MHK seeking horse tram answers from government ministers

Maltby to quiz Treasury and Infrastructure in HoK

Government ministers will be asked to provide an update on the funding request to extend the horse tram tracks along Douglas Promenade.

In the House of Keys (12 May) Douglas South MHK Sarah Maltby will grill the department heads for Treasury and Infrastructure.

She’ll ask Chris Thomas and Tim Crookall to provide information about the capital funding request.

The deadline to include the business case - to relay the tracks from the War Memorial to the Sea Terminal - was missed earlier this month.

It means it doesn’t feature on the Register of Business for the May sitting of Tynwald where it was supposed to be discussed.

You can find out more HERE.

There are eight questions tabled for today's House of Keys sitting.

Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse has tabled five.

He is seeking information about discussions which took place between Treasury and the Steam Packet, Department for Enterprise and other stakeholders on the fuel surcharge.

He also wants to know about a proposed development at Crossag Farm, questions on this census and the BSE risk classification.

Mr Moorhouse will also ask the Education, Sport and Culture minister about how many children had not achieved basic English skills in 2025 and how many had recently arrived on Island.

The sitting will get underway at 10am.

You can find the order paper HERE and listen live HERE.