Today (Tuesday) sees the final sittings of the parliamentary year for the House of Keys and Legislative Council.

But, before the end of term atmosphere takes hold in the lower chamber and thoughts turn to what the Speaker will is going to lay on for lunch, MHKs have some work to do.

Set to be chief among that is dealing with all stages of the Police Detention and Bail Bill.

The Legislative Council granted all the required readings in one sitting earlier this month, but several MLCs expressed their disquiet about the need to rush the legislation. It was signalled, at that stage, that the House of Keys was expected to deal with all its reading stages in a single sitting, too.

The need for speed is because, if laws are not updated, there is a risk of legal challenges after a loophole was spotted. The Isle of Man authorities failed to act after a judgment in the UK, in 2011, found that time on police bail counted towards the 96-hour maximum detention limit before a suspect must be charged.

The bill will put on a legal footing the previous policy that police bail did not count as part of the 96 hours. It aims to be retrospective, to avoid the risk of damages claims - hence the hurry.

The Freedom of Information (Amendment Bill), putting the role of the information commissioner on a statutory footing, is due a second reading, while the Dogs (Amendment) Bill, which will replace the current licensing regime with microchips linked to a database, is set to finish its journey through the Keys with a third reading.

In theory, legislation before the Keys that does not complete a third reading by July 5 becomes lapsed. But the MHKS do not have to rush on the other bills before them. They can rule that any legislation due for further consideration can continue its passage in the next parliamentary year.

Question time in the Keys sees the transfer of endoscopy services raised again, while Manx Gas’s charges to government departments and corporatisation of the Post Office are among the other topics.

The Legislative Council is set to demand a re-write of the Road Traffic Legislation (Amendment) Bill, among other things to remove its extension of driving offences to animal-drawn vehicles, which an upper chamber select committee says should be covered by separate legislation.

The Casino (Amendment) Bill, which addresses money laundering issues, arrives for a first reading after completing its passage through the House of Keys.