A former government minister wants to know how changes are made to the Programme for Government.

Kate Beecroft (LibVannin, Douglas South), who was forced out of her job as health minister at the turn of the year, has tabled a question for Chief Minister Howard Quayle to answer in the House of Keys today (Tuesday.)

She wants to know what ’process’ is followed when any amendments, additions or deletions are made to the Programme for Government.

Mrs Beecroft presumably has some idea of what the answer might be.

Lawrie Hooper (LibVannin, Ramsey) will continue his questioning of the health department budget to see what additional savings new minister David Ashford has up his sleeve.

Other questions tabled for oral answer include residency criteria for public sector housing, the waiting times for driving tests and vehicle inspections and the relocation of St Thomas’s School in Douglas, to co-exist alongside Scoill Vallajeelt.

There are several questions tabled for written answer, too, including public sector pay and average wages across the age ranges, rates averages, rules over company directors, housing and the cost of filling potholes.

Today’s sitting will, of course, be dominated by the clauses stage of the Abortion Reform Bill (see story below), but before that happens, the Anti-Money Laundering and other Financial Crime (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2018 will be introduced formally for a first reading.

As befits a bill with such a long ’short title’, it seeks to amend numerous other pieces of legislation. Like several other recent bills brought by the government, it aims to meet the requirements of Moneyval obligations to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The Data Protection Bill, with its enabling powers to ensure the government can keep up with its international requirements, is due to complete its passage through the Keys with a third reading.

There is no sitting of the Legislative Council today, because the terms of office of four members have expired (along with David Anderson’s retirement) and we await the outcome of the upper chamber elections next week.