Marc Laine

The manifesto sets out an agenda across housing, economic development, procurement, financial services, connectivity and public finances, with a unifying argument that Guernsey should prioritise local supply and local talent. The modular self-build proposal, the push to repatriate the States IT contract, and the call to use procurement as an economic lever represent a coherent, if bounded, programme. The scope does not extend to constitutional or fiscal reform packages, and several sections stop at the level of identifying a problem rather than naming a solution.

The modular self-build section provides the most developed proposal, naming the mechanism (planning conditions or land-use rules restricting resale), the technology approach (non-concrete foundations, removable structures), and the land category (plots on the edge of domestic curtilage). The IT contract repatriation is named as a specific objective. Beyond these two areas, the remaining pledges, including the financial services renewal, civil service merit appointments, Aurigny loss reduction, and the fair-society framing on GST, carry no figures, timeframes or named mechanisms.

The procurement and self-build proposals are grounded in existing States spending decisions and planning law, and both would require committee agreement and a States majority rather than novel revenue or constitutional change. The pledge to avoid 'the worst of GST' is conditional on economic growth, with no revenue source or saving named for the transition. The financial services section references 'a raft of new ideas' without setting out what they are, making that pledge difficult to assess for fiscal or regulatory coherence. The Aurigny section notes the losses without identifying a mechanism for reducing them.

The Scorecard records Laine as Vice-President of the Committee for Economic Development, which is directly relevant to the economic development, procurement, financial services and connectivity pledges. Those pledges are therefore in the same subject area as the recorded role. The modular self-build and planning pledges depend on other committees and a States majority, as does the civil service management pledge. The IT contract repatriation would require procurement process agreement across committees. No pledge requires UK government or OECD action.

The modular self-build section and the procurement section carry specific mechanisms and named conditions. Elsewhere, passages such as 'I have a raft of new ideas that will breathe new life into the industry', the commitment to 'fight to deliver the innovation, leadership and opportunity our island deserves', and the closing section on recognising local excellence consist of statements of intent or values without accompanying commitments. The Aurigny and education sections each identify a problem without specifying an action.