But the senior scrutiny chairman says their success should be measured by the quality of their reports, not the speed in which they are produced.
Deputy Rob Duhamel says that after around nine months of ministerial government, and a total of three reports by the four scrutiny panels, the ‘cultural change’ of civil servants getting used to the new system has yet to happen.
And he says the panels are on a steep learning curve, with each of the four containing States Members who are new both to scrutiny and the States.
‘I think under the circumstances we have done pretty well, bearing in mind that we have a number of Members who are new to scrutiny and new to the States,’ said Deputy Duhamel, who chairs the Environment Scrutiny Panel and the scrutiny chairmen’s committee.
