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DEFA minister faces questions about direct appointment of former Middle representative An MHK says the direct appointment of a former MHK to the board of the Island's meat plant creates a 'transparency issue'. Onchan member Julie Edge raised the recruitment of Bill Shimmins, who represented the constituency of Middle between 2016 and 2021, at this…

The Chief Minister will be asked tomorrow if he is committee to the new minimum wage due to come into force in April. From April 1, the minimum hourly wage will be £13.46 or everyone 18 and over and £10.76 u18s but over compulsory school age. That rise has been met with strong criticism from several…

Nearly 1,500 patients who weren't registered with a GP attended A&E over the past 12 months. The figure was given by Health Minister Claire Christian, in response to a question in Tynwald this week from Onchan MHK Julie Edge.  She said it's out of a total of 31,213 people who visited the emergency department at…

A contract awarded by Manx Care for consultancy work on private patient services did not comply with financial regulations, Health Minister Claire Christian has confirmed. The admission followed a written question from Julie Edge, which prompted a departmental review. The work, a gap analysis valued at £15,000, exceeded the £10,000 threshold requiring a formal ‘Quick…

Education Minister Daphne Caine has stated that all schools provide free period products to pupils. Mrs Caine was took a series of questions in Tynwald regarding the consistency and accessibility of the provision. In response to a question from Julie Edge, Mrs Caine said that the funding source for this provision is from “a mix…

The government says its salary costs for workers have risen by more than 36 per cent in the last five years, while the number of people working for it has risen by just over eight per cent. Chief Minister Alf Cannan gave the figures in response to a question for written reply from Onchan MHK…

The Hon. Member for Onchan, Ms Edge, to ask The Chief Minister: Further to the Written Answer given to Question 55 in Tynwald in July 2021, what the salary costs for each Department were in each year since 1 September 2020 broken down by: (a) category of employee; (b) grade; (c) number of personnel in…

Former MHK Bill Shimmins has been directly appointed to the board of Isle of Man Meats as a non-executive director. Mr Shimmins didn’t have to go through an open recruitment, as “direct appointments can also be made where circumstances make this appropriate”. The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture said: “The role was not advertised…

The Hon. Member for Onchan, Ms Edge, to ask The Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture: If she will make a statement on any issues with supply from Isle of Man Meats; and what the process is for the appointment of non-executive Directors. Question O-202501-2311 published on 20 11 2025; Answer published on 21 11…

The Isle of Man has no single official definition of poverty, the Minister for the Cabinet Office has confirmed. Responding to a question from Onchan MHK Julie Edge, David Ashford stated there is “no single working definition of poverty, either on the Isle of Man or the UK and no single definitive way of measuring…

Link to the list of questions: https://www.tynwald.org.im/spfile?file=/business/opqp/opqp/2025-PP-0175.pdf 20 Novemner 2025

Raising the minimum wage could risk youth employment opportunities, Enterprise Minister Tim Johnston has acknowledged in Tynwald. The admission came during questioning from Julie Edge MHK on the impact for 2026 school leavers and graduates. When the proposals were approved, the government considered the “potential risk that increasing the cost of employing younger workers who…