Explanatory Memorandum to Tynwald Members
Explanatory Memorandum to Tynwald Members Issued by the Cabinet Office To the Hon. Steve Rodan, President of Tynwald and the Hon. Council and Keys in Tynwald assembled Tynwald – October 2020 1. Title of measure Programme for Government 2020/21, GD 2020/0058 2. Changes in policy In March 2020, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic the Council of Ministers suspended the Programme for Government, and any work within it. Over the past 2 months the Council of Ministers and Departments have reviewed the Actions within the Programme for Government through the refined lens of COVID and the action plan, presented at Appendix A, is now proposed as the Programme for Government 2020/21. 3. Effects of the measure Where actions have been completed and are identified to be withdrawn, they will be removed from the Programme for Government – These are attached as an appendix to this memo and are available online @gov.im. Where the need for new, or follow on actions have been identified, they are proposed for inclusion and have been added to the Programme for Government. Where existing actions require changes to define more clearly what is to be achieved, to reflect changing priorities, to ensure a realistic delivery date is set, or to ensure that political sponsors are assigned, changes to wording, dates or political sponsor are proposed. These changes have been made to the Programme for Government 2020/21. It is to note that the performance year for the Programme for Government 2020/21 will be October 2020 to July 2021. 4. Reasons for the measure When originally approved in 2017, the Programme for Government was described as a ‘living’ document, each year since the Programme for Government has been reviewed and amended to ensure the document and the actions contained therein are current.
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