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Public Service Broadcasting (2018)
S E L E C T C O M M I T T E E O F 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 B I N G E R – L H E H 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 Public Service Broadcasting (2018) HANSARD Douglas, Thursday, 10th May 2018 PP2018/0092 PSB18, No. 3 All published Official Reports can be found on the Tynwald website: www.tynwald.org.im/business/hansard Published by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW. © High Court of Tynwald, 2018 SELECT COMMITTEE, THURSDAY, 10th MAY 2018 Members Present: Chairman: Dr A J Allinson MHK Mr T M Crookall MLC Hon. J P Watterson SHK Clerk: Mr J D C King Assistant Clerk: Mr A Cooke Contents Procedural .................................................................................................................................... 105 EVIDENCE OF Hon. Alfred Cannan MHK, Minister, and Mr Caldric Randall, Financial Controller, Treasury ....................................................................................................................................... 105 The Committee sat in private at 3.35 p.m. .................................................................................. 121 __________________________________________________________________ 104 PSB18 SELECT COMMITTEE, THURSDAY, 10th MAY 2018 Select Committee of Tynwald on Public Service Broadcasting (2018) The Committee sat in public at 2.30 p.m. in the Legislative Council Chamber, Legislative Buildings, Douglas [DR ALLINSON in the Chair] Procedural The Chairman (Dr Allinson): Welcome to this public meeting of the Select Committee of Tynwald on Public Service Broadcasting. -
Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance’
Investment Migration Council (IMC) Position Paper on TAX3 Committee Report ‘Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance’ March 2019 Investment Migration Council (IMC) cautions MEPs against phasing out industry responsible for vital investments Key Ask: IMC calls on MEPs to table a plenary amendment to the TAX3 Committee report supporting better industry standards and regulation and removing references to phasing out the citizenship and residency-by-investment industry The IMC recognise the significance of the European Parliament’s TAX3 Committee report ‘Financial Crimes, Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance’ in promoting discussion around the Investment Migration sector. Open discussion and scrutiny are the first steps in addressing the public concerns about Investment Migration and improving standards across the board to ensure the risks of abuse are mitigated. However, the IMC opposes the TAX3 Committee’s call for the Investment Migration sector to be phased out since these programmes are responsible for vital investments in EU Member States. The IMC calls on MEPs to table and support a plenary amendment (refer to IMC Proposed Amendments to TAX3 Committee Report.pdf) deleting direct references to banning or phasing out citizenship-by- investment and residency-by-investment programmes, essentially pioneering categories of immigration and instead supporting the implementation of improved standards and possible regulation of the sector. Investment Migration Council, 16 rue Maunoir, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland 1 investmentmigration.org European Commission Joint Transparency Register Secretariat ID: 337639131420-09 Investment Migration is a €20 billion industry responsible for significant investment, job creation and societal development Investment Migration accounts for billions of direct and indirect revenues in some smaller European states, as noted by the International Monetary Fund in its 2015 publication “A Passport of Convenience” as well as individual annual Country Reports. -
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. -
Doing Business in the Isle of Man
DOING BUSINESS IN THE ISLE OF MAN CONTENTS 1 – Introduction 3 2 – Business environment 4 3 – Foreign Investment 7 4 – Setting up a Business 8 5 – Labour 13 6 – Taxation 16 7 – Accounting & reporting 21 8 – UHY Representation in the Isle of Man 23 DOING BUSINESS IN THE ISLE OF MAN 3 1 – INTRODUCTION UHY is an international organisation providing accountancy, business management and consultancy services through financial business centres in over 100 countries throughout the world. Member firms work together through the network to conduct transnational operations for clients as well as offering specialist knowledge and experience within their own national borders. Global specialists in various industry and market sectors are also available for consultation. This detailed report providing key issues and information for users considering business operations in the Isle of Man has been provided by the office of UHY representatives: UHY CROSSLEYS LLC PO Box 1 Portland House Station Road Ballasalla Isle of Man, IM99 6AB British Isles Phone +44 (0) 1624 822816 Website www.crossleys.com Email [email protected] You are welcome to contact Andrew Pennington ([email protected]) or Nigel Rotheroe ([email protected]) for any enquiries you may have. Information in the following pages has been updated so that it is effective at the date shown, but inevitably it is both general and subject to change and should be used for guidance only. For specific matters, users are strongly advised to obtain further information and take professional advice before making any decisions. This publication is current at August 2021. We look forward to helping you do business in the Isle of Man. -
Bank (Recovery and Resolution) Bill 2020
Bank (Recovery and Resolution) Bill 2020 Consultation Yn Tashtey Treasury November 2019 Contents 1. Executive summary………………………………………………………………………….. 3 2. Introduction and background……………………………………………………………. 4 3. International Standards and implementation approaches…………………….. 4 4. Current Isle of Man position……………………………………………………………… 4 5. Overview of the draft Bill…………….……………………………………………………. 5 6. Feedback on the draft Bill…………..……………………..…………………………….. 10 7. Response Process …………………….…………………………………………………….. 11 2 1. Executive summary What is this Consultation Paper about? Following the Global Financial Crisis which erupted in 2007, various governments and international standard setting agencies have made significant advances in developing the legal, policy and operational frameworks necessary to ensure that future bank failures i) take place in an orderly fashion and ii) impose costs on the creditors and shareholders of the failed firm (through ‘bail-in’), as opposed to imposing costs on taxpayers (through ‘bail-out’). The Financial Stability Board has articulated a set of ‘Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions’1, endorsed by the G20 Governments, which have since informed the development of Bank Recovery and Resolution (‘BRR’) regimes in many countries. The aims of a BRR regime are to ensure the continuation of critical banking functions, to protect covered depositors and client assets, to avoid negative effects on financial and economic stability and to minimise reliance on public financial support to failing -
HOUSE of KEYS Y Chiare As Feed
PP 2020/0047 HOUSE OF KEYS Y Chiare as Feed 12th March 2020 Nomination papers laid before the House of Keys Pursuant to the Order of the House I have laid the attached papers before the House of Keys on the above date. They consist of the nominations, received by email, and attached papers. i / 12th March 2020 Roger PHILLIPS Secretary of the House of Keys Mr. Martyn Perkins, MHK, Legislative Buildings Finch Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PW 30th of January 2020 Mr. Roger Phillips Secretary to the House of Keys The Clerk of Tynwald’s Office Legislative Buildings Finch Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PW Dear Roger – re - Nomination for The Legislative Council Election – 12th of March 2020 Mr. Robert William (Bill) Henderson I wish to propose and nominate Mr. R. W. Henderson of[Address redacted] Isle of Man, Member of the Legislative Council and Tynwald for a position on the Legislative Council in the forthcoming Legislative Council Elections on the 12th of March 2020. I attach his CV/ Introduction document which ably demonstrates why I consider him to be a worthy candidate. The Honourable Member Mr. A. L. Cannan MHK has agreed to second Mr. Henderson and The Honourable Members Mr. Howard Quayle MHK and Mr. Tim Baker MHK have agreed to support the nomination. Mr. Henderson’s contact details are – phone – [Contact details redacted] . Mr. Henderson was born and educated on the Island. He was a long standing Member of the House of Keys, Tynwald and latterly the Legislative Council up until the 29th February 2020. -
Landlord and Tenant (Private Housing) Bill Committee
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 LANDLORD AND TENANT (PRIVATE HOUSING) BILL COMMITTEE HANSARD Douglas, Monday, 8th September 2014 PP2014/0116 LTPHB, No. 3 All published Official Reports can be found on the Tynwald website www.tynwald.org.im/Official Papers/Hansards/Please select a year: Published by the Office of the Clerk of Tynwald, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PW. © High Court of Tynwald, 2014 BILL COMMITTEE, MONDAY, 8th SEPTEMBER 2014 Members Present: Chairman: Mr C C Thomas MHK Mr D C Cretney MHK Mr L I Singer MHK Clerk: Mr R I S Phillips Contents Procedural ...................................................................................................................................... 55 EVIDENCE OF Mr D Ashford, Chairman of the Housing and Property Advisory Committee, Ms K Rice, Chief Executive, and Mr I Clague, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Douglas Borough Council ............................................................................................................... 55 The Court adjourned at 3.15 p.m. and resumed its sitting at 3.26 p.m. when Mr Harmer and Mr Whiteway were called .......................................................................... 68 Procedural ...................................................................................................................................... 68 EVIDENCE OF Mr T Harmer, Commissioner and Mr P Whiteway, Clerk, Ramsey Town Commissioners ....................................................................................................... 69 The Committee adjourned at 4.06 p.m. and resumed its sitting at 4.14 p.m. ............................... 79 Procedural ...................................................................................................................................... 80 The Committee adjourned at 4.15 p.m. -
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. -
Detailed Government Accounts – Year Ended 31 March 2017
GD 2017/0024 DETAILED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS 2016/17 www.gov.im Isle of Man Government Detailed Accounts – Year Ended 31 March 2017 DETAILED ACCOUNTS For the Year Ended 31st March 2017 LAID BEFORE TYNWALD BY THE TREASURY Page 1 Isle of Man Government Detailed Accounts – Year Ended 31 March 2017 CONTENTS 1. Foreword by The Minister ............................................................................. 4 2. Introduction .................................................................................................. 5 3. Financial Highlights ....................................................................................... 6 3.1. Government Revenue ........................................................................................... 6 3.2. Government Capital .............................................................................................. 7 3.3. Reserves Summary ............................................................................................... 8 3.4. Balance Sheet ...................................................................................................... 9 4. Accounting Policies ..................................................................................... 10 5. General Revenue Account ........................................................................... 13 6. Accounts of the Consolidated Loans Fund (CLF)......................................... 22 7. Detail by Departments, Boards and Offices ................................................ 32 7.1. Department of Economic -
Planning and Building Control Division Initial Summary Of
Planning and Building Control Division Initial Summary of Responses Draft Planning Policy Statement Planning and the Economy Initial Summary of Responses - Draft PPS Planning and the Economy Introduction 1. The Draft Planning Policy Statement Planning and the Economy was published in February 2012 as a means to help clarify the policies contained within the Isle of Man Strategic Plan. The role of the Draft PPS is to ensure that there is understanding between all those involved in the planning process as to how the economic benefits of a proposed development will be taken into account in the assessment of planning applications. These benefits will be weighed up against all other material considerations in line with the existing planning policy framework. As such, the Draft PPS does not represent a new policy approach, it merely clarifies existing policy and objectives of the Strategic Plan. 2. This initial summary of responses document provides a brief overview of the consultation process and analysis of all responses received during the consultation exercise. In line with the Isle of Man Government Code of Practice on Consultation (2008; “the Code”), this initial summary has been produced within three months of the closing date of the consultation (consultation closed 4 th May 2012). 3. The Draft PPS was introduced by Minister Cretney, Minister for Infrastructure on 21 st February 2012 in the budget speech in Tynwald, where he stated that he was “publishing a Draft Planning Policy Statement setting out how planning will take into account the issues I have just highlighted in the determination of planning applications and the interpretation of the Strategic Plan” (full speech available at - http://www.tynwald.org.im/business/hansard/Pages/ByYear20002020.aspx ).