I don’t know if anyone remembers the TV show called “Quantum Leap” in which a former scientist Sam Beckett finds himself trapped in time due to an experiment gone wrong, resulting in him leaping into a different person each week……
Definitely […]
Marown Commissioners disappointed with stance
The environment, food and agriculture minister says his department was right to change the criteria for interested party status (IPS), but a commissioner insists what’s happened is wrong.
Minister Geoffrey Boot says some were using the status, which grants the right to appeal planning decisions, to delay […]
I saw a comment online this week asking why MHK’s ask silly questions in the House of Keys and Tynwald or ask questions that appear to be very minor on the surface, especially when the Isle of Man has so […]
This week is the start of what I consider to be a very busy period for me, which will lead up to the 2019 Budget. The Treasury Minister will be delivering his third Budget on Tuesday 19th February in Tynwald, […]
The Hon. Member for Onchan (Mr Callister) to ask the Minister for Infrastructure:
How much funding the Department will provide for local authority housing from April 2019; and what the shortfall in rental income to cover costs will be, broken down by local authority?
The Hon. […]
It has definitely been a strange week with a few meetings and briefings cancelled at the last minute, but I have involved myself in a number of Constituent matters this week that required very detailed correspondence to be drafted.
A massive […]
The government will need to pay out more than £6m to cover the local authority housing deficiency in the 2019-20 financial year.
Onchan MHK Rob Callister asked in this week’s Tynwald sitting how much the Department of Infrastructure was providing local authorities to cover housing deficiencies.
Douglas, the island’s largest authority with […]
A committee is calling for evidence following calls by Ramsey MHK Lawrie Hooper to investigate planning policy.
Chairman of the policy review committee Rob Callister MHK has confirmed the committee is going to conduct an inquiry into the operation of the planning system, with particular reference to planning enforcement.
Mr Hooper […]
Callister questions costs
A 5.7% increase in gate fees at the Energy From Waste Plant (EFW) is unfair on local authorities according to an MHK, and shouldn’t be taken at ‘face value’.
The hike comes into force from 1 April and will result in charges of £91.93 per tonne for domestic waste, and £183.04 for commercial waste.
The […]
This week was definitely “High Noon” for UK Politics as our Parliamentary colleagues in Westminster finally got to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal, which has dominated UK media coverage for the past eighteen months.
The debate certainly escalated to a […]