PP 2021/0141aa TYNWALD Tinvaal QUESTION PAPER Pabyr Feyshtyn DOUGLAS Tuesday 15th June 2021 at 10.30 am For Oral Answer 1. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister – When and where the next Lieutenant Governor will be sworn in; and if he will make a statement? 2. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister – What works remain to be done at Castle Rushen to enable the next Lieutenant Governor to be sworn in there; and what the timetable is for these works to be completed? 3. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister – When the independent report on the Department of Infrastructure will be published? 4. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – Further to his Answer to Question 35 at the May 2021 sitting of Tynwald, for what reason the Treasury does not plan to publish business cases regarding the awards from the bona vacantia fund over the last five years? 5. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – When he will have fully examined the requirement and commitment expected of an organisation signing the Accounting For Sustainability Chief Financial Officer Net Zero Statement of Support; and how those requirements fit with current climate change initiatives? 6. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for the Treasury – How much support has been paid out to each sector of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic? 7. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What his Department’s policy is towards staff, contractors and visitors who leave vehicle engines running unnecessarily at Government establishments? 8. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What his Department’s policy is on the installation of electric vehicle charging points in Government-owned buildings and car parks for use by (a) staff and (b) the public? 9. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – When the airport inshore rescue boat was purchased and at what cost; and how many times it has been launched including for training purposes? 10. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform– When the new green living grant scheme will be launched? 11. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – When he will report on the reserved accommodation issues debated in January 2021? 12. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mrs Corlett) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – When he will bring forward a National Housing Strategy? 2 PP 2021/0141aa 13. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What his Department’s policy is towards parents who leave car engines running in school car parks before or after transporting children to or from school? 14. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What the income thresholds are, above which a person will be assessed as ineligible for support for (a) distance learning and (b) study in the UK? 15. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What action he has taken to promote youth issues and advocacy? 16. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – When he intends to bring updated animal welfare legislation to Tynwald? 17. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What discussions have taken place with Manx Care on cancer screening programmes? 18. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – Further to the Tynwald Resolution of May 2021 in relation to the Corrin Home, what work and engagement have been carried out; and if he will make a statement? 19. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What progress has been made with prescribing medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement? 20. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Poole-Wilson, to ask the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs – What progress he has made towards appointing an independent Chair to review the regulation of legal services pursuant to the resolution of April 2021? 3 PP 2021/0141aa 21. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chair of the National Housing Project Board – What organisations expressed what interest in providing Housing First arrangements; and when, and on what terms, an Emergency Night Shelter and the proposed Housing First Support Service will be put in place? 22. The Hon. Member for Douglas South (Mrs Christian) to ask the Chief Minister – When the borders open, what mitigation measures are planned to protect against COVID-19: (a) key workers; (b) children who have not yet had two doses of the vaccine; and (c) those who cannot or choose not to be vaccinated? 23. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Chief Minister – What progress has been made towards establishing a central Capital Projects Unit; whether it is intended that the Unit will supervise developments costing in excess of £3million; and if so, when? 24. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – Pursuant to the Council of Ministers’ recommendation, in its Response to the Report of the Select Committee on Library Provision 2017/2018 [GD 2018/0033], that the Select Committee on Library Provision continues with the important work of determining the future direction of the Island’s libraries, what the future direction of the Island’s libraries is? 25. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – When he expects (a) to launch a detailed consultation on an occupancy deposit scheme and (b) such a scheme to commence operation? 26. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What progress his department has made in restoring public access to footpaths over Slieau Whallian, Carraghan and Injebreck Hill? 27. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – Who holds the operator’s licence when the Airport Director is on annual leave? 28. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What mechanism is in place to give legal protection to a public right of way that has been in active use for many years? 4 PP 2021/0141aa 29. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mrs Corlett) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What assessment he has made of the impact of the recent rise in property prices on first time buyers; and what plans his Department has to help people get on to the property ladder? 30. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Callister) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – How his Department selected the questions to be asked in the census? 31. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What speech and language therapy services are provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement? 32. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What COVID-19 mitigations are in place in schools and what advice has been given to schools and to parents? 33. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What benefits and disadvantages were considered by his Department in deciding to transfer line management of Youth Services to Manx Sport and Recreation? 34. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister – What involvement the Government had in Ettyl’s plans to buy Stobart Air before 28th May 2021? 35. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Mercer, to ask the Chief Minister – What progress has been made since 3rd July 2019 in obtaining access to the UK Contracts for Difference regime for Manx-situated renewable energy generation? 36. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – Whether a PPV licence is required for charitable use of Department of Education, Sport and Culture minibuses? 5 PP 2021/0141aa 37. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – When Ballakermeen High School swimming pool was closed; when it will reopen; and if he will make a statement? For Written Answer 38. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – What the legal and political bases are for the establishment and operation of (a) Council of Ministers committees and working groups, (b) Chief Minister’s committees and working groups, (c) Transformation and Project Boards, (d) Cross-Government committees and working groups established elsewhere in Government, and (e) Chief Minister’s champions; and what the estimated annual officer involvement and cost to the public purse of servicing each of these arrangements is? 39. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Chief Minister – What the use and cost of libraries across the Island is; and what the Council of Ministers found during its investigation of a statutory library service funded by an all-Island rate? 40.