PP 2021/0055a TYNWALD Tinvaal QUESTION PAPER Pabyr Feyshtyn DOUGLAS – VIRTUAL SITTING Tuesday 16th March 2021 at 10.30 am For Oral Answer 1. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister – If he will establish an independent review of the COVID-19 outbreak that was linked to a case among the workers of the Steam Packet? 2. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister – What delays there were in reporting the Kent COVID-19 variant present on the Island and updating the symptoms list; and what the reasons for any such delays were? 3. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Chief Minister – What plans the Council of Ministers has to introduce (a) support bubbles and (b) other support mechanisms to help single-person households deal with the challenge of lockdown? 4. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – On how many occasions in the last 12 months the published primary school meals menu has not been provided? 5. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – How many students are funded for degree courses with an online provider? 6. The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – When the Department last considered offering support for students pursuing alternative full-time higher education qualifications such as Open University degrees? 7. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – Whether his Department plans to submit a bid to the Environmental Protection Fund for grant or loan support to assist people in reducing their domestic emissions? 8. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – Why the mental health service was budgeted to underspend by £1m in 2020/21? 9. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What plans his Department has to seek an amendment of the law to reclassify cannabis as a class C drug? 10. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – What progress has been made with enabling the prescription of cannabis for medicinal use on the Island; and what GP engagement there has been on this? 11. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Home Affairs and Justice – If he will make a statement on his Department’s work reviewing the current laws relating to controlled drugs, with special reference to cannabis? 2 PP 2021/0055a 12. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – What plans he has to propose a change in the law whereby drivers who cause death or serious injury whilst (a) using a mobile phone or (b) being under the influence of drugs or alcohol could face a maximum life sentence? 13. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – When his Department intends to reconstruct the main arterial routes into Douglas as part of its phased programme of key road infrastructure renewal and upgrade? 14. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Infrastructure – When his Department intends to make regulations that will make drivers of motor vehicles use dipped beam head lights if the vehicle is not fitted with automatic daytime running lights? 15. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – Whether the vaccination invitation list will enable an early estimate of the Island’s population and demography; and how the COVID-19 vaccination process is connected to the Smart Service Framework, Electoral Registration and the Census? 16. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Attorney General – Why the travel notification isolation requirements document, in respect of Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, was unenforceable; and what advice he has provided to resolve this issue? 17. The Hon. Member for Douglas East (Mrs Barber) to ask the Chief Minister – Whether the entire 2020/21 international development allocated budget will be used; and if he will make a statement? 18. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mrs Lord-Brennan, to ask the Chief Minister (Minister for the Cabinet Office) – Why contact tracing is more effective and timely than publicly announcing places associated with positive test results? 3 PP 2021/0055a 19. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Chief Minister (Minister for the Cabinet Office) – When the Council of Ministers was informed that the latest COVID-19 outbreak was the Kent variant? 20. The Hon. Member for Onchan (Ms Edge) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture– What advice he received when the first known case of the latest COVID-19 cluster was identified in a school? 21. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Education, Sport and Culture – What plans he has to improve the use of technology within the education system? 22. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – How many children underwent teeth extractions under general anaesthetic on average every month in the last two years; and what progress has been made on implementing a campaign to improve the Island’s oral health? 23. The Hon. Member for Douglas Central (Mr Thomas) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care – How many people who were eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in each of the priority groups he estimates were missed out from the original batch of invitation mailing lists; and if he will make a statement about (a) the reason for these omissions and (b) how the invitation list has been made complete? 24. The Hon. Member for Garff (Mrs Caine) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure– Pursuant to his Answer in February 2021 Tynwald, whether his Department will review its decision not to adopt pavements in Manor Park estate, Onchan? For Written Answer 25. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Chief Minister– What progress has been made in negotiating reciprocity with the UK on a veterans’ railcard? 4 PP 2021/0055a 26. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Chief Minister – What the terms of reference are for the inquiry into the breakdown of coronavirus mitigation measures on the Isle of Man Steam Packet vessels? 27. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Chief Minister – If he will publish the legal advice received in respect of the coronavirus mitigation measures on the Isle of Man Steam Packet? 28. The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Chief Minister – Who was responsible for issuing the entry certificates, exemption certificates, direction notices and other relevant documentation to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in respect of coronavirus? 29. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Chief Minister – How many people have come to the Island since the start of the current lockdown, broken down by entry categories? 30. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Chief Minister – How many people who have entered the Island since the start of the current lockdown have had non-standard isolation conditions, broken down by entry category, period of isolation and testing regime? 31. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for the Treasury– How many people paid Class 1 National Insurance and what the total value of these contributions was in the most recent tax year for which figures are available; and how many employer National Insurance contributions were paid in the same tax year and what the total value of these contributions was? 32. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What evidence he has collated since 1st March 2020 of prospective new residents of the Island buying up rental properties? 33. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – Whether records of new residence since the start of the first lockdown can be shared with the Income Tax Division to ensure that appropriate tax is paid by new residents? 5 PP 2021/0055a 34. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What house price inflation has been for (a) flats and (b) houses in each quartile over the last five years? 35. The Hon. Member of the Council, Mr Henderson, to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – What plans he has to reduce printing paper copies of documentation? 36. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform – Pursuant to the answer to Written Question 2 in the House of Keys on 2nd March 2021, if for each initiative listed he will provide how much CO2 equivalent reduced as well as the cost of the scheme; and whether cost per reduced tonne of CO2 emitted is a key performance indicator for the fund? 37. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Enterprise – How many properties on the Isle of Man have been purchased by (a) residents of the Island and (b) non-residents, in each of the last five years? 38. The Hon. Member for Rushen (Mr Speaker) to ask the Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture – How he monitors the number of reports of animal cruelty for pets and farm animals? 39.