Number and list of Petitions to Tynwald on record and the outcome.

Summary

The requester asked for a list of all petitions to Tynwald on record and their outcomes, receiving a partial disclosure covering petitions from 2007 to 2010 with some information exempt.

Key Facts

• The response covers petitions for redress from 2007 to 2019, though the provided text only details entries up to 2010.
• Many petitions were 'laid on table' and subsequently lapsed without being picked up by Tynwald.
• Some petitions were rejected due to procedural issues, such as lack of petitioner's address or not being presented at St. John's.
• Successful petitions were considered by Select Committees and resulted in approved reports and recommendations.
• The outcome of the FOI request was classified as 'Some information sent but part exempt'.

Data Disclosed

• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2019
• 9th July 2019
• 2020-05-11
• 2020-06-23
• 14 pages
• 2 documents
• Article 8
• Road Transport Act 2001
• National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939

Original Request

Dear Sirs, It will be well known that I currently have a serious issue being investigated by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, and this is for the good of the entire Island. I would appreciate a basic list of all of the petitions presented for as long as you reasonably have on record. In addition, I would like to know which ones of these were taken up, and what the eventual outcome was, with the relevant dates. This is not in any way to be used as a criticism of the Committee mentioned above, whom I wish to take as long as they need to complete their investigations. The result of this list may be the subject of a further Petition, and as such I would appreciate the information within the time scales stated.

Data Tables (11)

Full Response Text

CURRENT STATUS OF PETITIONS FOR REDRESS 2007 – 2019

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2007 Margaret Bendall Social equality, pension supplement Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2011 2007 Patricia Anne Kelly Injury while at Rushen School, subsequent events, reparation Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2011 2007 Edward Michael Thomas McBride Children at risk, DHSS conduct Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2011 2007 Brenda Elizabeth Williams Post Office issue of driving licenses Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2011 2008 David Edwin Boyles MNH actions contrary to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Joseph Duffy Decline in NHS Dental and Orthodontic Services Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Christopher Robert Farrer Cliff Clague Wendy Buttery
Dave McWilliams Immediate financial provision for newly diagnosed chronically ill

Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Rodger Gimbert Transfer of data on Manx Residents to other jurisdictions Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Kevin Anthony Glynn and Greeba Skinner Fluoridation campaign, methodology of dental review Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Graham Peter Joughin Fluoridation campaign, use of material by DHSS and Isle of Man Newspapers, bias and balance Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Robert David Kelly Water Authority charging procedures Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July2012

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2008 Margaret Lombard-Chibnall DHSS residential homes No
Lack of petitioner’s address No _ _ Rejected _ Rejected 2008 Martin Moore Road Transport Act 2001, inadequate appeals procedure Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2012 2008 Donald Whittaker Planning, Petitions of Doleance adding to planning procedures, extra cost Yes Mr Cregeen 22-23.10.2008 p157-172 T126 Select Committee Considered Report and recommendations (with amendment) approved 16.12.09 p575 T127 Reported 2008 Patricia Anne Kelly Failure to act on previous Petitions for Redress No Not presented at St.John’s,
e-mailed later to Clerk No _ _ Rejected _ Rejected 2009 Francis Bernard Arrowsmith Consequences of the National Service (Armed Forces)Act 1939 (UK Parliament

Yes Mr Speaker (Mr Rodan) 19.01.10 Motion lost p712 T127 _ Lay on table _ July 2013 2009 Stephen Broad Civil Legal Aid awarded to one side in family cases Yes Mr Teare 21.10.09 Select Committee Considered Report and recommendations approved 13.07.10 p1871 T127 Reported 2009 David Buttery Domestic rating system
Yes Mr Thomas 19.03.14 Select Committee Considered Reported and recommendations Approved 22.10.14 Reported 2009 Sheila Jean Carrickford Water rates for single person households; water meters Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2013 2009 Leslie Vernon Crellin Home Affairs complaints procedure No No _ _ Rejected _ Rejected

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2009 Stephen Holmes Maladministration in court orders re children etc. Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July2013 2009 John Michael Leather Obtaining medical justice Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2013 2009 Helen Parry, Pat Costain, Brenda Willoughby, Margaret Kelly and Margaret Cubbon Free nursery places in state schools before 2010/11 Yes Mr. Watterso n
21.10.09, adjourned to March 2010 for Dept of Education to report _ Lay on table Dept of Education report Proposal for free Pre-School Education (GD 13/10) approved 16.03.10. Extended to areas of recognised shortage Reported 2009 Gloria Anne Rothwell Planning process, lack of review of approval decisions Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2013 2009 Ian David Torbet KSF (IoM) Ltd, refunding of savings of depositors Yes No _ _ Lay on table _ July 2013 2010 Charmian Perston Complaints procedure, private medical patients Yes No _ _ Lay on table

July 2015 2010 Marjorie MacMullen, Yvonne Williams, Michael Cook, Dorothy Cook and June Young Service charges with specific reference to freehold property Yes Mr Teare 20.10.10 Select Committee Considered Report and recommendation approved: 12.04.11 T128 Reported 2010 Paul Smith Administration of justice, family matters, complaints procedure in relation to decisions by Legal Aid Certifying Officer Yes Mr Malarkey 13.07.10

Select Committee Considered Report and recommendations approved 19.10.10 T128; Further report approved: 12.04.11 T128 CoMin to report further Jan 2012 reported 2010 (twice)

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2011 Neil Alan Cushing and others (Simon Charles Turton and Helen Anne Prince) Route and design specifications of a Peel by- pass

No (related to a matter that could be subject to an appeal procedure and sought to take statutory duty from the DOI) No - - Rejected Rejected Rejected 2011 Aileen Fraser and Marion Ashcroft The constitution of the Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal and Appeals Panel Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2016 2011 Joseph Rae Hamilton The responsibilities of local authorities where declarations of interest are concerned Yes Yes 15.11.11 Select Committee Considered Report and recommendations approved 16.08.12 Reported 2011 Robert Powell Hendry The conduct of the Department of Community, Culture and Leisure and its predecessor body in relation to historic rolling stock owned by the Isle of Man Railway and Tramway Preservation Society Limited Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2016 2011 Stephen Holmes Access to justice in cases involving children Yes No - - Lay on Table - July 2016 2011 Tristram Llewellyn Jones Children and Families Social Services Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2016 2011 David Nicholas Sykes and others Risk of flooding Yes Mr Singer 15.11.11 Motion lost - Lay on Table - July 2016

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2012 Stephen Holmes Creation of Children’s commissioner Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2017 2012 Graeme John Nash Responsibilities of buyers and sellers in the property transaction process Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2017 2012 Christopher Thomas Charles Fairness of government Human resource selection Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2017 2013 Amy Burns and Lisa Morris Free preschool education Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2018 2013 Michael Henthorn and others Public information about planning conditions compliance Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2018 2013 Stephen Holmes Family Division of the High Court in relation to children No Rejected - - Rejected - Rejected 2013 David McWilliams Welfare provision for the vulnerable Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2018 2013 Michael Geoffrey Speers Independent review body and Noble’s Hospital Yes Mr Thomas 10.12.13 Adjourned sine die - Lay on table - July 2018

2013 Phillip James Walmsley Upbringing of children in broken relationships Yes Mr Gawne 10.12.13 Select Committee Considered Report and recommendations approved 22.10.14 Reported 2013 Sarah Lee Watterson Laws relating to property matters Yes Mr Karran 10.12.13 Select Committee Considered
Papers laid

17.03.2015

2014 Samantha A Blackford Flood protection in Castletown

Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2019 2014 Millie Blenkinsop- French Assisted Dying Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2019 2014 Joseph Rae Hamilton Complaints against Local Authority members and officers Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2019

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2014 Roseleen Harrison Animal welfare legislation Yes Mrs Beecroft 19.11.14 Select committee Considered Report and recommendations approved 17.05.17 Reported 2014 G. Stephen Holmes Failures in the general registry relating to children Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2019 2014 Phillip Donald and Kirrie Anne Jenkins Planning and building control Yes Mr Thomas

17.11.2015 Select Committee Considered Report and recommendations approved 21.07.16 Reported 2014 Christopher McEvoy Review membership of Tynwald Yes Mr Gawne 22.1014 Motion lost - Lay on Table - July 2019 2014 James David Moore Countryside care scheme Yes No - - Lay on table - July 2019 2015 Charles Guard Stewardship of historic and graded buildings Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2020 2015 Craig Morris Divorce laws Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2020 2015 Residents of Harcroft Meadows First time buyer scheme Yes although additional signatures were not Mr Thomas 21.10.15 Select committee Considered Report laid 19.04.16. Report and recommendations approved 22.06.16 Reported 2015 John Ffynlo Craine & Annie Andree Jeannine Jommet Land registration Yes Mr Coleman

21.10.15 Select committee considered Report and recommendations approved 21.07.16 Reported 2015 Rvd Cannon Dr Jules Gomes Employment rights of clergy Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2020 2015 Rvd Cannon Dr Jules Gomes Racial harassment and hatred Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2020 2016 Leonard Trevor Cowin Complaints procedure against government and Tynwald Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2016 Leonard Trevor Cowin Complaint about a member- Mr Bell- and related matters Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Leonard Trevor Cowin Complaint about a member- Mr Gawne- and related matters Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Mrs J Bell, Mrs L Owen and Mrs Richards Erection of a Sophia Jane Goulden statue Yes Mrs Caine 17.04.18 For the motion Tynwald supported erection of statue Motion carried N/A Motion carried 2016 Robert Powell Hendry Care for looked after children Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Neil Cheetham and Dr Rebecca Foulger Penalty for animal cruelty Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 James Corlett Salaries and remuneration of senior public servants Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Anna Maria Kawalek Island’s drainage Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 James Anthony Brown OBE and Colin Leather TC Swearing-in ceremony of the Lieutenant-Governor
Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Stephen Broad, Christopher Clegg and Peter Howe Proposed Road Transport regulations Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Louise Whitelegg on behalf of the committee of the 0.7 campaign Funding to contribute to the global fight against poverty in the developing world Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Carol; Quine, Lynn Siredefield and Richard Halsall Free TV licences for 75+ Yes Mr Cretney Motion tabled for 18.10.16 but not moved as funding already agreed in sitting. - Lay on Table - Will lapse July 2021

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED 2016 Carol Quine, Lynn Sirdefield and Richard Halsall Free Train and Tram travel for 75+ Yes Mr Shimmin s 18.10.16 Select committee Considered Report laid 21.03.17, report and recommendations approved 16.05.17 Reported 2016 Jonathan Frank Edward Irving Best practise of “Good Government” Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2021 2016 Leonard Trevor Cowin Complaint about Tynwald standards and Members’ interest committee and related matters No No Rejected - Rejected - Rejected 2016 Leonard Trevor Cowin Complaint about a member- Mr Bell- and related matters following a complaint against Members of the Civil service commission No No Rejected - Rejected - Rejected 2016 Jonathan Frank Edward Irving Handling of winding up and other legal issues No No Rejected - Rejected - Rejected 2017 Ms Patricia Anne Kelly Procedures within the justice system No No Rejected - Rejected - Rejected 2017 Mr Gavin Organ Cannabis for personal and medicinal use No No Rejected - Rejected - Rejected 2017 Ms Patricia Newton Stewardship of the historical built environment Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2022 2017 Ms Chrissie Parkes Review of the rating system for water and related services Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2022 2017 Mr Christopher Michael Quirk Establishment of a Criminal Case Review Commission Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2022 2017 Mr Alan Grace, Chairman, and Mr Alastair Hamilton, Clerk, Rights of way to foreshores, ports, and other areas of unregistered land Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2022

Last Updated: 9th July 2019 DATE PETITIONER GRIEVANCE IN ORDER? PICKED UP? RESOLUTION ACTION STATUS REPORTING DATE LAPSED of the Port St Mary commissioners 2017 Mr G. Stephen Holmes Lieutenant Governor to examine miscarriages of justice in relation to family matters No No Rejected - Rejected - Rejected 2018 Mr Brendan O’Brien Law on Property service charges and shared freeholds Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2023 2018 Mr Leonard Trevor Cowin Appeals process against planning decisions Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2023 2018 Mr Robert Powell Hendry Children subjected to contested care orders Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2023 2018 Mr Gerrard Christopher Power Police complaints system Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2023 2018 Mr Andrew Smith Landlord and Tenant Act Yes No - - Lay on table - Will Lapse July 2023 2019 Millie Blenkinsop- French Choice and dignity in dying Yes

2019 Mark Jason Cleator Law of adverse possession
Yes

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