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LAST week, while singing the praises of Deputy Tracey Vallois, I made a comment about knowing when it is necessary to lodge a proposition for debate in the States.

OVER many months the Council of Ministers has been urged – not least by this newspaper – to address the question of taxing companies which trade in the Island but whose owners are resident elsewhere.

A NEW, and unlikely, friend-ship began to emerge in the States last week. You may need to read this twice to truly believe it, but yes, Senator Philip Ozouf and Deputy Trevor Pitman really do seem to have become pals.

WHAT are the prospects for the Jersey economy? No one can tell certain, but, for the purposes of planning ahead, ministers and their advisers are obliged to make forecasts.

THE medium-term plans for States spending now in the hands of Members and due to be debated in November, is a long and complex document. This is hardly surprising, given that it charts the way ahead for the next three years and aims to show how a balanced budget can be achieved by the end of that period.

So, one day, he’s indispensible: the dynamic, modernising head of a sleek, efficient public sector machine.