Category Archives: Education

“particularly smaller businesses” is clearly a current theme

Posted on July 10, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is always fascinating to see phrases that appear in Parliament on numerous occasions as clearly this indicates that someone or some people have got an idea that they are keen to work on. Providing the phrase is positive, the … Continue reading →

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Ministers and MPs who criticise people must be held accountable

Posted on July 3, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday at lunchtime this tweet emerged from the MP for Wealden, East Sussex referring to words that a Sky journalist had expressed that came from a discussion that was taking place in Parliament at the same time. Now of course … Continue reading →

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Positive words to small businesses from the Government

Posted on July 2, 2020 by ianchisnall

The following are some very recent words that various Ministers have stated in response to their colleagues but relating to companies that are small or SME or that are not Multinational. The challenge as always is for these very nice … Continue reading →

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How far away from people must we be, given this odd question?

Posted on July 1, 2020 by ianchisnall

I work in an industry that spends a great deal of time trying to avoid digital cables being extended beyond their limitations. The reason is that when a cable is too long, the signal will drop out. As people get … Continue reading →

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Small and Micro Businesses need linking to the Government

Posted on June 28, 2020 by ianchisnall

Our Government must now start to pay serious attention to Small and Micro businesses as we seek to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown period. The prospect of these businesses assisting in recovery is very clear as the … Continue reading →

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Educational and School support is lacking from the Government

Posted on June 23, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in Parliament there was a brief discussion under the headline of Educational Disadvantage: Covid-19 and two of the elements that arose were rather disappointing. One was a request by an MP who represents the the constituency of Ashfield in … Continue reading →

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Sussex MPs responded well to Sussex Day priorities

Posted on June 22, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last week we had the opportunity to celebrate Sussex Day even though large gatherings are not possible currently. However one place where large numbers of people do meet together is the House of Commons and so last Tuesday it was … Continue reading →

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Primary School pupils need more from the Teaching Minister

Posted on June 21, 2020 by ianchisnall

The MP from Durham City, Mary Foy raised this question in written format which got answered by Nick Gibb on Friday. The first few words are here and no one would disagree with them but they don’t answer the question … Continue reading →

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Who is accountable for such a poor answer on School protection?

Posted on May 30, 2020 by ianchisnall

The Parliamentary Liaison Committee met on Wednesday for the first time for twelve months and it involved two consistent people throughout the 90 minute session with a small group of others who made short contributions throughout. The Chairperson and the … Continue reading →

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We need to find new ways of communicating with our nation

Posted on May 28, 2020 by ianchisnall

The Government had claimed to be paying attention to SAGE for some time and passing that information onto us via their evening presentations. Unfortunately this all went badly wrong a few days ago when the catastrophic story of one of … Continue reading →

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