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1 Gd 2020/0058
GD 2020/0058 2020/21 1 Programme for Government October 2020 – July 2021 Introduction The Council of Ministers is pleased to bring its revised Programme for Government to Tynwald. The Programme for Government was agreed in Tynwald in January 2017, stating our strategic objectives for the term of our administration and the outcomes we hoped to achieve through it. As we enter the final year of this parliament, the world finds itself in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. This and other external factors, such as the prospect of a trade agreement between the UK and the EU, will undoubtedly continue to influence the work of Government in the coming months and years. What the Isle of Man has achieved over the past six months, in the face of COVID-19, has been truly remarkable, especially when compared to our nearest neighbours. The collective response of the people of our Island speaks volumes of the strength of our community and has served to remind us of the qualities that make our Island so special. At the beginning of the pandemic the Council of Ministers suspended the Programme for Government, and any work within it, to bring to bear the complete resources of the public service in the fight against coronavirus as we worked to keep our island and its people safe. Through the pandemic we have seen behaviour changes in society and in Government, and unprecedented times seem to have brought unprecedented ways of working. It is important for the future that we learn from the experiences of COVID and carry forward the positive elements of both what was achieved, and how Government worked together to achieve it. -
PP No 2020/0212
PP 2020/0212 ECONOMIC POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FIRST REPORT FOR THE SESSION 2020-21 VISITOR ACCOMMODATION ECONOMIC POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FIRST REPORT FOR THE SESSION 2020-21 VISITOR ACCOMMODATION There shall be three Policy Review Committees which shall be Standing Committees of the Court. Subject to Standing Order 5.6(3) they may scrutinise the established (but not emergent) policies, as deemed necessary by each Committee, of the Departments and Offices indicated in this paragraph together with the associated Statutory Boards and other bodies: Economic Committee: Treasury; the Department for Enterprise; and the Cabinet Office (including constitutional matters). Each Policy Review Committee shall in addition be entitled to take evidence from witnesses, whether representing a Department, Office, Statutory Board or other organisation within its remit or not, in cases where the subject matter cuts across different areas of responsibility of different Departments, Offices, Statutory Boards or other organisations. The Policy Review Committees may also hold joint sittings for deliberative purposes or to take evidence. The Chairmen of the Policy Review Committees shall agree on the scope of a Policy Review Committee’s inquiry where the subject cuts across the respective boundaries of the Policy Review Committees’ remits. Each Policy Review Committee shall have – (a) a Chairman elected by Tynwald, (b) two other Members. Members of Tynwald shall not be eligible for membership of the Committee, if, for the time being, they hold any of the following offices: President of Tynwald, member of the Council of Ministers, member of the Treasury Department referred to in section 1(2)(b) of the Government Departments Act 1987. -
Newsletter from the West of the Island
Geoffrey Ray Harmer Boot MHK for MHK for Glenfaba & Peel Glenfaba & Peel Minister of Minister of Environment Food Infrastructure & Agriculture (DOI) (DEFA) Tynwald: 01624 685485 Tynwald: 01624 685596 Mobile: 07624 381497 Mobile: 07624 215577 www.geoffreyboot.org Spring 2017 www.rayharmer.im [email protected] [email protected] Glenfaba & Peel Welcome to our first newsletter from the West of the Island. We both gave a commitment during the election to stay in touch, part of that commitment revolved around hard copy newsletters as we are aware that not everyone has access to websites, Facebook and Twitter. Programme for Government One of the most important tasks for any new administration is to put together a Programme for Government for the next five years. In the past this has been a lengthy process, sometimes taking up to 18 months. After the election in September and our appointments to the Council of Ministers, the Chief Minister was determined we echo his sentiments by putting together a programme as quickly as possible but as inclusively as possible. Consultation with all MHKs started almost immediately and there were invitations for participation in the preparation for the programme to interested external parties including businesses. As a result a 100 days after the election the Programme for Government 2016 – 2021 was approved unanimously by Tynwald. The programme is available on this link www.gov.im/media/1354840/ programme-for-government.pdf and it is not our intention to go into great detail in this newsletter but there are three strategic objectives which are overarching aims of the Council of Ministers in the long term and approved by all members. -
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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 S T A N D I N G C O M M I T T E E O F T Y N W A L D O N E C O N O M I C P O L I C Y R E V I E W B I N G V E A Y N T I N V A A L M Y C H I O N E A A S C R U T A G H E Y P O L A S E E Y N T A R M A Y N A G H Douglas, Wednesday, 7th March 2012 PP59/12 EPRC, No. 1 All published Official Reports can be found on the Tynwald website www.tynwald.org.im/Official Papers/Hansards/Please select a year: 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. Supplementary material subsequently made available following Questions for Oral Answer is published separately on the Tynwald website, www.tynwald.org.im/Official Papers/Hansards/Hansard Appendix Published by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW. -
Laurence Skelly – Rushen Political Questions
Laurence Skelly – Rushen Political Questions (2016) Why do you want to be a member of the Continue the work started. Challenging House of Keys? last 5 years but even more so next 5 years. Believe my proactive approach and contribution has been positive and experienced gained will be beneficial for next administration. If you were elected, what would your Maintain a diversified growing economy priorities be on a national level? that supports our high level social welfare including health, education and balanced society. Promote culture of national pride in all that we do and help make our Island great place to live, work, visit and invest. If you were elected, what would your Develop a National Marine Centre priorities be on a constituency level? celebrating UNESCO accreditation, wider use of Southlands old and new for health and social care services in our community, realise sports and recreational facilities at Ballakilley, revisit Marina options, encourage more jobs and businesses and relaunch Queenie Festival. How well do you think the present Worth pointing out this has been most administration has handled the major challenging for decades. Difficult and challenges of the past five years? unwelcome decisions have been made in order to rebalance revenue budget but kept a positive growing economy with low unemployment - so overall the performance has been satisfactory. What are the main political and social Fall out of Brexit, positioning the IOM issues facing the Isle of Man in the next economy, maintaining balanced society five years? and planning for ageing demographic. How would you deal with the challenges Brexit will take time to unfold and fully referred to in the previous answer? understand implications but we must comprehensively review all options and be ready to adapt what is in best interests of IOM. -
MINUTES of the MEETING of MAUGHOLD PARISH COMMISSIONERS HELD on MONDAY April 7 Th 2014, 7.30 PM at DHOON CHURCH HALL
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAUGHOLD PARISH COMMISSIONERS HELD ON MONDAY April 7 th 2014, 7.30 PM AT DHOON CHURCH HALL 7.30 pm Meeting of Maughold Parish Commissioners Present: Mrs M Fargher Mr M. Cowley, Mr R Moughtin, Mrs C Perks, Mr J Quayle. 14.28 Apologies: All Members present. 14.29. Declarations of any Interests in the business of the Agenda. None declared besides those discussed at 14.31 below. 14.30. Consideration of the accuracy of the Minutes of the Meeting of the 3rd March 2014. These were agreed to be a correct record. Proposed Mr Moughtin , seconded Mr Cowley . Resolved . 14.31. Matters Arising from the Minutes of the 3rd of March 2014. Daffodil Competition. Mrs Fargher reported that she had attended on the day of the judging of the daffodil competition with the clerk. The Captain of the Parish, Mrs Lace had judged the competition. Mrs Fargher advised that the standard of entries had been extremely high. Mrs Fargher asked if a letter could be forwarded to Mrs Lace CP thanking her for undertaking judgement of the competition. Agreed . 14.32. Matters for Discussion . a. Feedback on Garff Authority Meeting, and to discuss further investigation of a single Garff local authority (Rates Equalisation Information CF). Mr Moughtin indicated that the meeting in Maughold had gone extremely well, with unanimous support for the investigation of the formation of a single Garff Local authority. The attendance at the public meeting had been less than in previous years, but it was noted that the poorer turnout was perhaps due to the error made by Lonan Commissioners with the content of the letter. -
KPMG Isle of Man Egaming Summit Report
KPMG eGaming Summit Isle of Man September 2017 2 Kindly sponsored by A Word from the Sponsor Once again, we are delighted to be the sponsors of this year’s KPMG Isle of Man eGaming Summit report. The annual summit goes from strength to strength and this year was characterised by an industry call for social responsibility, diversity, and innovation. A hearty embrace of these three key areas is visible across several sectors of the Island’s business community, and undeniably prevalent in eGaming. Indeed, the presence of industry leaders such as Microgaming and The Stars Group plays testament to our values. We at Continent 8 are committed to enhancing the Isle of Man’s position as a pivotal hub on the eGaming world stage, and are proud to call it our home. An unrivalled telecommunications network, empathic public/private sector bond, and growing community of experts, continues to add to our reputation as a premiere eGaming location. We are uniquely placed as the market leader in player fund protection, and in being home to no fewer than six Tier 3+ data centres. Centrally situated in the Island, our world-class data centre constitutes the footprint for a wealth of resources servicing Dublin, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Malta, Milan, Montreal, Paris and Singapore. Continent 8 is proud to have become the most recognised brand for consummate security and reliable services in the eGaming industry. The resilient nature of eGaming means challenges can be met with flex: 2018 promises to be a busy year for the sector. We hope you enjoy this year’s report and look forward to welcoming everyone again at the next summit which KPMG is due to host in Gibraltar on 26 April 2018. -
ISLE of MAN SPECIAL: Navigating the Conduct of Business Code CONTENTS: News • Analysis • Video • Features Contents
Click here for the accessibility optimised version ISLE OF MAN SPECIAL: navigating the conduct of business code CONTENTS: News • Analysis • Video • Features Contents INTRODUCTION UK NEWS AN ISLAND’S FINANCE ISLE OF Bringing the Isle of Man’s Round-up of the latest news from MANIFESTO MAN impressive history up-to-date the UK, its Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories An overview of the Isle of Man The Isle of Man Government’s today, its regulatory environment Simon Pickering explains the and international partners factors underpinning the island’s ongoing success Contents Contacts Publisher/Editor: Christopher Copper-Ind Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9937 Head of Video & Ezines: Gary Robinson Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9938 Editorial Director: Jonathan Boyd Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9922 Correspondent: Pedro Gonçalves Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 9937 Head of sales: Eliot Morton Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9945 Head of marketing: Vanessa Forde Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9924 CRACKING THE IN THE HOT SEAT PROFESSIONAL Office manager & accounts: Maria Margariti CONDUCT OF VIDEO: Zurich International CEO SERVICES Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9925 Peter Huber is the latest addition to Managing Director: Louise Hanna BUSINESS CODE our exclusive Big Interview series Some of the biggest players in Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9939 offshore financial services Chairman: Nicholas Rapley The island’s biggest names give Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9939 their views in words and video Imagery: iStockPhoto.com, Shutterstock.com INTRODUCTION Bringing the Isle of Man’s impressive history up-to-date An unrivalled democratic history Welcome to International Investment’s 23rd special report. -
Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man Meet the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, Before the Next Round of UK-EU Negotiations
Wednesday, 3 June 2020 Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man meet the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, before the next round of UK-EU negotiations Jersey’s Minister for External Relations, together with the Chief Ministers of Guernsey and the Isle of Man and Guernsey’s Minister for External Relations, has met the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP, the Paymaster General and Minister at the Cabinet Office responsible for representing the Islands’ interests during the UK-EU negotiations. They met on Monday 1 June to discuss the next round of negotiations being held this week. The work to prepare for the negotiations and for the end of the transition period has continued since the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. Restrictions in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have meant new ways of working remotely and meeting virtually with UK counterparts. This has maintained the pace of these negotiations throughout the last few months as a priority for the UK and the Islands’ governments. In June the UK and EU will hold a High Level Conference to review progress on the negotiations. This week’s meeting with the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP allowed for discussion before this round of negotiations on matters which could affect Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. The Minister for External Relations, Senator Ian Gorst, said: “These are complex negotiations and in order to maintain and develop our trading relationships with the EU we have worked closely with counterparts in Guernsey and the Isle of Man. We have shared interests and our close working will strengthen our positions for both these EU negotiations, and those the UK will be having on Free Trade Agreements with the rest of the world.” Deputy St Pier, Chief Minister of Guernsey said: “It has been an exceptionally busy few months for all of our Governments and this looks set to continue as we develop and manage our respective economic recovery strategies. -
Mission to Isle of Man 22-23 November 2018
Special Committee on Tax Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance (TAX3) Mission to Isle of Man 22-23 November 2018 PRELIMINARY DRAFT PROGRAMME Thursday, 22 ARRIVAL TO ISLE OF MAN of Members foreseen for November 2018 Thursday afternoon at 15.00 local time (departure from Brussels in the morning). Thursday, 22 November 2018 Time Institution/Host Address/Tel Subject Scenic tour of the Island with a short stop at Tynwald Hill established by the Vikings where the Island’s Parliament, which Pick up from the 15.15 - 16.45 is 1,000 years old, airport annually promulgates the Island’s laws at the Island’s National Day every 5th July. Arrival to hotel for the first meeting Fight against Meeting with money laundering Taxwatch, informal Fight against Isle of Man-based corporate and discussion group on individual tax 17.00 - 18.00 Hotel the topics of tax evasion avoidance and the Transparency of offshore finance beneficial industry ownership VAT Time Institution/Host Address/Tel Subject Fight against money laundering, tax evasion and 18.10 - 19.10 Meeting with Appelby Hotel tax avoidance Transparency of beneficial ownership Checking in at the hotel and transfer to the venue of the dinner (walking distance) Working dinner with Hon Howard Quayle MHK, Chief Minister Hon Alfred Cannan MHK, Minister for the Treasury Hon Laurence Skelly MHK, Minister for Fight against Enterprise money laundering Fight against Mr Will Greenhow, Organised by the corporate and Chief Secretary IoM Government individual tax 20.00 - 22.00 evasion Mr John Quinn, HM Venue -
Office of the Chief Minister 29Th March 2021 Dear Mr
Office of The Chief Minister Oik yn Ard-Shirveishagh Hon Howard Quayle MHK Chief Minister DOUGLAS Isle of Man IM1 3PG British Isles Telephone: +44 (0) 1624 685706 Email: [email protected] 29th March 2021 Dear Mr President, Mr Speaker, Honourable Members During the March 2021 Sitting of Tynwald I made a series of commitments. Firstly, in relation to Urgent Question from the Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew, Mr Moorhouse. Mr Moorhouse asked a supplementary question on the testing of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (‘IOMSPC’) Crew members and if I knew how many crew members had refused a COVID test (Hansard Ref. 330). As I explained in my response to the supplementary question, this is not a about a refusal at the point of test. The Exemption Certificate, issued to non-resident crew members, includes a condition that the IOMSPC crew members must undertake surveillance testing at the beginning and end of their rostered shift cycle. This is a condition of their entry to the Island and failure to comply is an offence. The Direction Notice issued to IOM resident crew members, requires them to undertake surveillance testing so as to be excluded from self-isolation requirements. If a crew member does not agree to the surveillance testing then they would be required to self-isolate for 21 consecutive days from the date of their arrival back to the Island. Failure to comply is an offence. Secondly, I was asked by Honourable Member for Douglas Central, Mr Thomas, how many COVID cases has the IOMSPC has had over the course of the Pandemic. -
ISLE of MAN SPECIAL: Navigating the Conduct of Business Code Click Here Or Press Enter for the Accessibility Optimised Version
Click here or press enter for the accessibility optimised version ISLE OF MAN SPECIAL: navigating the conduct of business code Click here or press enter for the accessibility optimised version CONTENTS: News • Analysis • Video • Features Contents INTRODUCTION NEWS: GLOBAL AN ISLAND’S FINANCE ISLE OF Bringing the Isle of Man’s UPDATE MANIFESTO MAN impressive history up-to-date Round-up of the latest news from An overview of the Isle of Man The Isle of Man Government’s around the world, with a special today, its regulatory environment Simon Pickering explains the focus on the Isle of Man and international partners factors underpinning the island’s ongoing success Contents Contacts Publisher/Editor: Christopher Copper-Ind Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9937 Head of Video & Ezines: Gary Robinson Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9938 Editorial Director: Jonathan Boyd Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9922 Correspondent: Pedro Gonçalves Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 9937 Head of sales: Eliot Morton Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9945 Head of marketing: Vanessa Forde Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9924 CRACKING THE IN THE HOT SEAT PROFESSIONAL Office manager & accounts: Maria Margariti CONDUCT OF VIDEO: Zurich International CEO SERVICES Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9925 Peter Huber is the latest addition to Managing Director: Louise Hanna BUSINESS CODE our exclusive Big Interview series Some of the biggest players in Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9939 offshore financial services Chairman: Nicholas Rapley The island’s biggest names give Tel +44 (0) 20 3727 9939 their views in words and video Imagery: iStockPhoto.com, Shutterstock.com Click here or press enter for the accessibility optimised version INTRODUCTION Bringing the Isle of Man’s impressive history up-to-date An unrivalled democratic history Welcome to International Investment’s 23rd special report.