Senator Philip Ozouf, who last year unveiled one of the biggest capital spending programmes the States have ever embarked upon, with £222 million due to be spent during the next three years, said that he wanted to do more and had the resources to do so thanks to prudent spending and good performances by States investments.

However, he said it was now up to departments to come up with projects that could start immediately and not leave the money sitting in the bank untouched for years.