Debates
	While Question Time is one common means of scrutiny of government between all three branches, another is debate. Debate may be used as a means of scrutiny in several ways. Firstly Members may table Motions for debate that may call upon the government to do something or to cease from doing something. For example a recent motion before Tynwald from a Member called upon the Government to take more responsibility for financing of the Island's Hyperbaric Medical Chamber, while another called upon the Government to implement some form of residence control in the Island. The length of these debates is unpredictable, with any Member who wishes to do so being permitted to speak and there being no "guillotine" on the length of debates. Second, in Tynwald debates occur on government policy and finance. The Chief Minister produces an annual Policy Document which is debated at the October sitting. Members have a chance to speak their mind on the direction in which policy is going and they must approve the Policy Document in a vote. Whilst it is unlikely that Members will reject it outright given the strong tradition of consensus government in the Island and that it will therefore have been prepared with that in mind, serious scrutiny of Government through this debate nevertheless does take place. The annual Budget, setting out the Government's taxation and expenditure plans for the forthcoming financial year, is also subject to Tynwald debate. As in the U.K., the Manx Treasury Minister presents the Budget to the Court and a debate then follows. The Court may approve or defeat the various financial Motions which are based upon the Budget, and the opportunity to debate the Budget and the financial motions associated with it give Members a chance to air their feelings, suggest alternatives for the future and influence the Government's policy. Debate also takes place at each sitting of Tynwald Court when there will be various Government Motions for consideration. Many of these Motions are relate to Orders made as delegated legislation. In some cases Orders are subject to an affirmative resolution, meaning that Tynwald must vote explicitly to bring an Order into effect; in other cases, an Order may be subject to a negative resolution, meaning that it will not have effect if a Member of Tynwald successfully moves the Court against it. The likelihood of orders and regulations being challenged successfully is markedly higher in the Manx Parliament than it is, for example, in the House of Commons.