Chief Minister Howard Quayle will be called on today to detail what flood prevention measures have been carried out at the island’s most at-risk rivers.

He faces a House of Keys question from Lawrie Hooper (Liberal Vannin, Ramsey), demanding that he makes a statement ’in respect of work undertaken on the top 11 high-risk river catchments’.

Mr Hooper will be busy during question time, as he also has questions taking a look at the energy efficiency scheme for householders, along with house improvements (adaptations) scheme - and whether they meet the appropriate means testing standards.

And he will ask his best friend, Policy and Reform Minister Chris Thomas, what the strategy is for community hubs and local delivery of government services. If only there was a network of such places that, maybe, also sold stamps and let you post letters - and if only such a network was not subject to an ongoing diet of closures.

Jason Moorhouse (Arbory, Castletown and Malew) has a number of questions concerning children and whether they have access to their own bank accounts.

Ralph Peake (Douglas North) will have questions about the effectiveness of roadworthiness tests and campaign.

It’s not likely he’s thinking about roadworthiness for use of green lanes, but in the written questions Daphne Caine (Garff) continues to raise her concerns about what she says is damage being caused to upland tracks by 4x4s and bikes.

She wants details of permits issued to 4x4 drivers.

Other subjects covered in the written questions include heavy goods vehicle regulations, housing administration allowances for local authorities, the airport drop-off zone and how much the government has spent on its own website.

After question time it’s all aboard the government’s legislation express, because three-dozen bills will not progress in a year without a bit of hard work - unless MHKs are only planning to give a cursory glance to some bills.

The Public Sector Pensions (Amendment) Bill should complete its passage through the House of Keys with a third reading today.

Before that, the Registration of Business Names (Amendment) Bill will be debated for the first time at the second reading stage. Described as a consumer protection piece of legislation, it will create a public register of companies, firms, or individuals carrying on a business under a name other than their legal name.

Two pieces of legislation are due for the detailed scrutiny of the clauses stage. The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) Bill seeks to remove the time limit on making damages claims in cases where the abuse victim was a child at the time.

The Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Bill - which caused some confusion last time around because there may be another similarly named appearing at a later date - makes provision for reviews of child deaths to identify welfare or health issues.

Meanwhile, the Regulation of Care (Amendment) Bill arrives from the Legislative Council, having started its passage of scrutiny there.

Originally LegCo was due to sit today, but it was announced on Monday that the sitting was cancelled.

Although there is plenty to keep the MHKs occupied, there had only been one item on the agenda for LegCo, as MLCs are waiting for some legislation to arrive from Keys.

They were due to consider a ’general debate’ tabled by Tanya August-Hanson on the introduction of government bills to the upper chamber, which have not yet been passed by the House of Keys.