Members of the House of Keys will consider a question paper with 18 items at today's sitting.

There are eleven for oral answer and a further seven for written reply.

Marian Kenny has been looking at what will be covered (text, below, from attached audio file):

North Douglas MHK Bill Henderson will ask the Treasury minister if the Northern Rock situation will affect Island based financial institutions in any way.

He also wants Mr Bell to confirm whether government officials involded in pay negotiations have met their counterparts from staff groups and unions.

Onchan member Peter Karran has a raft of questions on the runway extension at Ronaldsway

He wants the transport minister to circulate a report on storm damage to the promontory at an airport in the Shetlands. It is of a similar design to that planned for Ronaldsway and is due to be built by the same contractors.

fellow Onchan member David Quirk has a four part question for oral answer on local authority rates.

He's disappointed Onchan's are going up by nine per cent and wants to know how many other authorities have had DoLGE approval to break the four per cent limit on rises.