18 May 2021 Tynwald Question Paper
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PP 2021/0116 TYNWALD Tinvaal QUESTION PAPER Pabyr Feyshtyn DOUGLAS Tuesday 18th May 2021 at 10.30 am For Oral Answer 1. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Chief Minister (Minister for the Cabinet Office) – What plans he has to take powers to prohibit drivers of vehicles from leaving the engines running when there is no good reason to do so; and whether such plans include establishing a scale of fixed penalties for such behaviour? 2. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Chief Minister – Whether he has received the report by Audit Advisory on the review of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, commissioned by Cabinet Office in March 2021? 3. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Chief Minister – What powers and ability to direct under the Public Health Act in relation to COVID-19 the Council of Ministers will seek to retain for the period after 25th June 2021 until a) the dissolution of Keys and b) the formation of the new administration? 4. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – Which telephone calls from customers Treasury records; and for how long Treasury keeps these records? 5. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – How many businesses Treasury refused financial support to during each lockdown because of issues related to the amount of a) VAT owed and b) other non-payment issues? 6. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – Whether he has considered introducing a breathing space scheme similar to the UK’s to assist people who have fallen into debt? 7. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – How preliminary publicity and engagement are being handled for the Area Plan for the North and West before 25th June 2021? 8. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What non-planning telecommunications policies, strategies and plans are relevant when a telecommunications mast planning application is considered? 9. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What the basis is for the latest inflation report data in the Transport section? 10. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – Whether the Hall Caine Creative Writing Competition will return; and whether his Department has plans to organise a replacement? 2 PP 2021/0116 11. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – Whether he has considered providing school meals vouchers in (a) TT week and (b) school summer holidays? 12. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – What advice his Department gives and actions it takes in relation to planning applications that include landscaping to encourage use of native tree and shrub species? 13. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – How strategic national need for additional telecoms capacity is evaluated in respect of telecommunications mast planning applications? 14. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – How the Isle of Man’s climate change proposals differ from the recently announced UK target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels; and if he will make a statement? 15. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – How much on average full-time hospital consultants were paid in 2020-21; how this compares with the UK national average; whether the job re-evaluations are complete; and by how much the total bill changed as a result? 16. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What action government is taking to support continuation of residential care provision at the Corrin Memorial Home; and what government plans there are to meet care needs for elderly people in the West? 17. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What work has been undertaken to protect, improve and invest in care provision facilities in the West of the Island in the current administration? 3 PP 2021/0116 18. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What measures his Department takes to limit the use of heating systems in publicly owned buildings when there is no need to have heating systems on? 19. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – Pursuant to his remarks in the House of Keys on Tuesday 4th May 2021, what the outcome was of the recent meeting between the Road Transport Licensing Committee and Ministers? 20. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mrs Corlett) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What plans he has for an Island-wide approach to recycling and waste management? 21. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Chief Minister – What progress has been made with implementing the recommendations of the ARUP review of the impact of the Laxey flood on 1st October 2019; and if he will make a statement? 22. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – How much his Department estimates will be claimed by farmers via the new Agri- Environment Scheme; and how that compares with the previous Agricultural Development Scheme? 23. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – Pursuant to his Answer on 17th November, 2020 whether the 2021 Manx wheat harvests are likely to be sufficient to meet demand for Manx flour without further imports of UK milling wheat? 4 PP 2021/0116 24. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – When he expects the Corrin Memorial Home in Peel to close; and what provision he intends should be in place for a) its residents and b) alternative provision in the West of the Island? 25. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What role he expects charitable companies to play in the future provision of a) residential and nursing care homes and b) social care? 26. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What action he will take to ensure people can visit family members on a regular basis within care settings when there is no official Government lockdown? 27. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs – When no fault divorces will be available? 28. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What policies and impact assessments were used to make the recent changes to bus routes? 29. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Chairman of the Manx Utilities Authority – How many burst water pipes the Manx Utilities Authority has recorded in Garff in the last five years; and what plans the Authority has to replace water pipes there? 30. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Chairman of the Manx Utilities Authority – What arrangements are in place to allow those on electricity key meters without access to online services to top up their meters, once the rollout of smart meters has taken place? 5 PP 2021/0116 31. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office – How many Post Office outlets provide over the counter banking services and for which banks? For Written Answer 32. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Chief Minister – How climate change targets are being included in business cases to Treasury and the Council of Ministers? 33. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – What consultation and other engagement has taken place in respect of a) the Council of Ministers’ review of where telecommunications development has been permitted and b) how Strategic Plan 2016 Infrastructure Policy 3 has been applied; and when he will report to Tynwald with proposals? 34. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – What action he has taken since the Tynwald resolution on charity banking? 35. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – Pursuant to his Answer to Written Question 29 in April 2021 Tynwald, if he will publish the business cases which attracted funding from the Bona Vacantia Fund, and details of the process by which the successful bids were identified and awarded? 36. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – How climate change targets are being (a) incentivised and (b) applied to the 2022 budget process? 37. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – Whether Treasury plans to sign the A4S Chief Financial Officer Net Zero Statement of Support? 38. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – How climate change outcomes are being applied to the tendering process? 6 PP 2021/0116 39.