 On 2 March 2007, the committee cleared Syvret of breaching the members' code but the chairman of the committee instigated a debate in the States of Jersey assembly to express disapproval of Syvret's actions in relation to the open letter.Members (including Syvret himself) voted 29 to 8 to censure his actions.In July 2007, returning to the States assembly after a period of illness, Syvret – answering a question to him in his role as minister – made scathing criticisms of officials in the Children's Service and other agencies for "bitterly failing" vulnerable young people.