Policy & Resources Committee - P.2022/23
The States are asked to decide: -
Whether, after consideration of the Policy Letter entitled 'Review of COVID-19 response' (dated 15th March, 2022) they are of the opinion either: -
1. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee acting with the Committee for Home Affairs to complete a programme of debriefing reviews through the Guernsey Local Resilience Forum, co-ordinated with audit reviews; and that the reviews -
(i) will have regard to the States of Guernsey's strategic response and the effectiveness of that response in the management of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Bailiwick and its residents;
(ii) will include a high-level desk top review to create a factual record of the key strategic elements of the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic; and summarise the impact on the Bailiwick and its residents, and the cost, of the Bailiwick's handling of the pandemic; and
(iii) will be submitted for consideration by the Principal Committees, and the lead committees of the States of Alderney and the Chief Pleas of Sark, and the Scrutiny Management Committee.
Or
2. To direct the Scrutiny Management Committee to tender in accordance with States of Guernsey procedures for an independent entity or person to undertake a strategic review against the terms of reference set out at Appendix 1 of the above policy letter.
3. To direct the Policy & Resources Committee to use its delegated authority over the budget reserve to make funding available in line with the States' preferred option to progress a review in accordance with the costings set out in the policy letter.
