Tynwald to reconvene this morning

Wednesday, 20 March 2019 07:17

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

The March sitting of Tynwald is due to resume later this morning.

During a busy schedule, yesterday saw the unanimous approval of an additional £4million of funding for the Department of Health and Social Care, and around £23.5million of spending for Manx Utilities to complete the regional sewage treatment strategy.

In todays sitting the court will consider proposals for a possible new sea services agreement for the Island which - if approved - would come into effect in January 2020.

The session will get underway at 10.30am at Legislative Buildings in Douglas.

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