The government's plans to keep public spending in check and expand the economy over the coming year will be unveiled in a few days time.
Eddie Teare will present his 2014 Budget to Tynwald on Tuesday morning and a lengthy debate is likely to follow.
Later, a diversity of issues will be raised at question time for spoken answer.
They include laws to prevent smoking in cars with children on board and early retirement packages for civil servants.
Meanwhile there's a call for written response on the training of police officers in the Island and take-up of pre-school places - among a myriad of issues.
Marian Kenny takes a look at this month's question paper:
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