Guernsey Deputy cautioned for sending 'confidential' material via email

The States of Guernsey
Five members of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture lodged a complaint at the end of June 2021. Credit: ITV Channel TV.

A Deputy in Guernsey has been cautioned after he sent confidential material to other States Members via email.

Deputy Andy Cameron sent an email on 4 June to 13 other States Members with notes from an engagement meeting held on 27 April with teachers of the Grammar School and Sixth Form.

Five members of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture lodged a complaint at the end of June 2021.

There was enough evidence to support the complaint so the Chairman set up an Investigation Panel to discuss the issue.

It was decided Deputy Cameron had breached the Code of Conduct because the notes were classed as "confidential information" and he did not have permission to send them.

Deputy Cameron has accepted his caution.

He felt that by "sharing the original documents with 13 of my colleagues, I was doing that, as I was drawing attention to the legitimate concerns of teaching staff".