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About ianchisnall

I am passionate about the need for public policies to be made accessible to everyone, especially those who want to improve the wellbeing of their communities. I am particularly interested in issues related to crime and policing as well as health services and strategic planning.

Shoreham wants to produce its own hydrogen


On Wednesday in Parliament there was a session entitled Green Energy: Ports which took place in the Westminster Hall and the introduction for the event came from a Conservative MP Stephen Crabb who covers Preseli Pembrokeshire in Wales. He initially … Continue reading

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A Norfolk MP promoted the Sussex University this week


On Monday in Parliament there was as session entitled “Protection of Dark Skies” and the MP who organised it is Duncan Baker who is the Conservative MP for North Norfolk. At the beginning of the session he stated “I rise … Continue reading

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Is Government promoting Scotch whisky internationally?


A few weeks ago on the 20th September while the Government was closed down because of the Conferences several MPs did submit written questions and one of the Sussex MPs was Peter Bottomley from Worthing West and this is his … Continue reading

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Parliament reopens after most of the Conferences


Today is the opening Parliament for the first day in over three weeks. The TheyWorkForYou website informs us of what will take place this week but there is no listing of Sussex MPs contributing. There is an event in the … Continue reading

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Could we get Petitions for FareShare and Food Banks?


A couple of years ago in 2021 I submitted a e-petition that was a clear call for funding from the Government for FareShare and Food Banks and other similar charities. Tragically I only managed just 3,4690 signatures. I have just … Continue reading

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The Global Conflict website offers helpful information


This website is very helpful to provide information about what is happening in our World. It is entitled as Council on Foreign Relations and it includes a range of themes that include the “War of Ukraine”, “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” and “Nagorno-Karabakh … Continue reading

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How many have been identified as containing malware?


A couple of weeks ago Steve Bassam asked a question in the House of Lords and Lucy Neville-Rolfe answered the question. The headline was Government Departments: Computer Viruses and the first few words that Lucy supplied were The government does … Continue reading

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The Government needs to focus on wildlife issues


A few days ago an article was published in the IET website which was written by Jack Loughran. The item is entitled “Government not doing enough to halt ‘devastating’ wildlife declines, report finds” and one of the contents within the … Continue reading

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Gillian Keegan leads the way at Tory Conference


(This piece was published in the Brighton Argus today – 9th October 2023) The last few days has seen three Party Political Conferences overlapping this weekend. The only one taking part here in Brighton was the Green Party and on … Continue reading

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How can we promote Petitions in our communities


I can see that there are some Petitions which have been only endorsed by a few people or a few hundred or even a few thousand signatures. Sadly these are unable to obtain a response from the Government if it … Continue reading

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