Council of Ministers reflects "a government of all the talents"
In Your Parliament Your Voice last week we spoke of the election of a new Chief Minister for the Isle of Man. The following is an article by Tessa Hawley posted on Isle of Man.com on 19 October 2011 which talks about the new Isle of Man Government.
“THE Isle of Man's new Council of Ministers reflects a "government of all the talents" according to the Chief Minister. Allan Bell MHK has said he chose the new council in an effort to bring together a range of political opinion to help form a government of national unity.
“Yesterday (Tuesday) the nine government ministers all attended their first sitting of Tynwald since the announcement was made on Friday. Speaking about the new council Mr Bell said: "My ambition with this new council is, in effect, to form a government of national unity - to bring forward all strands of political opinion within government and hopefully out of that mould a team which will cooperate, work together and which will provide a political focus for unity which then will be reflected across the Island elsewhere."………Mr Bell continued: "I have looked at a mixture of continuity with some of the previous ministers who have had experience in various departments. "I wanted to freshen that up with new ideas, some fresh faces and also to bring together various threads of political thinking and representation from various parts of the Island…….."I believe we've got a good balanced team here – one I believe is committed to working together for the benefit of the Island and particularly to protect the Island in the time ahead and one which I believe will work very effectively."………
“He said: "What I want to achieve in the time ahead is a government of all the talents. That means drawing on the best available talent within the House of Keys and Tynwald and indeed drawing in contributions from the private sector and from the wider Island community as well. We really need the best input that we can possibly achieve in the time ahead."
From the Office of the Speaker on 21 October 2011 and posted on the blog site http://yourparliamentyourvoice.blogspot.com/
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