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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, Monday, 16th March 2015 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 132, 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, 2015 HOUSE OF KEYS, MONDAY, 16th MARCH 2015 Present: The Speaker (Hon. S C Rodan) (Garff); The Chief Minister (Hon. A R Bell) (Ramsey); Mr D M Anderson (Glenfaba); Mr L I Singer (Ramsey); Hon. W E Teare (Ayre); Mr A L Cannan (Michael); Hon. T M Crookall (Peel); Mr P Karran, Mr Z Hall and Mr D J Quirk (Onchan); Hon. R H Quayle (Middle); Mr J R Houghton and Mr R W Henderson (Douglas North); Mr D C Cretney and Mrs K J Beecroft (Douglas South); Mr C R Robertshaw and Mrs B J Cannell (Douglas East); Hon. J P Shimmin and Mr C C Thomas (Douglas West); Hon. R A Ronan (Castletown); Mr G D Cregeen (Malew and Santon); Hon. J P Watterson, Hon. L D Skelly and Hon. P A Gawne (Rushen); with Mr R I S Phillips, Secretary of the House. ________________________________________________________________________ 864 K132 HOUSE OF KEYS, MONDAY, 16th MARCH 2015 Business transacted Order of the Day ................................................................................................................ 867 1. Election of four Members of the Legislative Council ............................................................ 867 Procedural ............................................................................................................................. 867 Nomination of Mr David Anderson MHK .............................................................................. 868 Nomination of Mr Paul Beckett ............................................................................................ 869 Nomination of Mr Phil Braidwood ........................................................................................ 870 Nomination of Mr David Cretney MHK ................................................................................. 871 Nomination of Mr Bill Henderson MHK ................................................................................ 872 Nomination of Mr Christopher Kinley ................................................................................... 873 Election of four persons to Legislative Council – First ballot – Mr Henderson elected ........ 875 Election of three persons to Legislative Council – Second ballot ......................................... 875 The House adjourned at 11.04 a.m. and resumed its sitting at 11.17 a.m. ................................. 877 Election of three persons to Legislative Council – Third ballot ............................................. 877 Election of three persons to Legislative Council – Nomination of Mr Tim Crookall MHK – Fourth ballot .......................................................................................................................... 878 The House adjourned at 11.45 a.m. and resumed its sitting at 11.55 a.m. ................................. 880 Election of three persons to Legislative Council – Fifth ballot – Mr Cretney elected ........... 880 Election of two persons to Legislative Council – Sixth ballot ................................................ 881 The House adjourned at 12.28 p.m. and resumed its sitting at 12.40 p.m. ................................. 883 Election of two persons to Legislative Council – Seventh and eighth ballots ....................... 883 The House adjourned at 1.07 p.m. and resumed its sitting at 2.30 p.m. ..................................... 885 Election of two persons to Legislative Council – Ninth ballot ............................................... 885 New nominations called for under Standing Order 8.2(2)(xi) ............................................... 886 Congratulations to Mr Henderson and Mr Cretney; thanks to all candidates ............................. 886 The House adjourned at 2.42 p.m. ............................................................................................... 886 ________________________________________________________________________ 865 K132 HOUSE OF KEYS, MONDAY, 16th MARCH 2015 PAGE LEFT DELIBERATELY BLANK ________________________________________________________________________ 866 K132 HOUSE OF KEYS, MONDAY, 16th MARCH 2015 House of Keys The House met at 10.00 a.m. [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] The Speaker: Moghrey mie, Hon. Members. 5 Members: Good morning, Mr Speaker. The Speaker: The Chaplain will lead us in prayer. PRAYERS The Chaplain of the House of Keys Order of the Day 1. ELECTION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Procedural Election of four persons to serve as Members of the Legislative Council for a period expiring on 29th February 2020 in place of: Mr Philip Braidwood; Mr Dudley Butt; Mr Alan Crowe; and Mr Alex Downie. Nominees Proposers Mr David Anderson MHK nominated by Mr Leonard Singer MHK Mr Paul Beckett nominated by Mrs Kate Beecroft MHK Mr Phil Braidwood MLC nominated by Hon. Eddie Teare MHK Mr David Cretney MHK nominated by Hon. John Shimmin MHK Mr Bill Henderson MHK nominated by Hon. Eddie Teare MHK Mr Christopher Kinley nominated by Hon. Phil Gawne MHK The Speaker: Hon. Members, we turn to the single Item on our Order Paper. This is to elect a person to the Legislative Council for a term expiring on 29th February 2020. 10 There are six nominations on the Order Paper. The nominations were all accompanied by statements of qualification and reason and support as required, and the papers were circulated to Hon. Members by the Secretary on 27th February. Under the Isle of Man (Elections to Council) Act 1971, as amended by the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2008, once the elections have begun, they must be completed, although they 15 may be adjourned to the next day once only. Notwithstanding any other provisions of Standing ________________________________________________________________________ 867 K132 HOUSE OF KEYS, MONDAY, 16th MARCH 2015 Orders, I have discretion to determine the time at which a sitting of the House of Keys to elect Members of the Legislative Council shall adjourn. Once the round of elections has been started, no other business may be taken by the House of Keys sitting alone, until the elections have been completed. However, if it appears to me that 20 no progress can be made, I do have power to call for fresh nominations to be made in writing, which triggers the one-month delay and subsequent two-week period as before. I also have power to suspend the sitting at any time, if this appears useful. I shall first call on Members to propose and second candidates. Only the proposer and seconder may speak. Under Standing Order 8.3(5) each Member may vote for any one or more 25 candidates up to the number of vacancies to be filled, or vote for no candidates. All voting papers completed otherwise are invalid and no vote recorded on them will be counted. Voting is by placing an X in the box of the ballot paper opposite the candidate you wish to vote for. Under the Act, the successful candidate needs no fewer than 13 votes in his or her favour. Before 2008, if the candidate obtained a majority of the votes of Members present and 30 voting in the first round, but fewer than 13 votes, the primary legislation and Standing Orders allowed a second round of voting. This procedure no longer is in force. Each vote is a fresh round and requires further nominations and they must be seconded. These nominations of course may come from the floor. If when voting has been concluded the vacancy remains, I shall call for fresh nominations. 35 As before, we will proceed to a paper ballot in the relation to the names on the Order Paper. If it is necessary, I shall then call for fresh nominations for a further round of elections. Nomination of Mr David Anderson MHK The Speaker: I now call for nominations. Hon. Member for Ramsey, Mr Singer. 40 Mr Singer: Thank you, Mr Speaker, Hon. Members. I am pleased to propose Mr David Anderson MHK for election to the Legislative Council. Mr Anderson’s CV has been circulated to Hon. Members and of course, Hon. Members also know him on a personal basis. He has been successfully elected three times to this Hon. House 45 and, previously to that, served for nine years on the local Commissioners. First of all, I would say that he is an honourable man, a man of integrity and although he has had political differences with Members, as we all do from time to time, he has never been one to hold personal grudges and that is a genuine admirable quality. In coming to my decision to propose Mr Anderson, I thought about the qualities needed to be 50 a good and fully participating Member of the Legislative Council, and I can assure Hon. Members, having served in both Chambers myself, that the requirements are different. The first and greatest responsibility as a Member of the Legislative Council is the scrutiny of legislation, virtually line by line, and it needs an ability to concentrate, be a clear thinker and understand how a Bill is constructed. There must also be the willingness to take charge of a Bill 55 of which one
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