Tynwald to greet latest CoMin members

20 questions in all tabled for today's sitting

Twenty-four hours ago, it would have been relatively simple describing today's (20 January) scheduled Tynwald agenda.

However, the who's who of Tynwald was thrown into some confusion after the latest ministerial shuffle yesterday (19 January), with the replacement of two of the high rollers round the CoMin table making things a tad more complicated.

Members at today's sitting of the Island's parliament will be greeted by a new treasury minister and a returning infrastructure minister.

New Treasury Minister Chris Thomas - who had tabled four questions beforehand - will probably go ahead and ask them. 

Unfortunately, none are for the treasury minister... himself.

But it's likely he will field the questions originally intended for his predecessor, Dr Alex Allinson.

Newish...he's been there before of course... Infrastructure Minister Tim Crookall now has five questions to answer in that resumed role.

These include inquiries on the Crossag Farm development and passenger checks at Ronaldsway.

There are 20 questions in all.

After that, the new infrastructure minister is down to deliver statements on the Sea Services Agreement and the Waste Strategy, while the new treasury minister is scheduled to make a financial statement.

Onchan MHK Julie Edge has a motion on the new minimum wage scheduled for April. 

Though, of course, comments yesterday by the new treasury minister would seem to cast doubt on the schedule for that, as proposed by his predecessor.

You can find the full question paper for today's sitting HERE and the full order paper HERE.