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PP 2021/0039 HOUSE OF KEYS Y Chiare as Feed ORDER PAPER Claare Obbyr DOUGLAS Tuesday 2nd March 2021 10.00 am 1. Prayers 2. Questions for Oral Answer 1. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister – What support is available to assist a business that is identified as a low or higher level COVID-19 location? 2. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Enterprise – If he will make a statement on the Strategic Investment Fund? 3. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What mechanisms are in place to ensure children with additional needs receive adequate and appropriate support whilst in education; what the statutory level of service is, to which a child is entitled; and what routes are available for parents to ensure this support is received? 4. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – What changes to the planning process have been made to assist those looking at applications, in the last five years; and whether the option of highlighting changes on amended plans in planning applications been considered? 5. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mr Quine) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care– If he will make a statement on the operation of the Patient Transfer Service? 6. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – When capsule endoscopies stopped being offered on the Island; what the reason was for this service interruption; when the service will come back on line; and if he will make a statement? 7. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mr Quine) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What process is underway to appoint an Aviation Medical Examiner who will be based on the Island? 8. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister of Infrastructure – What plans he has for licensing Bus Vannin’s Demand Responsive Transport service? 9. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – How many households have no television licence; and how often such households receive correspondence about this issue? 10. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chairman of the Post Office – Which sub postmaster positions have been advertised in the last five years in order to enable the services to continue unaffected by a change of ownership? 2 PP 2021/0039 11. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading – Further to his answer in the House of Keys on the 27th October 2020, when the review of consumer safety and weights and measures legislation will be undertaken; and what his timeline is for any proposed changes to be implemented? 3. Questions for Written Answer 1. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – If he will publish the terms of reference for allocation of the Climate Change Transformation funds? 2. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – Which Climate Change related projects, schemes and expenditure have had funds specified and approved from the (a) Economic Recovery Fund (b) Climate Change Transformation Fund and (c) Isle of Man Government budget since his declaration of the Climate Change Emergency broken down by i) amount, ii) purpose iii) funds recipient iii) financial year iv) type of expenditure? 3. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – Pursuant to his answer of August 2020, what consideration the a) ClimateChange Transformation Board and b) Council of Ministers have given to the use of gas in the coming fifteen years for space heating and other domestic uses; and if he will make a statement about policy and planning in respect of this gas use with particular attention to the i) foreseen timetable, and ii) the application of the Climate Change duties of the public bodies envisaged in the Climate Change Bill 2020? 4. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – Pursuant to his answer of August 2020, how the legislation in relation to the regulation of gas prices which he proposes to bring to Tynwald will a) focus on lowering gas prices and b) take into account the inequality and poverty principles of a Climate Change Just Transition? 5. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – What the a) standing charges (pence per day) and b) tariffs (pence per kWh) paid for gas by all public bodies and authorities are; and what the volume consumed is at each standing charge and tariff level? 3 PP 2021/0039 6. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – What budget submissions for capital and revenue projects Manx National Heritage submitted in each of the last five years; which succeeded; and which failed? 7. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – Pursuant to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company news release of 13th April 2020, what crew self-isolation COVID-19 pandemic contingency planning was activated which led to the schedule revision between 15th and 29th April 2020; and if he will make a statement about changes that were made to a) Isle of Man Steam Packet Company operational procedures and b) Government guidelines subsequent to this schedule revision? 8. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What green energy solutions were considered for the 10 largest approved Government infrastructure building projects in each year since 2016, broken down by a) options considered and b) options agreed for inclusion? 9. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What the Government is trying to achieve in its discussions with the UK Government in respect of low carbon electricity generation using contracts for difference between a CFD counterparty and an eligible generator; and what role he envisages for any potential partners in any such generation? 10. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – How many submissions were made to the onshore renewable energy generation PIN; and what the findings and outcome of this process were? 11. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What the a) terms of reference and b) Tynwald reporting date for the project to map out how the Island achieves sustainable electricity generation are? 4 PP 2021/0039 12. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What monitoring takes place of sport hall occupancy and availability, broken down by school? 13. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What the budget was for cleaning and caretaking that was transferred to the Department for Infrastructure; how this compares to the budget transferred back; and what the reason was for any increase? 14. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What the impact will be on patients who are (a) disabled, (b) elderly, (c) pregnant and (d) with young children, if Snaefell Surgery i) closes ii) changes management and iii) operates with salaried GPs? 15. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What the protocol is for how any surplus vaccine doses are utilised; and whether any vaccine doses have been disposed of or otherwise not administered to patients? 16. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs – How many victims of sex crime were flown off island for the purpose of the collection of forensic evidence from September 2016, broken down by (a) month and year; (b) sex of victim; (c) sex of accused; (d) age of victim; (e) age of accused; (f) type of offence (broken down by (i) rape (ii) sexual assault (iii) exploitation; (iv) grooming; (v) other); (g) action taken (broken down by (i) caution (ii) arrest (iii) charged (iv) other; and (h) outcomes (broken down by (i) no further action; (ii) prosecution; (iii) other)? 5 PP 2021/0039 17. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs – How many sexual assaults and related offences were reported as having taken place on the island from 1st January 2016, broken down by: (a) year of reporting; (b) sex of (i) victims and (ii) offenders; (c) age of (i) victims and (ii) offenders; (e) when alleged the offence took place; (f) type of alleged offence (broken down by (i) rape (ii) sexual assault (iii) exploitation (iv) grooming (v) other); (g) action taken (broken down by (i) caution (ii) arrest (iii) charged (iv) other); and (h) outcomes (broken down by (i) no further action; (ii) prosecution; (iii) other)? 18. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs – How many arrests there were since 1st January 2016 for (a) the manufacture of (b) the publication of and (c) looking at or searching for obscene images of children, broken down by: (a) year; (b) sex of offender; (c) age of offender; (d) type of alleged offence; (e) age range of obscene images; (f) scale of severity of the obscene images (g) action taken (broken down by (i) caution (ii) arrest (iii) charged); and (h) outcomes (broken down by (i) no further action; (ii) prosecution; (iii) other)? 19.