LegCo reform Bill 'shouldn't have been scrapped'

Mon, 06 Jul 2015

Peter Karran

Throwing out a Bill for Legislative Council Reform was a mistake.

That's according to the Onchan MHK who put forward the Bill - it reached the clauses stage in last week's House of Keys sitting.

Members voted against it and it subsequently collapsed.

In last month's sitting of Tynwald it was decided that an independent assessor is to be appointed to make reform recommendations.

Peter Karran explains what they have to work from: