PP 2021/0141aa TYNWALD Tinvaal

QUESTION PAPER Pabyr Feyshtyn

DOUGLAS Tuesday 15th June 2021 at 10.30 am

For Oral Answer

1. The Hon. Member for , Castletown and (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister –

When and where the next Lieutenant Governor will be sworn in; and if he will make a statement?

2. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister –

What works remain to be done at Castle to enable the next Lieutenant Governor to be sworn in there; and what the timetable is for these works to be completed?

3. The Hon. Member for (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister –

When the independent report on the Department of Infrastructure will be published?

4. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury –

Further to his Answer to Question 35 at the May 2021 sitting of Tynwald, for what reason the Treasury does not plan to publish business cases regarding the awards from the bona vacantia fund over the last five years?

5. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury –

When he will have fully examined the requirement and commitment expected of an organisation signing the Accounting For Sustainability Chief Financial Officer Net Zero Statement of Support; and how those requirements fit with current climate change initiatives?

6. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for the Treasury –

How much support has been paid out to each sector of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic?

7. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

What his Department’s policy is towards staff, contractors and visitors who leave vehicle engines running unnecessarily at Government establishments?

8. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

What his Department’s policy is on the installation of electric vehicle charging points in Government-owned buildings and car parks for use by (a) staff and (b) the public?

9. The Hon. Member for (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

When the airport inshore rescue boat was purchased and at what cost; and how many times it has been launched including for training purposes?

10. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform–

When the new green living grant scheme will be launched?

11. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

When he will report on the reserved accommodation issues debated in January 2021?

12. The Hon. Member for (Mrs Corlett) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

When he will bring forward a National Housing Strategy?

2 PP 2021/0141aa 13. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What his Department’s policy is towards parents who leave car engines running in school car parks before or after transporting children to or from school?

14. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What the income thresholds are, above which a person will be assessed as ineligible for support for (a) distance learning and (b) study in the UK?

15. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What action he has taken to promote youth issues and advocacy?

16. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture –

When he intends to bring updated animal welfare legislation to Tynwald?

17. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

What discussions have taken place with Manx Care on cancer screening programmes?

18. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

Further to the Tynwald Resolution of May 2021 in relation to the Corrin Home, what work and engagement have been carried out; and if he will make a statement?

19. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

What progress has been made with prescribing medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement?

20. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Poole-Wilson, to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs –

What progress he has made towards appointing an independent Chair to review the regulation of legal services pursuant to the resolution of April 2021?

3 PP 2021/0141aa 21. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chair of the National Housing Project Board –

What organisations expressed what interest in providing Housing First arrangements; and when, and on what terms, an Emergency Night Shelter and the proposed Housing First Support Service will be put in place?

22. The Hon. Member for (Mrs Christian) to ask the Chief Minister –

When the borders open, what mitigation measures are planned to protect against COVID-19: (a) key workers; (b) children who have not yet had two doses of the vaccine; and (c) those who cannot or choose not to be vaccinated?

23. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Chief Minister –

What progress has been made towards establishing a central Capital Projects Unit; whether it is intended that the Unit will supervise developments costing in excess of £3million; and if so, when?

24. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister –

Pursuant to the Council of Ministers’ recommendation, in its Response to the Report of the Select Committee on Library Provision 2017/2018 [GD 2018/0033], that the Select Committee on Library Provision continues with the important work of determining the future direction of the Island’s libraries, what the future direction of the Island’s libraries is?

25. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

When he expects (a) to launch a detailed consultation on an occupancy deposit scheme and (b) such a scheme to commence operation?

26. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

What progress his department has made in restoring public access to footpaths over Slieau Whallian, Carraghan and Hill?

27. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

Who holds the operator’s licence when the Airport Director is on annual leave?

28. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

What mechanism is in place to give legal protection to a public right of way that has been in active use for many years?

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29. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mrs Corlett) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

What assessment he has made of the impact of the recent rise in property prices on first time buyers; and what plans his Department has to help people get on to the property ladder?

30. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Callister) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

How his Department selected the questions to be asked in the census?

31. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What speech and language therapy services are provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement?

32. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What COVID-19 mitigations are in place in schools and what advice has been given to schools and to parents?

33. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What benefits and disadvantages were considered by his Department in deciding to transfer line management of Youth Services to Manx Sport and Recreation?

34. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister –

What involvement the Government had in Ettyl’s plans to buy Stobart Air before 28th May 2021?

35. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Mercer, to ask the Chief Minister –

What progress has been made since 3rd July 2019 in obtaining access to the UK Contracts for Difference regime for Manx-situated renewable energy generation?

36. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

Whether a PPV licence is required for charitable use of Department of Education, Sport and Culture minibuses?

5 PP 2021/0141aa 37. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

When swimming pool was closed; when it will reopen; and if he will make a statement?

For Written Answer

38. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister –

What the legal and political bases are for the establishment and operation of (a) Council of Ministers committees and working groups, (b) Chief Minister’s committees and working groups, (c) Transformation and Project Boards, (d) Cross-Government committees and working groups established elsewhere in Government, and (e) Chief Minister’s champions; and what the estimated annual officer involvement and cost to the public purse of servicing each of these arrangements is?

39. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister –

What the use and cost of libraries across the Island is; and what the Council of Ministers found during its investigation of a statutory library service funded by an all-Island rate?

40. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

Whether public sector employees under analogous terms and conditions to employees of the Public Services Commission are entitled to assume that all existing and future PSC policies will apply to them automatically?

41. The Hon. Member for (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

What operating capacity the census online system had; how many times it crashed on census night; whether he will grant an extension for census submission given the challenges faced; and what improvements in communication have been planned for the future?

42. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

How many (a) calls were received; (b) forms were completed on the phone; (c) e- mails were received; (d) forms were (i) sent out and (ii) collected from the office and (iii) received about the census on each day since 25th May 2021?

6 PP 2021/0141aa 43. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

When he will publish annual progress regarding the Programme for Government (a) macro and (b) national indicators since April 2019?

44. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

What the future of public service media is; and what submission the Government made directly or indirectly to the Ofcom review of public service media?

45. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Attorney General –

Whether the Corrin Home and any associated land and buildings are owned by a registered charity; and if so, what the objects of that charity are?

46. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Attorney General –

When the last accounts were made up for each registered charity (a) with an interest in the Corrin Home and (b) related to Corrin charities; and which of the audit or examination requirements in section 27 of the Charities Registration and Regulation Act 2019 apply to those charities?

47. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Attorney General –

What policy or guidance he has issued on the circumstances in which he would make an application to the Court to act for the protection of charities under section 39 of the Charities Registration and Regulation Act 2019?

48. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –

What preservation work is necessary at present and planned over the next five years in relation to each Manx National Heritage asset; what the anticipated spend per year for the next five years is for each asset, broken down by capital and revenue; and what income each has generated in the past five years?

49. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Enterprise –

If he will publish the paper on which the Chairman of Manx National Heritage based the statement, given in a broadcast interview in May 2021, that the return of the “Peggy” to Castletown would cost more than £5 million?

7 PP 2021/0141aa 50. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What assessment there has been of facilities for children, and what gaps have been identified by age and region?

51. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture –

What plans the Department has to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Education Act 1872?

52. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Mercer, to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture –

How the Biodiversity Strategy Action 21 is being applied in practice; and if he will give examples?

53. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture –

Whether all unnecessary single use plastics had been eliminated across Government by January 2021; and if not, what progress has been made towards this?

54. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture –

What a) affordable housing has been provided and b) commuted sums raised from affordable housing agreements made under section 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 between 1st April 2020 and 31st March 2021?

55. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

What his Department’s policy is on referring people to and from nursing and residential care facilities?

56. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

What factors are considered in deciding where to refer older people requiring residential care; how this process is initiated; and in what circumstances it is paused?

8 PP 2021/0141aa 57. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

How many people will by 28th June 2021 have had (a) one, and (b) two vaccine doses; and for how many people will that date be (c) at least two weeks after their first dose, and (d) at least two weeks after their second dose?

58. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

What the potential occupancy is of each adult social care home in the Island; and how many beds have been empty in each of the past 12 months?

59. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs –

How many road traffic collisions were (a) attended by the police and (b) reported to but not attended by the police; and of the drivers involved in the collisions listed in (a) and (b), how many were (i) on R plates, (ii) under 18, and (iii) at least 18 but under 21; and of the drivers listed in (i), (ii) and (iii) what the gender split was, in each of the last five years?

60. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs –

How the Communication and Utilities Regulatory Authority will handle representations in respect of the application by The Sound Radio for a licence to relay the existing online radio service on FM; and how his Department, the Council of Ministers and Tynwald will be involved in the determination of this application?

61. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs –

What law and codes cover the use of broadcasting and the Internet by advertising agencies and public relations organisations engaged by Government officers and politicians?

62. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs –

What the law regarding the holding of a broadcasting licence by a person with an interest in newspapers is; what Government policy exists in relation to that law; how that law can be changed; and how his Department, the Communications and Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Council of Ministers and Tynwald would be involved in making any change to that law?

9 PP 2021/0141aa 63 The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Mercer, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

Which ISO standards are being followed by the Public Estates and Housing Division of his Department with regard to energy management systems; and what plans that Division has to comply with the obligations to be created by the Climate Change Bill 2020?

64. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading –

How many people have contacted the debt advice service in each of the years 2016 to 2021?

65. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chair of the National Housing Project Board –

When the National Housing Strategy working group will report with its costed programme of work; what engagement it has already undertaken; when he expects to transfer the high level strategy, legislation and policy coordination for housing to the Cabinet Office; and when he expects work to commence on delivery of the National Housing Strategy?

66. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chair of the National Housing Project Board –

If he will publish the findings of Government’s investigations into the formation and extension of one or more housing associations or similar; and what potential models of housing delivery are feasible and suitable for the ?

67. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chair of the National Housing Project Board –

If he will lay for debate in July 2021 the findings and recommendations from his review of the use of affordable housing agreements made under section 13 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1999 with consideration given to introducing a site specific community infrastructure levy?

68. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chair of the National Housing Project Board –

What the form and nature is of a site specific community infrastructure levy?

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