Category Archives: Community Safety

We live in a society that everyone would feel safe in if it wasn’t for the muck dished up on a daily basis by ‘newspapers’ such as the Daily Mail, and some of the less thoughtful commentators (such as MPs). Its time we changed the culture in our society.

A West Midlands MP asked a radical Sussex Question

Posted on May 20, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday in Parliament Julian Knight the MP from Solihull for Conservative wrote a question to the Government about the murder of Vishal Mehrotra who was killed 41 years ago. The person who answered his question was Chris Philp, the … Continue reading →

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Last week several very interesting statements were made

Posted on May 1, 2023 by ianchisnall

I am pleased to report that one of the discussions that took place last week in Parliament was the 30th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. On Monday Michael Dobbs in the House of Lords stated that My Lords, … Continue reading →

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Debate

Posted on March 30, 2023 by ianchisnall

Last Wednesday, a debate took place in the Westminster Hall which related to 3 of the petitions that many of people have endorsed. They are e-petition 607849 – Make SEND training mandatory for all teaching staff; which was completed in … Continue reading →

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Value Care Workers in the way that we value others

Posted on March 24, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday the 22nd of March in the House of Lords there was a debate called Social Care: Workforce Strategy and one of the people who contributed to the debate was Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York who spoke the … Continue reading →

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Two Slavery questions and inadequate answers

Posted on March 18, 2023 by ianchisnall

So on Tuesday our local MP Caroline Lucas asked a question with several aspects for Slavery issues. Sadly the answer from the Government appears to be very inadequate. So the starting point of the question was “To ask the Secretary of … Continue reading →

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Women’s drug and alcohol treatment proposed

Posted on March 12, 2023 by ianchisnall

At the end of the week in Parliament on Thursday 9th March Rachael Maskell, the Labour MP for York Central raised a document that is entitled Women’s drug and alcohol treatment and 9 other MPs supported her call. On the … Continue reading →

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Special educational needs, disabilities and provision 

Posted on March 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

At the beginning of last week a topical questions education session took place in Parliament on Monday and a range of MPs asked questions and they were responded by the Ministers in the Department of Education. Fascinatingly for Sussex people … Continue reading →

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Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill 3rd read

Posted on March 8, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Friday Morning last week in Parliament Sally-Ann Hart, the MP for Hastings and Rye introduced the third reading of the Bill she has set out. The full list of all of the comments and responses can be obtained from … Continue reading →

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Several significant themes from last weeks Parliament

Posted on March 6, 2023 by ianchisnall

Last week several significant themes emerged including on Monday the second reading of a Bill called Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) that Gillian Keegan, the Chichester MP set out. On Tuesday a session entitled High Street Bank Closures involved … Continue reading →

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Parliament must focus on several subjects when it opens

Posted on February 20, 2023 by ianchisnall

Today Parliament will re-open for holding debates and discussions after both this weekend and also following a week of closure that took place last week. It is a period that also reflects the half term session for most Schools across … Continue reading →

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