Category Archives: Environment

We need to establish a new generation of Regional Assemblies

Posted on October 13, 2020 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday there was a debate under the subject of Planning and House Building in the House of Commons. Having read the speeches it is clear that the elements being raised by some of the MPs who were able to … Continue reading →

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Is our Government serious about its COP26 and global role?

Posted on October 1, 2020 by ianchisnall

In the last few hours on Tuesday the Government managed to get their Internal Market Bill passed for its third reading and so now it has moved over into the House of Lords and in due course we will discover … Continue reading →

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Will our Government meet more than 3 out of our 20 targets?

Posted on September 23, 2020 by ianchisnall

Today as part of Prime Minister Questions Caroline Lucas was able to ask a question which included a starting point from this RSPB report. The question referred to one of the 17 targets that our nation has not achieved over … Continue reading →

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We clearly need more collaboration and solutions

Posted on September 16, 2020 by ianchisnall

At the end of Parliament yesterday there was a brief debate involving two MPs. I spotted that the debate which was being arranged by Nusrat Ghani was being planned and even referred to it here on Saturday. Nusrat Ghani, is … Continue reading →

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Politicians need to understand Freedom of Press

Posted on September 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

Over the last 24 hours a significant number of Conservative Politicians along with an ex Labour Politician have been calling for free speech or freedom of the press to take place following on from the Extinction Rebellion attempt to block … Continue reading →

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Who will educate our Ministers about what #happenedinthepast

Posted on September 3, 2020 by ianchisnall

An article about housing plans written by Christopher Pincher, the Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government was published yesterday on the Conservative Home website. He is attempting to explain the way in which local Councils need to … Continue reading →

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We need regional forms of governance in England

Posted on August 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

A few days ago this piece of news appeared in the online BBC account and it was clearly very important to protect the Devon and Cornwall region as well as to act as a guidance to the rest of our … Continue reading →

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Beirut was not a Nuclear explosion, but….

Posted on August 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

As the work begins in Beirut to deal with the catastrophe caused by the explosion that occurred on Tuesday evening, it is very clear that all nations need to do whatever we can to prevent such things ever happening again. … Continue reading →

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Government calls for more “Scientific assessments of re-wilding”

Posted on July 30, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is perhaps an unexpected call and indeed given that the Government Minister who has made the call is Zac Goldsmith, we may need a bit more clarity to check that his call is genuine. However there are increasingly few … Continue reading →

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Public Contracts for Smaller SME Businesses are clearly needed

Posted on July 18, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the MP for Crawley, Henry Smith asked a vital question about businesses and although it related to a very specific case which he then referred to in his subsequent question, it is clear to those of us who … Continue reading →

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