HANSARD FOR OCTOBER 2015

 

 

HOUSE OF KEYS 27th OCTOBER 2015

 

Sitting in full

 

1.1 Electoral register - Date for completion

 

1.2 Gas prices - Response to recent changes

 

1.3 Commercial office accommodation - Empty premises and initiatives to increase take-up

 

1.4 Blue Badges – Recognition in other jurisdictions

 

1.5 Cannabis and derivatives – Medical use

 

1.6 The Nunnery – Rent

 

1.7 International organisations – Promotion of Island as location for headquarters

 

1.8 TT World Series – Expenditure and progress

 

1.9 to be answered in writing

 

1.10 Isle of Man Constabulary – Number of officers leaving and reasons

 

Procedural - Questions 11-15 to be answered at the next sitting

 

3. Police (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Criminal Procedure and Investigations Bill 2015 - First Reading

 

4. House of Keys Standing Orders Committee - First Report of the Standing Orders Committee for the Session 2015-16

 

5. Leave to Introduce - Private Member’s Bill to rename the Douglas West constituency

 

6.1 Audit (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Consideration of Clauses

 

6.2 Highways (Amendment) Bill 2015 - Consideration of Clauses - Not moved

 

6.3 War Memorials Bill 2015 - Consideration of Clauses

 

TYNWALD COURT 20th OCTOBER 2015

 

Morning session in full

 

Afternoon session in full

 

Evening session in full

 

​Welcome to new Members for Glenfaba and Peel

 

​Tribute to retiring Member Mrs Brenda Cannell

 

Bill for Signature - Public Health Tobacco (Amendment) Bill 2015

 

1. Papers Laid

 

Q1. Ex-servicemen from the Isle of Man - Whether living on the streets

 

Q2. Liverpool Landing stage contract - Costs and timeline

 

Q3. Passport and/or identity checks between Isle of Man and UK - Whether under discussion

 

Q4. Television Licence Fee - Plans to introduce exemption for those over 75

 

Q5. Property related tax breaks - Implementation at next budget

 

Q6. Performance of Dependability Limited - Statement

 

Q7. Failure to apllu data protection or financial regulations - Action taken

 

Q8. Hotel Solutions hotel sector study - Terms of reference

 

Q9. Parking charges - Teachers and staff

 

Q10. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - Plans to introduce similar legislation

 

Q11. Establishment of a Manx Cancer Fund - Progress

 

Q12. Deaths caused by drugs overdoses - Number in last 12 months

 

Q13. Pain management treatment - Waiting times

 

Q14. Airport and sea terminal - Plans to increase security measures

 

Q15. Road works in Foxdale - Plans for completion

 

Q16. Douglas parking zone - Consultation responses

 

Q17. Airport and sea ports - Policy concerning security

 

Q18. Tynwald Commissioner for Administration Act - Progress with bringing into force

 

Q19. Treatment of sewage in Peel - Progress with plans

 

​Announcement of Royal Assent - Public Health Tobacco (Amendment) Act 2015

 

Q20. Office of Fair Trading - Manx Gas Regulatory regime

 

3. Planning and Building Control - Review of Planning Following Petition of Redress - Statement by the Minister for Infrastructure

 

4. Pension Freedom - Statement by the Treasury Minister

 

5. Managing our Natural Wealth, The Isle of Man’s First Biodiversity Strategy 2015-2025 - Strategy entitled ‘Managing our Natural Wealth, The Isle of Man’s first Biodiversity Strategy 2015-2025’ [GD No 2015/0049]

 

6. Review: Health and Social Care for the Isle of Man - the Next Five Years - ‘Health and Social Care in the Isle of Man - the next five years’ strategy document’ [GD No 2015/0052]

 

7. Police Act 1993 - Chief Constable’s Annual Report 2014 - 2015 [GD No 2015/0041]

 

​8. Policy for Allocation & Charging for Government Car Parking Spaces in Central Douglas - Report on the Allocation and charging for Government Car Parking spaces in Central Douglas Offices [GD No 2015/0056]

 

Suspension of Standing Orders to sit until 9:30

 

TYNWALD COURT 20th OCTOBER 2015 SITTING continued (21st OCTOBER 2015)

 

Morning session in full

 

​Afternoon session in full

 

Evening Session - Part 2 of 2 - Items 45 - 49

 

Evening Session - Part 1 of 2 - Items 20 - 44

 

9. Ecclesiastical Committee of Tynwald - Report of the Ecclesiastical Committee of Tynwald on the Draft Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction (Amendment) Measure (Isle of Man) [PP No 2015/0123]

 

10. Standards and Members’ Interests Committee

 

Item 11 to be taken later in the sitting

 

12. Social Affairs Policy Review Committee - To elect a Chairman to replace Mrs Cannell

 

11. Tynwald Advisory Council for Disabilities - Mr D M Anderson MLC be appointed to the Tynwald Advisory Council for Disabilities

 

13. Standing Orders Committee - To elect a Member of the Council to replace Mr Braidwood

 

14. and 15. European Communities (Isle of Man) Act 1973 - European Union (Iran Sanctions) (Proliferation) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0271] and European Union (Libya Sanctions) (Application) (Amendment) (No.3) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0269]

 

16. Financial Provisions and Currency Act 2011 - Financial Provisions and Currency (Amendment of Section 3) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0293]

 

17. Enterprise Act 2008 - Enterprise Act 2008 (Eligible Businesses) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0328]

 

18. Education Act 2001 - Tynwald approves the Education (Student Awards) (Amendment)Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0325]

 

19. Animal Health Act 1996 - Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0299]

 

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER PAPER - Agreement to take items on the Supplementary Order Paper

 

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER PAPER - 1. Papers Laid

 

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER PAPER - 2. Suspension of Standing Orders (Subject to Item 16 on the October 2015 Order Paper being approved)

 

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER PAPER - 3. Financial Provisions and Currency Act 2011 - Enterprise Development Scheme 2015 [SD No 2015/0304]

 

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDER PAPER - 4. and 5. Items not moved

 

20. Custody Act 1995 - Custody (Amendment) Rules 2015 [SD No 2015/0326]

 

21. Proceeds of Crime Act 2008 - Proceeds of Crime (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0320]

 

22. Proceeds of Crime Act 2008 - Proceeds of Crime (Prescribed Disclosures) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0327]

 

23. Highways Act 1986 - Highway Diversion (Public Right of Way 247 - Balnahowe to Howe Road) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0255]

 

24. Government Departments Act 1987 and Statutory Boards Act 1987 - Transfer of Functions (Isle of Man Financial Services Authority) (Amendment) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0276]

 

25. Payment of Members' Expenses Act 1989 - Statutory Boards (Annual Sums) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0268]

 

26. Government Departments Act 1987 Statutory Boards Act 1987 - Isle of Man Financial Services Authority (Amendment of Constitution) Order 2015 [SD 2015/0322]

 

27. The Isle of Man Financial Services Authority (Amendment of Constitution) Order 2015 The Transfer of Functions (Isle of Man Financial Services Authority) Order 2015 - Appointments to the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority

 

28. Payment of Members' Expenses Act 1989 - Payment of Members' Expenses (Specified Bodies) (Amendment) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0292]

 

29. Designated Businesses (Registration and Oversight) Act 2015 - Designated Businesses (Registration and Oversight) (Amendment) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0282]

 

30. Designated Businesses (Registration and Oversight) Act 2015 - Designated Businesses (Fees) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0284]

 

31. Designated Businesses (Registration and Oversight) Act 2015 - Designated Businesses (Civil Penalties) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0283]

 

32. Payment Services Act 2015 - Payment Services (Amendment) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0281]

 

33. Financial Services Act 2008 - Financial Services (Isle of Man Financial Services Authority) (Amendments) Rule Book 2015 [SD No 2015/0305]

 

34. Collective Investment Schemes Act 2008 - Collective Investment Schemes (Isle of Man Financial Services Authority) (Amendments) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0306]

 

35. Retirement Benefits Schemes Act 2000 - Retirement Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0313]

 

36. Income Tax Act 1970 - Income Tax (Common Reporting Standard) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0323]

 

37. Post Office Act 1993 - Postal Packets (Customs and Excise) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0254]

 

38. Customs and Excise Act 1993 - Export Control (Yemen Sanctions) Regulations 2015 (Application) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0280]

 

39. Customs and Excise Act 1993 - Export Control (Miscellaneous Sanctions Orders) (Application and Amendment) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0296]

 

40. Customs and Excise Act 1993 - Export Control (Iran Sanctions) (Amendment) (Application) Order 2015 [SD No 2015/0309]

 

41. Tribunals Act 2006 - Financial Services Tribunal Rules 2015 [SD No 2015/0321]

 

42. Consumer Protection Act 1991 - Sky Lanterns (Safety) Regulations 2015 [SD No 2015/0307]

 

43. Public Sector Pensions Act 2011 - Isle of Man Government Unified Scheme (Amendment) Scheme 2015 [SD No 2015/0267]

 

44. First-Time Buyer Scheme

 

Suspension of Standing Orders to sit to completion of the Order Paper

 

45. Registration of property

 

46. Erosion of Coastline at Kirk Michael

 

47. Government Stewardship of the Historic Built Environment

 

48. Operation of the Jury System

 

49. Alcohol in supermarkets

 

 

HOUSE OF KEYS 20th OCTOBER 2015

1. Swearing in of the new Members for Glenfaba and Peel

Tribute to retiring Member Mrs Brenda Cannell

 

 

TYNWALD COMMITTEE SOCIAL AFFAIRS POLICY REVIEW 15th OCTOBER 2015

Hon Tim Crookall MLC, Minister for Education and Children and Professor Ronald Barr, Chief Executive Officer of the Department for Education and Children