour30-4Carried

      Motion put to the States: 2. To agree to classify the following workstreams as super priorities for the duration of this political term to deliver sustainable economic growth, and direct the Committees of the States to treat their work contributing to these workstreams as their highest priority: • Decide and deliver tax reform, • Clear and commence site development at Leale’s Yard, • Agree and advance a sustainable health and care system, • Shape and strengthen the focus on early years and families, and • Determine and design future harbour requirements.

      This motion established sustainable economic growth as a super-priority, which is the mechanism by which the deputy promised to avoid the worst of GST.

      Official voting record →

    • 30 Jan 2026·Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour32-1Carried

      Motion put to the States: To agree that maintaining and strengthening the Island’s economic capacity is fundamental to the successful delivery of the Government Work Plan and to note the following, which should be included in the consolidated version of the Government Work Plan to be published on gov.gg: “Economic development, competitiveness and productivity are enabling conditions which underpin the delivery of all super priorities set out in this Plan, rather than representing a discrete policy area or a competing objective. Economic growth, resilience or recovery (termed depending on prevailing financial conditions) materially strengthens the Island’s ability to fund public services, invest in infrastructure and meet community needs over time whilst actively promoting innovation. Economic development should therefore be regarded as a cross-cutting consideration informing prioritisation, sequencing and delivery decisions across the Government Work Plan. Responsibility for supporting economic development and long-term economic capacity is a whole-of-government responsibility. While specific policy levers may sit with individual committees, the economic consequences of decisions are shared across government and should be considered accordingly in the delivery of all super priorities.

      This motion to agree that strengthening economic capacity is fundamental to the Work Plan directly touches the economic growth aspect of the conditional promise to boost the economy to avoid GST.

      Official voting record →

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will radically reform government procurement to fully weigh economic impact on local economy.

    “my mission will be to radically change government procurement and to use it as an economic lever where the impact on the economy is fully weighed on procurement decisions.”

    Economy And BusinessPublic Sector ReformPublic Finances
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Deputy Laine co-proposed and carried Amendment 3 to the Government Work Plan 2026–2029 (P.2025/143 Amdt 3, January 2026), which sought to add public sector reform — including a root-and-branch review of how procurement is handled — as a term-level priority alongside civil service restructuring. However, no dedicated procurement policy letter, consultation, or revised weighting framework for local economic impact had been published as of July 2026; the operative procurement framework remained the 2020 Procurement Policy. In July 2026 Laine was elected Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development (as Digital/Innovation Lead), a role adjacent to but not directly responsible for procurement policy, meaning substantive reform of procurement criteria remains work in progress.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 25 Feb 2026·Proposition 3 — Pour32-3Carried

      Motion put to the States: 3. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to work with the States’ Trading Supervisory Board and the States of Alderney to ensure best value is achieved. View this proposition's information page on gov.gg

      Directing P&R to work with the STSB to ensure best value on the Alderney runway procurement touches on the principle of rigorous procurement value assessment the deputy committed to, though it is a specific project rather than a systemic reform.

      Official voting record →

  • No recorded voteaspirational

    Candidate commits to fighting for innovation, leadership and opportunity for Guernsey if elected.

    “I will fight to deliver the innovation, leadership and opportunity our island deserves.”

    Economy And BusinessGovernance And Constitution
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    Since taking office in July 2025, Deputy Laine has accumulated a series of formal roles directly aligned with his manifesto pledge. By July 2026 he had been appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development and designated Digital/Innovation Lead (gov.gg, 3 July 2026), and separately served as IT adviser to Policy & Resources Committee, publicly challenging the States' governance failures around a £42m IT waste scandal (Guernsey Press, December 2025). Most recently, as VP of Economic Development, he spearheaded an initiative to transfer leadership of Guernsey's Digital Greenhouse innovation hub to private/voluntary sector operators (Island FM, August 2026), directly enacting his stated vision. These are active steps consistent with the promise, but the term is still early and the broader outcomes — strengthened economy, sustained innovation — remain works in progress.

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will push to radically overhaul government procurement to favour local firms.

    “I want to radically overhaul the procurement process to favour local firms and keep our economy strong.”

    Economy And BusinessPublic Sector ReformPublic Finances
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    As of August 2026, no evidence was found of Deputy Laine initiating or driving a formal overhaul of States procurement policy to favour local firms. He was appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development in July 2026, with a Digital and Innovation remit rather than procurement, and no policy letter, States proposition, or consultation specifically addressing a procurement reform agenda had been lodged or reported. The only relevant ED local-procurement initiative on record dates from January 2021, well before Laine took office.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 25 Feb 2026·Proposition 3 — Pour32-3Carried

      Motion put to the States: 3. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to work with the States’ Trading Supervisory Board and the States of Alderney to ensure best value is achieved. View this proposition's information page on gov.gg

      The best-value direction for the Alderney airport procurement tangentially relates to the promise to overhaul procurement to favour local value, though it does not address local firm preference specifically.

      Official voting record →

  • No recorded votedirectional

    Candidate will push for higher weighting for local suppliers in States procurement and streamlined low-value tenders.

    “LOCAL SUPPLIERS - The States must adopt a higher weighting for local suppliers to support the local economy, and streamline low value tenders”

    Economy And BusinessPublic Sector Reform
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictNot yet testedmedium confidence

    No evidence was found of Deputy Laine having introduced, sponsored, or secured a States proposition, policy letter, or formal amendment to the 2020 Procurement Policy to raise the weighting for local suppliers or streamline low-value tenders. As of July 2026, gov.gg's procurement portal still cited the 2020 Procurement Policy as operative. Laine was elected Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development in July 2026, a role that could in future provide a platform for this work, but no procurement-specific action attributable to him was recorded in Hansard or authoritative Guernsey media during his first year in office.

    Related votes (shown for context; too partial or indirect to count towards the score)

    • 25 Feb 2026·Proposition 3 — Pour32-3Carried

      Motion put to the States: 3. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to work with the States’ Trading Supervisory Board and the States of Alderney to ensure best value is achieved. View this proposition's information page on gov.gg

      Directing best value on a public procurement project is a low-level connection to the promise to ensure higher weighting for local suppliers in States procurement.

      Official voting record →

  • No recorded voteaspirational

    Candidate will introduce new ideas to foster innovation and local leadership in Guernsey's financial services sector.

    “I have a raft of new ideas that will breathe new life into the industry and foster local innovation and leadership, and rebuild pride in this critical sector.”

    Economy And Business
    No recorded vote - delivery verdictIn progressmedium confidence

    By July 2026, Deputy Laine had been appointed Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development and named Digital/Innovation Lead (gov.gg, 3 July 2026), placing him in a direct institutional position to pursue his manifesto goal of fostering innovation and local leadership in financial services. Under the Committee's oversight, the Finance Sector Growth Strategy 2035 — Guernsey's first unified roadmap for financial services growth — was published in Q1 2026 (Mourant, April 2026; The Quarry, July 2026), and the GFSC's Digital Finance Initiative was launched, covering blockchain, tokenisation and an Innovation Sandbox. However, as of late August 2026, Laine was still seeking expressions of interest for a new private-sector operator for the Digital Greenhouse innovation hub, indicating that the broader innovation-leadership agenda remains a work in progress rather than fully delivered.

Infrastructure & Environment

3 promises · 0 kept

No recorded States vote bears on this area yet.

Governance & Public Services

1 promise · 1 kept

2recorded votes

2 Pour

  • Keptdirectional

    Candidate will push to ensure the Civil Service leadership team is appointed on merit rather than seniority.

    “I want to ensure that he can have the best management team based on merit, not time served.”

    Public Sector ReformGovernance And Constitution

    2 recorded votes test this promise

    2 Pour
    • 30 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver34-1Carried

      Motion put to the States: Recognising the importance of a fit-for-purpose, accountable and high-performing leadership within the public service and supporting structures capable of delivering the Government Work Plan, and to enable political committees to exercise challenge, control and vision, to agree to mandate the Chief Executive, drawing on external expertise where appropriate, to lead a programme of organisational reform as a priority to deliver performance, culture and capability improvements across the public service, and to direct the publication of clear terms of reference, approved by the Policy & Resources Committee, and to further direct the Policy & Resources Committee to resource the programme as necessary to achieve these outcomes, reporting regularly on its progress to the States.

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This motion directs the Chief Executive to draw on best practices for civil service leadership, which materially bears on the promise to ensure civil service leadership is appointed and developed on merit rather than seniority.

      Official voting record →

    • 28 Jan 2026✓Government Work Plan 2026-2029 — Pour, voted to deliver37-0Carried

      Motion put to the States: To insert a new proposition, as follows: “Recognising the importance of a fit-for-purpose, accountable and high-performing leadership within the public service and supporting structures capable of delivering the Government Work Plan, and to enable political committees to exercise challenge, control and vision, to agree to mandate the Chief Executive, drawing on external expertise where appropriate, to lead a programme of organisational reform as a priority to deliver performance, culture and capability improvements across the public service, and to direct the publication of clear terms of reference, approved by the Policy & Resources Committee, and to further direct the Policy & Resources Committee to resource the programme as necessary to achieve these outcomes, reporting regularly on its progress to the States.”

      Voting Pour delivers this

      This motion mandates the Chief Executive to put in place a fit-for-purpose, high-performing civil service leadership structure, directly relevant to the promise about merit-based civil service leadership.

      Official voting record →

Committee work

Committee meeting attendance

How often this deputy attended their committees' meetings, in full or in part, over each reported period.

Guernsey stopped requiring committees to compile and publish member attendance in 2022, reasoning that electronic voting already showed who was present for each vote. These figures are not an official States dataset - they are attendance records the Guernsey Press obtained directly from the States on request and published in full. See References for both source articles.

Since 1 January 2026

Guernsey Press, 04 Aug 2026 →
  • Economic Development100%

    Attended in full or in part, as a share of the meetings held while on the committee. The committee met 26 times in this period.

    On the committee from 24 June 2026.

Voting record

Recent recorded votes

This deputy's most recent votes in the States of Deliberation's electronic voting record, regardless of whether they relate to a manifesto promise.

  • Rule 26(1) Motion (* P.2026/49 Amdt 23 )

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Rule 26(1) Motion (* )

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Schedule for Future States' Business

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Amendment 23

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Contre

  • Motion to Suspend under Art 7

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Amendment 24

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Amendment 25

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Motion to suspend

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Amendment 19

    17 Jul 2026 · lost

    Contre

  • Motion to Suspend under Art 7

    17 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

  • Motion to Suspend Rule 17A under Article 7 Reform Law

    17 Jul 2026 · lost

    Contre

  • Rule 24(6) Motion on Amendment 18

    16 Jul 2026 · carried

    Pour

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