Category Archives: Charities

The Government must be prevented from ending their values

Posted on November 26, 2020 by ianchisnall

All MPs need to stand up and challenge the call by Rishi Sunak to end the promise set out in the Conservative manifesto less than a year ago under the title of Promote our Values to “proudly maintain our commitment … Continue reading →

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Apparently only politicians can discuss politics, and they won’t!

Posted on November 13, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in the House of Commons there was a session called “Business of the House” which is an opportunity for MPs to raise questions with the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg. Now of course there are many … Continue reading →

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Sussex Violence Reduction Unit needs broader involvement

Posted on November 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday the Minister of State for the Home Department, Kit Malthouse answered a question which had been written by the MP for Arundel and South Downs, Andrew Griffith. The question was brief and the whole answer was too long for … Continue reading →

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A debate to ban the sale of Fireworks for the public

Posted on October 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

On occasions, the timing of Parliamentary debates and written responses by the Government seem to be rather weird. Clearly the availability of debates regarding petitions only restarted a couple of weeks ago and so there are a significant number of … Continue reading →

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A lack of free meals may prevent more MPs from charities

Posted on October 30, 2020 by ianchisnall

The nation-wide damaging vote on 21st October by Jo Gideon MP and 320 of her colleagues to prevent low income families to receive Free Meals During School Holidays for their children has led to her and three other MPs from … Continue reading →

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We must extend our care to children who arrive on our shore

Posted on October 28, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is significant that today the Marcus Rashford petition calling for the Government to provide free school holiday meals in England will pass the 1 Million point very shortly. The petition was set up on 15th October before Parliament debated … Continue reading →

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We need changes within the Government and well beyond it

Posted on October 26, 2020 by ianchisnall

At the end of last week one of the themes that was debated and voted on in the House of Commons was handled very badly by most Sussex MPs. We clearly need some changes to our democracy if we are … Continue reading →

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Black History Month – A small number of our Champions

Posted on October 23, 2020 by ianchisnall

Earlier this week the new MP for Erith and Thamesmead, Abena Oppong-Asare opened up a debate in the House of Commons on the theme of Black History Month. Although Abena has only been an MP since the last General Election … Continue reading →

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Government must start cooperating #BuildBackBetter

Posted on October 21, 2020 by ianchisnall

Today there is a significant number of very clear examples of how the Government and indeed all parts of the public sector need to start cooperating and working together. There appears to be a view amongst some people that conflict … Continue reading →

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Sussex needs linking up for COVID and our economy

Posted on October 19, 2020 by ianchisnall

There currently seems to be several widely adopted arguments which could be applied to help form some concept of a regional connection across the whole of Sussex by Councils, MPs and other groups of agencies such as businesses and the … Continue reading →

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