Our cameras covered Question Time at the April sitting of Tynwald.
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The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Dr Allinson) to ask the Treasury Minister –

Whether his Department has a clear and comprehensive definition of what constitutes self-employment for the purpose of income tax; what that definition is; and what arrangements are in place to ensure that it is correctly applied?



The Hon. Member for Ayre and Michael (Mr Baker) to ask the Minister for Health and Social Care –

If she will make a statement on the feedback received since the change in service provider for the patient transfer service?



The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Minister for Home Affairs –

What checks are undertaken to ensure when a gun licence expires or is not renewed, that the licenceholder is no longer keeping weapons that require a licence and that those weapons have been properly disposed of?


 Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Minister for Home Affairs –

What plans he has to promote the non-emergency phone numbers for the emergency services?


The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Home Affairs –

When he will make a decision regarding the proposed sale of Ramsey Courthouse?


The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

What plans his Department has to ensure air fares are not excessive?


The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure –

How the bottom ash produced by the Energy from Waste Plant is currently recycled or disposed of?


The Hon. Member for Arbory, Castletown and Malew (Mr Moorhouse) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

What arrangements are in place to verify census data collected from residents; and to what extent data collected as part of the 2016 Census process was cross- checked against other sources of information available to the Government before it was published?


The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Mr Hooper) to ask the Minister for Policy and Reform –

Following the publication of the 2016 Earnings Survey what action he will take to address gender pay inequality in both the public and private sectors?


The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Dr Allinson) to ask the Minister for Economic Development –

What legislative and regulatory framework applies to (a) the Isle of Man Post Office; and (b) other parcel delivery companies operating in the Island; and what assessment he has made of the extent of unregulated activity in this sector?

The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Minister for Economic Development –

On the basis of what evidence he decided to prescribe a minimum wage lower than ?7.50 for people under 25?


The Hon. Member for Middle (Mr Shimmins) to ask the Minister for Economic Development –

When he will take action to relax work permits?

The Hon. Member for Ramsey (Dr Allinson) to ask the Minister for Education and Children –

What the current provision is for relationships education in primary schools; and for relationships and sex education in secondary schools?

The Hon. Member for Douglas North (Mr Ashford) to ask the Chairman of the Office of Fair Trading –

What powers the Office of Fair Trading has in relation to the regulation of air fares?