Chief Minister Howard Quayle still has some stormy waters to negotiate over his administration’s decision to buy the Steam Packet.

The government is probably looking forward to the safe haven of the summer break, if only to have some respite from the persistent questioning of its decision to buy the Steam Packet by Liberal Vannin leader Kate Beecroft (Douglas South).

She has a raft of questions for the House of Keys today, including precisely when the Council of Ministers considered other options for controlling the island’s ferry services and whether the cabinet really did consider all options available on the future of sea services - including those that didn’t involve buying a ferry company - as instructed by Tynwald following the borderline farcical non-debate on sea services in July 2017.

But before Mr Quayle can sail into calmer seas, she will also call on him to authorise the publication of all papers, minutes and nots relating to the Steam Packet deal.

Treasury Minister is not immune, either, as Mrs Beecroft wants to know what reserve funds were used to buy the company and if Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer thought he’d have a week of peace, he would be wrong. Mrs Beecroft has plenty for him to respond to.

In what is rapidly turning into a tradition, there is a heavy question paper in total. With 21 tabled for oral answer, unless there is a sudden outbreak of directness, members will be looking to extend beyond the normal hour.

Plenty of subjects are covered. Does anyone remember the Paradise Papers? Mrs Beecroft does. She wants to know what progress has been made by the UK Treasury’s inquiry into the practices for importing jets.

There are also questions about the sale of the Middlemarch site. Guess who has tabled them? That’s right, Mrs Beecroft.

Excitingly, there are some questions tabled that will not be asked by Mrs Beecroft.

The subjects include who assesses the Department of Education, Sport and Culture and when was the last time anyone did it. Other matters cover student loans, accusations of bullying, and the state of the footpath at Groudle Glen.

There are plenty of written questions, too. Once more, we must thank Mrs Beecroft, who focuses on a number of matters that would have once been under her remit as health minister. They include residential homes, nursing hoes and sickness absence rates.

There will also be two new pieces of legislation to put into the system before the summer recess, although one may cause a roll of the eyes among observers who worry that politicians are a little too self-obsessed. See if you can guess which one, from these two that are down for a first reading: The Communications Bill and the Payment of Members’ Expenses (Amendment) Bill.

Upstairs, it may or may not be the final sitting of the Legislative Council. With the Abortion Reform Bill at the clauses stage, MLCs have already mooted the idea of having an extra sitting so a third reading could be taken before the summer recess.

It followed some frustration that they were unable to get onto the clauses two weeks ago, when a number of witnesses were called to give evidence.

Bishop Peter Eagles’ well-documented concerns mean that his amendments are of a more fundamental nature than the largely technical matters also tabled.

It would be a major surprise if any of those amendments that go against the will of the House of Keys, in terms of the time limits, for instance, were backed.

MLCs also due to give a first reading to the Criminal Evidence Bill and consider a standing orders committee report.