The Population Policy Group ("PPG") Report - Effect On The Open Market

The States of Guernsey's Population Policy Group have completed their initial deliberations into the creation of a legal and administrative framework for a population management regime in Guernsey and their findings and proposals are contained in a Report published in the January 2012 Billet d'Etat.

One of the sections of the Report deals with the open market. The long awaited headline conclusion is that removal of, or major structural changes to, the open market are not proposed.

However some of the proposals are likely to cause consternation in some circles. A summary of the proposals follows:

1. An open market, with some changes, should be retained as part of the new population management regime. So far so good.