'A bucket of whitewash' is how a member of the House of Keys describes the decision not to scrutinise the process which led to the ultimately successful campaign to save the Reciprocal Health Agreement.
The agreement, which allows Manx residents travelling to the United Kingdom to receive free emergency hospital treatment on the NHS and vice versa, was saved at the eleventh hour earlier this year.
However, Rushen MHK Quintin Gill’s bid for a select committee to be set up to see what lessons had been learned in the negotiating process failed to receive sufficient support in Tynwald.
He says it’s all too easy to move on, but some important questions still need answering:
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