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P R O C E E D I N G S H O U S E O F K E Y S 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 Y C H I A R E A S F E E D P R O C E E D I N G S D A A L T Y N HANSARD Douglas, Tuesday, 2nd March 2021 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 138, No. 13 ISSN 1742-2264 Published by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW. © Court of Tynwald, 2021 HOUSE OF KEYS, TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH 2021 Present: The Speaker (Hon. J P Watterson) (Rushen); The Chief Minister (Hon. R H Quayle) (Middle); Mr J R Moorhouse and Hon. G D Cregeen (Arbory, Castletown and Malew); Hon. A L Cannan and Hon. T S Baker (Ayre and Michael); Mr C C Thomas and Mrs C A Corlett (Douglas Central); Mrs C L Barber and Mr C R Robertshaw (Douglas East); Hon. D J Ashford MBE and Mr G R Peake (Douglas North); Mrs C S B Christian and Mr S P Quine (Douglas South); Mr M J Perkins and Mrs D H P Caine (Garff); Hon. R K Harmer and Hon. G G Boot (Glenfaba and Peel); Mr W C Shimmins (Middle); Mr R E Callister and Ms J M Edge (Onchan); Hon. A J Allinson and Mr L L Hooper (Ramsey); Hon. L D Skelly (Rushen); with Mr R I S Phillips, Secretary of the House. ________________________________________________________________________ 1140 K138 HOUSE OF KEYS, TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH 2021 Business transacted Standing Orders suspended to take the sitting virtually; leave granted for Statements .......... 1143 Statements ........................................................................................................................... 1144 COVID-19 – Statement by the Treasury Minister............................................................. 1144 Procedural – Presence of Members absent during roll call..................................................... 1150 COVID-19 – Statement by the Chief Minister .................................................................. 1150 2. Questions for Oral Answer ............................................................................................... 1166 Procedural – Oral Question 7 deferred to the next physical sitting; Oral Questions 4, 9 and 10 deferred to next sitting ............................................................... 1166 2.1. COVID-19 risk locations – Business support ............................................................. 1167 2.2. Strategic Investment Fund – Statement ................................................................... 1168 2.3. Children with additional needs – Support mechanisms ............................................ 1171 2.5. Patient Transfer Service operation – Statement ....................................................... 1175 2.6. Capsule endoscopies – Statement on service interruption ....................................... 1177 2.8. Bus Vannin – Licensing of demand-responsive transport service .............................. 1180 3. Questions for Written Answer .......................................................................................... 1186 3.1. Climate Change Transformation funds – Allocation .................................................. 1186 3.2. Climate change related projects – Allocation of funds .............................................. 1186 3.3. Climate Change – Considerations of gas use ............................................................ 1187 3.4. Regulation of gas prices – Legislation ....................................................................... 1188 3.5. Public bodies and authorities – Gas standing charges and tariffs .............................. 1189 3.6. Manx National Heritage – Submission of capital and revenue projects..................... 1189 3.7. IOMSPCo COVID-19 contingency planning – Schedule revision................................. 1192 3.8. Government infrastructure building projects – Green energy solutions ................... 1193 3.9. Low carbon electricity generation – Use of contracts for difference (CfD) ................ 1193 3.10. PIN onshore renewable energy generation – Submissions ..................................... 1194 3.11. IoM sustainable electricity generation – Project roadmap...................................... 1194 3.12. School sport halls – Monitoring of occupancy and availability ................................ 1197 3.13. Cleaning and caretaking budget – Details of DoI transfer ....................................... 1198 3.14. Snaefell Surgery patients – Impact of potential changes ........................................ 1198 3.15. COVID-19 vaccine – Protocol for surplus doses ...................................................... 1199 3.16. Victims of sex crime – Off-Island collection of forensic evidence ............................ 1200 3.17. Sexual assaults and related offences – Numbers reported ..................................... 1201 3.18. Obscene images of children – Number of arrests ................................................... 1204 3.19. Alcohol licensing – Amendments ........................................................................... 1206 ________________________________________________________________________ 1141 K138 HOUSE OF KEYS, TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH 2021 3.20. Douglas Promenade collapsed walkway notification – Timeline ............................. 1206 3.21. Douglas Promenade – Safety fencing opposite Summerland .................................. 1207 3.22. Government estate – Transition away from fossil fuel ............................................ 1207 3.23. Gas pipeline and gas network extension – Financing conditions ............................. 1208 Order of the Day ................................................................................................................... 1210 4. Bill for First Reading ....................................................................................................... 1210 4.1 Adoption Bill 2021 .................................................................................................... 1210 5. Bill for Third Reading ...................................................................................................... 1210 5.1 International Co-operation (Protection from Liability) Bill 2020 – Third Reading approved.................................................................................................. 1210 The House adjourned at 1.34 p.m. ......................................................................................... 1211 ________________________________________________________________________ 1142 K138 HOUSE OF KEYS, TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH 2021 House of Keys The House met virtually at 11 a.m. Proceedings were conducted and broadcast live from the Legislative Council Chamber. [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] The Secretary: The Speaker is in the Chamber. The Speaker: Moghrey mie, good morning, Hon. Members. 5 I call on the Chaplain to lead us in prayers. 1. PRAYERS The Chaplain of the House The Chaplain: Moghrey mie, thank you, Mr Speaker. A prayer, and then the Lord’s Prayer, as we meet in these difficult times. Let us pray a prayer of Sir Francis Drake. O Lord God, when Thou givest to Thy servants to endeavour any great matter, grant us also to know that it is not the beginning, but the continuing 10 of the same until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory; through Him who for the finishing of Thy work laid down His life for us, our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. Standing Orders suspended to take the sitting virtually; leave granted for Statements The Speaker: Thank you, Chaplain. I call on the Deputy Speaker, Mr Robertshaw, to move the suspension of Standing Orders, please. 15 The Deputy Speaker: Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can I just check you can hear me before I do? The Speaker: Yes, we can hear you. 20 The Deputy Speaker: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I beg to move, therefore, that the Standing Orders be suspended sufficient to allow this sitting to be held virtually. The Speaker: Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew, Mr Cregeen. 25 Mr Cregeen: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I beg to second. The Speaker: Thank you very much. ________________________________________________________________________ 1143 K138 HOUSE OF KEYS, TUESDAY, 2nd MARCH 2021 Hon. Members, of course you will appreciate that things have had to change very much at the 30 last minute, and we are now sitting virtually, for the benefit of members of the public who are listening, obviously a delayed start time. Can I put on record, on behalf of all of Hon. Members, my thanks and our thanks to the staff who have come in this morning and set up the technology and gone to great lengths at high pressure to make sure that we are able to sit and meet like this this morning. 35 I understand that the Chief Minister’s briefing is still going on, but I ought to say that with the leave of the House the Chief Minister will make a Statement on the latest COVID situation, and there will be questions on that Statement as well. As you all have heard, we have had an additional request from the Treasury Minister to make a Statement about financial support. I seek the leave of the House to permit those Statements. So if any Member wishes to indicate 40 dissent, please do so now. Likewise, if any Member dissents on the question of the suspension of Standing
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