MHK calls for official recognition of ePetitions

Tuesday, 18 February 2014 07:15

Could a new procedure for recognising the importance of ePetitions be introduced in the Isle of Man?

That’s what Douglas West MHK Chris Thomas will call for today, as a petition opposing the new so-called ‘toilet tax’ is presented to Tynwald.

Over 6,000 people have signed the online document, calling for government to reverse its decision to introduce a £50 levy.

Mr Thomas will move that the matter is referred to the Standing Orders Committee.

He says people in the Isle of Man are lucky they can have influence:

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