AUDIO LINKS TO PROCEEDINGS FOR APRIL 2015
TYNWALD ECONOMIC POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE 15th APRIL 2015
Hon A R Bell MHK, Chief Minister and Mr W Greenhow, Chief Secretary
TYNWALD COURT 21st APRIL 2015
PROCEEDURE.
Welcome to Methodist Conference visitors
Tribute to former Member Charles Cain
Social Affairs Policy Review Committee Report Volume 2 laid electronically at this sitting
Bills for Signature - Payment Services Bill 2015 and the Freedom of Information Bill 2015
Permissioln to lay documents electronically at future sittings
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS.
1. The Hon. Member for Michael (Mr Cannan) to ask the Minister for the Treasury (Mr Teare)– What impact changes to UK state pensions in April 2016 will have on the Isle of Man; whether any new legislation is proposed; and, if so, what the timescale is for introducing it?
Q1. UK changes to state pensions - Impact; requirement for new legislation
2. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask the Minister for the Treasury (Mr Teare)– What action he plans to take to enable young people to enter work without being worse off than when they were on benefits, with special reference to assistance with accommodation costs?
Q2. Young workers - Ensuring better off than on benefits
3. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Beecroft) to ask the Minister for the Treasury (Mr Teare) – Whether he is satisfied that the rules governing the levels of child benefit payment are fair and proportionate?
Q3. Child Benefit - Fairness of rules re levels of payment
4. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask the Minister for Economic Development (Mr Skelly)– Whether it is his policy that anyone coming to the Island to work should be able to afford decent accommodation; and whether work permits should therefore be available only for jobs which pay at least a “living wage”?
Q4. Accommodation costs - Ensuring payment of living wage through work permit legislation
5. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Quirk) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture (Mr Ronan) – When his Department was made aware of the removal of the Peel Marina waste; and what advice it gave the Department of Infrastructure about this?
Q5. Peel Marina waste - DEFA awareness of removal; advice given to DoI
6. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle) – What funding is available for specialist professional interventions or treatments which are only available off the Island; and what safeguards are in place to protect this funding from the effects of the cutbacks?
Q6. Specialist profession interventions or treatments - Availabilty of funding
7. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Beecroft) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle) – What action is being taken to rectify concerns raised by the WMQRS regarding the delays in diagnostic and treatment pathways for patients with cancer?
Q7. Concerns raised by the WMQRS - Action being taken
8. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Beecroft) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle) – What action has been taken to ensure that timely access to emergency surgery is available?
Q8. Timely access to emergency surgery - Action taken
9. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Quirk) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure (Mr Gawne) – If he will make a statement on the progression of a Home Zone in and around Onchan School and Main Road Onchan?
Q9. Onchan Home Zone - Statement on progression
10. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure (Mr Gawne) – Under what legal vires his Department introduced with effect from April 2013 an “escalating gate fee” for the processing of domestic waste at the Energy from Waste Plant; when Tynwald approval was sought for the increased gate fee in line with the DoLGE Minister’s commitment of February 2010; and whether the current and proposed fees are “reasonable charges” in terms of section 67 of the Public Health Act 1990?
11. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Quirk) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure (Mr Gawne) – How the tender for the Peel Marina work was put together?
Q11. Peel Marina - Tender process
12. The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Houghton) to ask the Minister for the Treasury (Mr Teare)– If he will consider permitting exceptions to appointed agents who manage small companies’ accounts from submitting income tax returns online?
Q12. Small companies - Exceptions to agents from submitting income tax returns online
13. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Hall) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle)– Pursuant to his answer to written question 43 at the November 2014 Tynwald in respect of the number of dental extractions: (a) what confidence he has in the accuracy of the statistics provided; (b) whether any investigation has been carried out; (c) when he intends to report with any revised corrected figures; and if he will make a statement?
Q13. Dental extractions - Revised corrected figures
14. The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Houghton) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle) – In respect of foster carers – (i) what the current number deployed is; (ii) what (if any) the shortfall to requirements is; and (iii) how many carers have withdrawn or resigned from the service delivery over the last 12 months?
Q14. Foster carers - Current numbers
15. The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Houghton) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle) – What support services are available to children in foster care?
Q15. Children in foster care - Available support services
16. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Quirk) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure (Mr Gawne) – Why his Department did not put a planning application in for Poortown Quarry, German, for the dumping of waste and silt from Peel Marina?
17. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Quirk) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure (Mr Gawne) – Whether the current legislation allows for local authorities to operate automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems at their local civic amenity sites?
Q17. Automatic number plate recoginition systems - Use at local civic amenity site
MOTIONS, ORDERS, STATEMENTS & REPORTS:
Item 3 to be taken in the afternoon session due to Mr Watterson's absence
4. Review of the Road Transport Licensing Committee - Statement by the Chairman
Announcement of Royal Assent - Payment Services Act 2015
6. Manx Utilities Authority - Public Appointment - appointment of Mr Christopher David Allen
8. Culture Vannin - Public Appointment - appointment of Mrs Clare Kilgallon,
9. Public Sector Pensions Act 2011 - Public Sector Injury Benefit Scheme 2015 [SD No 2015/0057]
21. Airports and Civil Aviation Act 1987 - Civil Aviation (Revocation) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0125]
HOUSE OF KEYS 28th APRIL 2015
PROCEEDURE:
Questions 8, 9 and 10 to be answered in writing due to Mr Karran's absence
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER:
1. The Hon. Member for Douglas West (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister (Mr Bell) – What (a) official agreements and (b) memoranda of understanding have been signed by statutory bodies of the Isle of Man and the People’s Republic of China; and which official signed for the parties in each case?
1.1. People’s Republic of China - Agreements and MoUs
2. The Hon. Member for Douglas West (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister (Mr Bell) – Whether any review has been carried out of how the Planning Committee is working without a political chair; and if so, what the findings and consequences of this review are?
1.2. Planning Committee - Absence of political chair
3. The Hon. Member for Douglas West (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister (Mr Bell) – When the Summary of Proceedings in the Council of Ministers during February 2015 was published on the Government’s website; what caused the delay; and what criteria are used when deciding which decisions to include and what information to provide about each decision?
1.3. Council of Ministers summary of proceedings - Publication
4. The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Houghton) to ask the Minister for Economic Development (Mr Skelly)– Whether the Sports Consultancy has met appropriate Heads of Government or Local Authorities in countries which may have been identified as a participating partner in the TT World Series; and if not why not?
1.4. TT World Series - Meetings with potential partners
5. The Hon. Member for Douglas West (Mr Thomas) to ask Minister for Economic Development (Mr Skelly) – How the former Minister’s 2012 budget statement and parallel issuance of the Draft Planning Policy Statement on Planning and the Economy affect planning decisions about (i) houses in the countryside, including greenfield housing estate development (ii) urban backland development and (iii) Central Douglas Master Plan projects in Lower Douglas?
1.5. Planning - Effects of Budget and policy statements
6. The Hon. Member for Douglas West (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Economic Development (Mr Skelly) – Pursuant to information provided in Tynwald in June 2012 regarding the planning application for the Ballavartyn Equestrian Centre (PA12/00028/B), how the actual economic benefit (especially income and value added tax and national insurance contributions) compared to that estimated in the Government’s supporting letter issued during the planning process?
1.6. Ballavartyn Equestrian Centre planning application - Economic benefit
7. The Hon. Member for Douglas West (Mr Thomas) to ask Minister for Policy and Reform (Mr Shimmin)– How any decision already taken about Digital Strategy will affect the provision of information pointing people to official government notices in traditional media?
1.7. Digital Strategy - Effect on official Government notices
8. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask Minister for Health and Social Care (Mr Quayle) – What steps he has taken to define fuel poverty; and what action he has taken to solve it?
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9. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask Minister for Home Affairs (Mr Watterson)– What plans he has to ensure that the budget on road safety will be protected, following its transfer to his Department?
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10. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Karran) to ask Minister for Chief Minister (Mr Bell)– What plans he has to introduce legislation to give compensation for sea travellers who are affected by disrupted services?
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3. Consideration of Council Amendments
3.1 Interpretation Bill 2014 Mr Watterson
3.1 Interpretation Bill 2014 - Consideration of Council Amendments
4. Bill For Second Reading
4.1 Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2015 Mr Quayle
4.1 Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Second Reading
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 28th APRIL 2015
1. Audit (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Second Reading and Consideration of Clauses
2. Income Tax Bill 2015 - First Reading
3. Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill 2015 - First Reading
Welcome to Dr Robin James from the House of Commons to the public gallery
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