Category Archives: Brighton & Hove

Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on January 27, 2024 by ianchisnall

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day and one of the significant supporters is the charity “Holocaust Memorial Day Trust” which provides information throughout the year. They have published a piece which is available here Two of our local MPs have commented … Continue reading →

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Consider: Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying

Posted on January 24, 2024 by ianchisnall

A couple of weeks ago on 5th January Hanna Geissler published this e-Petition called 653593 which was submitted from nearly 82,000 signatures at that time. A few days ago Rabbi Elli Sarah promoted it on Twitter and the text is … Continue reading →

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A contribution on BBC Funding from Steve Bassam

Posted on January 21, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday 17th January there was a discussion in the House of Lords which was described as BBC: Funding – Question by Amyas Morse, a Crossbench member. Several people took part including Steve Bassam a former labour councillor in Brighton … Continue reading →

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Questions about children from the Bishop of Durham

Posted on January 20, 2024 by ianchisnall

Last week in the House of Lords there were several questions for supporting children in the UK, organised by the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler. On Tuesday there was a session entitled “Coram’s Charter for Children” and eight other members … Continue reading →

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Prime Minister to back a permanent bilateral ceasefire?

Posted on January 19, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday this week on 17th January during the Engagements session which are opportunities for MPs to ask questions from the PM, the Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas of the Green Party focused on the Gaza theme. So below is … Continue reading →

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The titanic error was belief in the technology

Posted on January 15, 2024 by ianchisnall

(This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on the 15th January 2024 which is described within the OUR MPS IN PARLIAMENT theme on page 29) Today is the beginning of the second week of Parliament but last week on … Continue reading →

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Free School Meals: Children with SEND for Brighton and Hove

Posted on January 13, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday the 10th January a Parliament session was debated by Ian Byrne the Labour MP for West Derby in Liverpool.  He started the session about Free School Meals: Children with SEND. His first few words were “I beg to … Continue reading →

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Changes lie ahead as a general election looms

Posted on January 1, 2024 by ianchisnall

(This article was published in the Brighton Argus today – 1st January 2024) Today is the first day of our new year and those of us who are interested in the political scene for Sussex and for the Nation will … Continue reading →

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MPs who have raised Sussex Wildlife Trust in the past

Posted on December 28, 2023 by ianchisnall

It is always interesting to observe when MPs raise significant themes in Parliament and here are several existing Sussex MPs that have referred to Sussex Wildlife Trust in Parliament in the past. It will be very interesting to see if … Continue reading →

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Parliament included Israel issues and Auditory Verbal

Posted on December 18, 2023 by ianchisnall

(This article was published in the Brighton Argus today – 18th December 2023) There have also been a couple of groups of events that have taken place in the last few days focusing on public controlled e-petitions. One of these … Continue reading →

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