Category Archives: Parliament and Democracy

The British Political system is viewed by many as the Mother of all Parliaments. This Grand old lady is also unsteady on her feet and the electorate have considered putting her in a home. We need to find new ways of doing Democracy in England to counter-balance the reforms in the other parts of the UK

Final state from Tim Loughton in House of Commons


I wrote this piece on the end of May and it was focused on the end of Tim Loughton but we now have information of the replacement of Tom Rutland from Labour who is in control of East Worthing and … Continue reading

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Caroline Lucas adds the Political Violence and Disruption


Last Wednesday on 22nd May in Parliament there was a theme of Political Violence and Disruption: Walney Report which was opened by Thomas Tugendhat who was a Minister of Home Office. His first few words are listed below and the … Continue reading

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Parliament may close down for much of June


Today is Spring Bank Holiday which many of us enjoy including Parliament which will go to have a week’s break. However, given that a few days ago last week that the Prime Minister announced the General Election for Thursday 4th … Continue reading

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Bishop Paul & John Sentamu call for South Africa


Last Tuesday afternoon on 21st May there was a session in the House of Lords that was published as South Africa and the person who set it out was the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham who is Paul Williams. He … Continue reading

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Jenny Jones & Bishop Alan call Water Companies Failure


On Tuesday in the House of Lords there was a session entitled Water Companies: Failure which was set out on Jenny Jones and then a number of other people corresponded and one of them was the Bishop of St Albans, … Continue reading

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A session on Knife Crime and a reference to YMCA’s


On Tuesday, the 21st May there was a session in Parliament which was entitled Knife Crime Awareness Week which was opened by Valerie Vaz, the Labour MP for Walsall South and her opening session referred to “I will call Fleur Anderson to … Continue reading

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Jenny Jones spoke about the Renters (Reform) Bill


Last week on Wednesday in the House of Lords there was a discussion for the Renters (Reform) Bill and one of the people who contributed was Jenny Jones, the Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb who is one of the two Green … Continue reading

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Our MPs join debate on Palestinian refugee visas


Last Monday in Parliament there was a significant discussion organised by Cat Smith, Labour MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood about the e-petition 648577 “Create a Palestinian Family Visa Scheme for Palestinian people affected by war” with nearly 104,000 signatures including … Continue reading

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Caroline Ansell’s 3 Questions on Teachers: Coastal Areas


On Wednesday 15th May, Caroline Ansell, the Eastbourne MP submitted three written questions here which were all sent over to the Government. The Minister who responded to her was Damian Hinds who is the Conservative MP for East Hampshire. So … Continue reading

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“Bangladesh: Rohingya” questions and also a “Myanmar”


On Thursday the 16th of May there were two Bangladesh: Rohingya questions in the House of Lords that were published by the Bishop of St Albans, Convenor of the Lords Spiritual, Alan Smith. They were both responded by the same … Continue reading

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