Former Housing Minister may try to get his job back

Senator Terry Le Main said that he had been asked by several Members to stand for the role of Housing minister – made vacant by Deputy Sean Power’s resignation over a data protection breach last week – but that he wanted to be exonerated first.

He resigned in June 2010 from the position that he had held since 1997, following allegations that he had tried to have a developer cleared of charges in the Royal Court – an allegation that he denied.

However, the Senator has been advised that the investigation is unlikley to have been completed by Tuesday.