This week’s sitting of the House of Keys promises to be a more sedate affair.

After the excitement of an emergency question and a statement of national importance, which kicked off last week’s proceedings, today the MHKs look to be back to the normal routine.

That does not mean, however, that Health Minister Kate Beecroft will not come under further scrutiny over her department’s decision to stop its subsidy of the meals on wheels service run by Age Concern.

The charity itself seemed to step back from some of its earlier criticism after Mrs Beecroft went on the offensive and, certainly, she did not have as hard a time as she might have expected from her Keys colleagues when she was called on, through an emergency question, to provide a statement last week.

However, subsequent concern raised by veterans’ groups may have hurt her cause, as surely must the fact the department has opted not to tell - yet - the current users of the service precisely what form the alternative options to the Age Concern service will take.

David Ashford (Douglas North), clearly remains unsatisfied with the extent of explanation offered and will ask Mrs Beecroft how her decision ’supports the government strategy of ensuring people can live in their own home for longer’.

He will also ask her what plans her department has to appoint a new co-ordinator or provider for a meals on wheels service. Mrs Beecroft has said the department will not be procuring another service provider, instead living it to the private sector to fill the void, but this will give an opening for that policy to be questioned.

Last week, Chief Minister Howard Quayle opened proceedings with his statement in response to the Panorama programme and the Paradise Papers on VAT, and did rather well.

Mind you, it was helped by the sense from many that some journalists might have been so excited they had obtained the information that they lost sight of precisely how important it was - or was not. The series of articles in the Guardian even included one piece asking why people weren’t as bothered as the Guardian would have liked them to be - and many of its readers were happy to give their reasons.

This week, he will be asked if there is a plan to appoint a permanent representative in London. Any wags who suggest it is not necessary, given the amount of times our politicians travel off-island, will be dealt with most severely.

Another question centres on what the government plans to do to address ’intergenerational fairness’. It is just the type of question Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas enjoys answering and just the sort of question Lawrie Hooper (LibVannin, Ramsey) enjoys asking. Whether anyone else gets a look-in, is another matter.

Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer will be quizzed over the Airport Gateway proposals and also the backlog on roadworks.

Other subjects to be raised include reception class entry in schools and diabetic blood glucose monitoring systems in the island.

The Safeguarding Bill, which aims to create a single, statutory body, is due a second reading, when the principle is debated, while the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill and the Road Transport, Licensing and Regeneration (Amendment) Bill are due third readings.

The Legislative Council, meanwhile, has a light agenda. The Customs and Excise Bill - designed to give greater powers in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism - is due for its second reading and clauses stage.