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MPs arrange debates in Westminster Hall
Today is the start of the last week for Parliament business. It will close for the Christmas period with Thursday being the last day. Parliament opens again on Monday 6th January 2025. Two events this Wednesday are organised by Sussex … Continue reading
Crawley MP supports NHS Hospice locations
Peter Lamb is the Labour MP for Crawley. He was appointed in July 2024. He spoke on Wednesday 11th December with the Prime Minister and he focused on the NHS Hospice in Crawley, St Catherine’s hospice, and considers palliative care … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Catherine's Hospice, Keir Starmer, Peter Lamb
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The Bishop of Hereford speaks about Food Security
In the afternoon of Monday 2nd December in the House of Lords there was a debate about Food Security. It was created by Richard Jackson who is the Bishop of Hereford. The member of the Labour group who responded to … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Bishop of Hereford, Sue Hayman
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Two Bishops raise Housing Supply and Homelessness
A few days ago in the House of Lords there was a discussion about Housing Supply and Homelessness on the 5th December. The Labour Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, Diana Warwick, set out the debate which includes a reference to a … Continue reading
Calls for hospices to be exempt from NIC rises
At the beginning of last week there were three very significant votes. The first, ‘Elections (Proportional Representation)’ with 135 MPs approving and 132 opposing. The other, ‘National Insurance Contributions Bill’ referred to as ‘:Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading’ which was … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alison Bennett, Jessica Brown-Fuller, National Insurance
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We need UK Parliament MPs to promote FareShare
At the beginning of October, I published a petition to ask UK MPs to respond to FareShare, Foodbank and the Trussell Trust within Parliament that was here. Since then there have been a few comments in UK Parliament for Foodbank … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged FareShare, Huw Irranca-Davies, Mair Eluned Morgan
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MPs speak out on new bill to tackle smoking
I was very sorry that none of the Sussex MPs contributed to the petition last Monday which was focused on “Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty”. The event, organised by Dave … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Beccy Cooper, Dave Robertson, James MacCleary, Peter Kyle
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More comments in Parliament about the YMCA
At the end of October 2024 several MPs had responded positively to their local YMCA which are here. Then in November I was interested to read that two more members had commented. The first was early that month from the … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged David Williams, Stephen Parkinson, YMCA
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Second reading of MP’s new bill in Commons
There are lists of planned events for this week in Parliament. On Friday there is an opportunity for James MacCleary, the Lewes Liberal Democrat MP to submit his personal Bill, a Second Reading of the “Football (Gender Inequality) Bill”. So … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Beccy Cooper, James MacCleary, Jessica Brown-Fuller, Steve Reed, Tom Rutland
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