T Y N W A L D C O U R T O F F I C I A L R E P O R T R E C O R T Y S O I K O I L Q U A I Y L T I N V A A L P R O C E E D I N G S D A A L T Y N HANSARD Douglas, Tuesday, 17th September 2019 All published Official Reports can be found on the Tynwald website: www.tynwald.org.im/business/hansard Supplementary material provided subsequent to a sitting is also published to the website as a Hansard Appendix. Reports, maps and other documents referred to in the course of debates may be consulted on application to the Tynwald Library or the Clerk of Tynwald’s Office. Volume 136, No. 19 ISSN 1742-2256 Published by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW. © High Court of Tynwald, 2019 TYNWALD COURT, TUESDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER 2019 PAGE LEFT DELIBERATELY BLANK ________________________________________________________________________ 2092 T136 TYNWALD COURT, TUESDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER 2019 Business transacted Questions for Written Answer .......................................................................................... 2097 1. Zero Hours Contract Committee recommendations – CoMin approval; progress; laying update report ........................................................................................................... 2097 2. GDPR breaches – Complaints and appeals made and upheld ........................................ 2098 3. No-deal Brexit – Updating guide for residents before 31st October 2019 ..................... 2098 4. No-deal Brexit – Food supply contingency plans; publishing CoMin paper.................... 2098 5. Tax returns – Number submitted April, May and June 2018; details of refunds ............ 2099 6. Common Purse Agreement – Consideration of abrogation ............................................ 2101 7. EuroManx Limited’s liquidator’s books – Information guidelines used .......................... 2101 8. Arbory, Castletown and Malew – Capital committed since September 2016 ................ 2102 9. Island’s reserves – Management costs for last 10 years ................................................. 2102 10. Island’s reserves – Money removed in last 10 years .................................................... 2103 11. Island’s reserves – Money added in last 10 years ......................................................... 2104 12. Agriculture and fishing – ITIP, NI and VAT contributions in last five years ................... 2106 13. Vacant and occupied housing units – Increase since 2001; details .............................. 2107 14. Vacant Property Review – Laying before Tynwald; census versus MUA data; investigating properties ...................................................................................................... 2108 15. Electricity meters – Residential properties without ..................................................... 2109 16. Electricity consumption in residential properties – Number consuming less than 100kWh, October 2018 to June 2019 ................................................................................. 2109 17. Freedom of Information requests – Lack of policy on redaction .................................. 2110 18. Freedom of Information requests – Cost each year; additional cost for pre-2011 information ......................................................................................................................... 2110 19. Public sector managers’ conduct – Disciplinary, grievance and other investigations in last five years ................................................................................................................... 2111 20. Cold, hunger and homelessness report – Intended publication date ........................... 2112 21. Housing unit provision per Area Plan – Brownfield, previously developed and existing settlement sites ..................................................................................................... 2112 22. Public service pay awards and pension contributions – Civil servants and teachers ... 2113 23. Land Registration Act 1982 – Enforcement of Schedule 2, compulsory registration ... 2113 24. Land Registration Act 1982 – Property registrations outwith specified three-month period .................................................................................................................................. 2114 25. Land Registration Act 1982 – Non-compliance with compulsory registration ............. 2131 26. The Peggy – Plans for return to Castletown ................................................................. 2132 ________________________________________________________________________ 2093 T136 TYNWALD COURT, TUESDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER 2019 27. Inauguration of next Lieutenant Governor – Castle Rushen preparation; work completion date ................................................................................................................. 2133 28. Mobile phone usage in schools – Restrictions.............................................................. 2133 29. School secure bike stands – Number ............................................................................ 2133 30. Rushen Primary School non-teaching staff – Employees leaving in last three years; current staff list .................................................................................................................. 2134 31. Rushen Primary School – Reasons for teacher resignations or transferrals ................ 2135 32. Mobile phone usage in schools – Policy in each secondary school .............................. 2135 33. School Teachers’ Review Body – Cost of funding 2018-19 pay recommendation; Treasury budgeting ............................................................................................................. 2137 34. Excess wool from hill sheep – Alternative uses to burning .......................................... 2138 35. Telecommunications mast sharing – Effectiveness of Infrastructure Policy 3, Strategic Plan 2016 ............................................................................................................. 2138 36. Agriculture and fishing employment – Numbers for last five financial years .............. 2139 37. Agriculture and fishing GDP – Figures for last five financial years ............................... 2139 38. Fisheries Management Agreement – Restricting UK-registered fishing vessels .......... 2140 39. Fisheries Management Agreement – Application to waters up to three miles offshore .............................................................................................................................. 2141 40. Dental surgeries – Number of people registered; proportion visited in past year ...... 2141 41. Physiotherapy waiting lists – Steps to curb; target waiting time ................................. 2142 42. Mental Health Review Tribunal – Statutory or best practice time limit for appeals .... 2143 43. Mental Health Review Tribunal – Length of case hearings in last two years ............... 2143 44. Capacity Bill – Introduction to the Branches ................................................................ 2144 45. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) service – Publishing business case ........................... 2145 46. Noble’s and Ramsey Cottage Hospital beds – Replaced and replacement beds ......... 2145 47. No-deal Brexit – Contingency for medicine supplies; potential effect; specific DHSC action ........................................................................................................... 2146 48. Ballafesson Corner – Cost of carriageway narrowing painting ..................................... 2147 49. Alexander Drive, Douglas – Cost of new pedestrian crossing ...................................... 2147 50. Peel inner harbour – Depth in 2015; depths recorded since ....................................... 2147 51. Peel outer harbour – Optimal depth; depths recorded since 2017 ............................. 2148 52. Peel Harbour – Department referred to in 20th August 2019 Answer ........................ 2149 53. Liverpool Ferry Terminal – Reasons for applying hours of use restrictions ................. 2149 54. Liverpool Ferry Terminal – Consideration of ground source heating option ............... 2149 55. Steam Packet replacement vessel – Sea Services Agreement parties; provisions to obtain details ................................................................................................ 2155 56. Sea Services Agreement passenger numbers – Capacity of replacement Ben my Chree and Liverpool Terminal ................................................................................ 2155 57. Liverpool ferry terminal – Non-marine works before 27th September ....................... 2155 58. Noble’s Hospital fire extinguishers – Number not checked in correct timeframe ....... 2156 ________________________________________________________________________ 2094 T136 TYNWALD COURT, TUESDAY, 17th SEPTEMBER 2019 59. Public sector housing administration – Required procedures for local authorities; legal basis ............................................................................................................................ 2156 60. Integrated public transport strategy – Date to be laid before Tynwald ....................... 2157 61. Dial-a-ride Connect services – Publishing impact assessments .................................... 2157 62. Electricity key meters – Credits made by MUA customers in last five years ................ 2158 63. Electricity key meters – Emergency credit utilised