Top of the Rocks

#1Jersey

“We have assumed for too long that there is always a bag of money down the back of the sofa which will bail us out.”

Deputy Sir P.M. Bailhache

Budget debate, Social Security grant amendment

#2Guernsey

“I would simply remind him that I have quite a long track record of being more right than other people.”

Charles Parkinson

on his optimistic forecasts for Pillar Two tax receipts during the Tax Reform debate

#3Guernsey

“Two and two does not equal four, it equals orange.”

Neil Inder

on the contradiction of supporting an amendment losing £22 million while sitting on the Health Committee, during the Tax Reform debate

#4Guernsey

“I have returned for another swig from the poison chalice”

Andy Cameron

on returning to the Education, Sport & Culture Committee and supporting the new school governance model

#5Jersey

“We have gone from 2028 to 2029, if we carry on a little longer I might get him to 2030.”

Senator A.J.H.M. Maclean

ministerial hustings, on reinstating the Social Security States grant

#6Guernsey

“I am not talking here just about ensuring that we produce children so they can be these little fiscal sausages that go through the machine of society. (Laughter) But if we genuinely care about the future of this Island we have to do something radical.”

Paul Montague

on the Tax Reform debate, seconding an amendment for a tax allowance for dependent children amid Guernsey's falling birth rate

#7Jersey

“You cannot phone the dog up; you have got the dog.”

Deputy M. Tadier

reference-back debate on Dangerous Dogs legislation (collar-tag rules)

#8Jersey

“I am going to start my series of contributions by switching on a turntable and placing a broken record on it because I will be making a point that I fear I will need to repeatedly return to throughout the course of this week.”

Deputy S.Y. Mézec

opening of the Budget debate

#9Jersey

“they are only dangerous in the context to those who do not like to be licked or have to tickle their tummies”

Deputy I.J. Gorst

declaring an interest as a dog owner, Dangerous Dogs debate

#10Guernsey

“I must however question why we continue to go to the Rolls Royce shop to buy a car. We could in fact go to the Mini shop to buy a car, or even better still we could review our need to buy a car and buy a bicycle, or even better walk and save the funds for a greater need.”

Bruno Kay-Mouat

on the Government Work Plan and the need to question spending priorities

#11Guernsey

“I am certainly going to vote for it and, if I could, I would vote for it twice, sir. (Laughter)”

Simon Vermeulen

on a 2026 Budget amendment calling for spending restraint

#12Jersey

“Perhaps the Jersey version of the film could be called Butch Lyndon and the Scottish Kid.”

Deputy J. Renouf

Budget debate, on the Social Security grant funding mechanism

#13Jersey

“One thing not to do with Fort Regent is to make it a suburb of Benidorm.”

Connétable M. O'D. Troy

Budget debate, on Fort Regent redevelopment

#14Guernsey

“I will save my main comments for the main debate, which should take place sometime during 2027 on the current trajectory.”

Paul Montague

on the Tax Reform debate, remarking on the slow pace of proceedings

#15Jersey

“Can you say that once more… no, I am sorry.”

Deputy R.J. Ward

reacting to a lengthy technical Budget amendment just read out

#16Guernsey

“That’s Facebook for you. If you are born on Facebook, you die on Facebook. Even though I have sympathy for him, I remember him doing very well out of Facebook.”

Neil Inder

defending Deputy Leadbeater against criticism during the debate over withdrawing his cannabis-legalisation requête

#17Guernsey

“We first met supporting a group of teenagers through the Young Enterprise Scheme and somehow, despite that experience, we both still decided public life was a good idea,”

David Dorrity

on proposing Deputy Camp for election to the Policy & Resources Committee

#18Jersey

“I do not want to disappoint the Deputy, but he is not in my top 20 yet.”

Connétable A.N. Jehan

Question Time, on alternative uses of Philip Le Feuvre House

#19Jersey

“Is the Chief Minister aware that putting 2 microphones on does not make him in stereo?”

Deputy T.A. Coles

Question Time to the Chief Minister

#20Guernsey

“So far I have changed my mind at least twice (Laughter) but I have come down to the view that I will be supporting this proposal for the arguments raised.”

George Oswald

on the by-election 2026 debate

#21Guernsey

“Rumours abound of a filibuster plan, so abound that it has been reported in the media. For those who do not know what filibustering is, it is just to waste time, to delay, (A Member: Hear, hear.) to fill the space for as long as you can.”

Tina Bury

on a motion to suspend procedural rules during the Tax Reform debate