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Category Archives: Parliament and Democracy
Bishops speak on Friday following the King’s Speech.
Sarah Mullally the Bishop of London, Steve Croft the Bishop of Oxford and Stephen Conway the Bishop of Lincoln spoke on Friday. Their contribution is below and the words from all the other speakers. Bishop of London My Lords, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Sarah Mullally, Stephen Conway, Steve Croft
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Replacements of six MPs in Sussex
Prior to the General Election there were sixteen Sussex MPs. Three of them had announced they would retire in July several months ago. They were Henry Smith from Crawley, Tim Loughton from East Worthing and Shoreham and Caroline Lucas from … Continue reading
Bishops speak at the King Charles III Speech
The Bishops that spoke at the opening of Parliament were Alan Smith the Bishop of St Albans and Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani the Bishop of Chelmsford. A number of other members of the House of Lords have also spoken but it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Alan Smith, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani
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The statement from Huw Merriman
The Bexhill and Battle area in East Sussex was first created in 1983 and controlled by Conservatives even in this Election. Kieran Mullan had been the Crewe and Nantwich MP from 2019 but has now been elected for this area. … Continue reading
Comments from Nick Gibb before he retires Parliament
The West Sussex Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Conservatives were first created back in 1997 and the only MP so far has been the Conservative MP Nick Gibb. He has had continued success up until to this year. However, he has … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Ali Griffiths, Alison Griffiths, Clare Walsh, Nick Gibb
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Political landscape all changed after election
This week is the official beginning of the new Government and the opening of Parliament. In Sussex we have seventeen MPs an increase from the previous sixteen. There are three experienced Conservatives, Nus Ghani, Mims Davies and Andrew Griffith and … Continue reading
The final contribution from Lloyd Russell-Moyle
The MP for Brighton, Kempton from 2017, 2019 and until 2024 was Lloyd Russell-Moyle. His final speaking contribution in Parliament was about the discussion for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme on 21st May. There were many other MPs who spoke … Continue reading
Let’s reflect on efforts of those who lost out
Many of us expect that the General Election outcome will remain in place for five years until May 2029 when the opportunity to vote next arises. During the next 10 days it will be decided who will become Ministers for … Continue reading
I am delighted that Sian Berry has been successful
I had voted for Sian yesterday because Caroline Lucas was retiring this year who I have voted in the past. This morning my colleague Andy Winter has published this piece which is available here and here is the text he … Continue reading
Voting challenges for the Isle of Lewis and Harris
I wrote this document on the 2nd July before the 4th July election session. We can now see the results which list that Torcuil Crichton who is the Labour MP for “Na h-Eileanan an Iar” and the second person was … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Angus MacNeil, Isle of Harris, Isle of Lewis
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