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A matter of urgent public importance has been placed by Mr Hooper, for Dr Ewart to be called to the Bar to give evidence regarding the proposed border changes
Royal Assent has been announced in respect of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation (IoM) Act, the Domestic Abuse Act, the Elections (Keys and Local Authorities) Act, the Public Housing Act and the Registration of Electors Act.
Keys item 5.1 Isle of Man Constitution Amendment Bill - on a motion of Mr Callister it was agreed by 13 votes to 11 that consideration of the Bill be adjourned until the mover has consulted the public and has submitted to the House a report on the consultation.
Dr Allinson's Leave to Introduce a Private Member's Bill to enable adults who are terminally ill to be provided at their request with specified assistance to end their own life has been carried; Keys has now adjourned
Keys - today's sitting has commenced with the appointment of Dr Jonathan King as the Secretary of the House of Keys upon Roger Phillips' retirement in September
The Public Accounts Committee's inquiry, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and the border protocols during the pandemic, oral evidence hearing has commenced
The Minister for Education is responding to an Urgent Question from Ms Edge: If he will make a statement about Covid 19 cases detected in school pupils?
Keys - Mrs Kerry Sharpe, Mr Bill Henderson, Mr Peter Greenhill and Mr Robert Mercer have been elected to the Legislative Council. The sitting has now concluded.
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Today's Business
The Select Committee of the House of Keys on the Education Bill 2020 is hearing evidence at 4.00pm:
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The Committee is taking evidence from Daphne Caine MHK, Chair, Glen Geeves, Project Officer and Aly Lewin, Head of Programme Delivery, Climate Change Transformation Team; and Steven Stanley, Interim CEO, DEFA
The Committee is taking evidence from Prof Peter Edge and Dr Derek O'Brien, both of Oxford Brookes University, on the subject of the Isle of Man constitution
The motion of Urgent Public Importance, Dr Ranson v DHSC, has been carried. A Select Committee of three Members has been established. The three Members elected onto the Committee are: Mrs Caine, Mrs Maltby and Mr Peters.
Item 10, Dr Jonathan King has been appointed Clerk of Tynwald with effect from 24th September; Item 11 is underway, Public Accounts Committee, Salisbury Street Nursing Home
The Public Accounts Committee oral evidence hearing has commenced; the Committee is taking evidence from representatives of the Health and Social Care Ombudsman Board, followed by representatives of the Mental Health Commission.
The Economic Policy Review Committee oral evidence hearing has commenced; the Committee is taking evidence from the Minster for Treasury, Hon Alex Allinson MHK and Chief Financial Officer, Caldric Randall.
Standing Orders have been suspended to allow Supplementary Order Paper No.1, but with an amendment that Item 4, IOM ferry terminal in Liverpool, will not be taken
Royal Assent has today been given to the Manx Care (Amendment) Act 2022, the Marriage Measure (Isle of Man) and the Safeguarding (Code of Practice) Measure (Isle of Man)