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

A Care Leavers discussion that includes YMCA


On Monday in the House of Lords there was a theme discussed which is entitled Care Leavers: Universal Credit and it was organised by David Walker, the Bishop of Manchester. The Minister who responded was James Younger. So here are … Continue reading

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Audio Visual for Film and Television said Government


Yesterday on Wednesday 15th May there was a written request from Thangam Debbonaire, the Labour MP for Bristol West and the document is entitled Film and Television: Government Assistance and the question from Thangam is “To ask the Secretary of State for … Continue reading

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A significant Universal Credit: Tied Housing session


On Friday 10th May in the House of Lords, Richard Jackson who is the Bishop of Hereford raised a written question into the Government and his request was responded by George Younger who is referred as the Viscount Younger of … Continue reading

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Gatwick for Passport e-Gates Network Outage


Last Wednesday on 8th May in the House of Commons there was a session entitled Passport e-Gates Network Outage which was set out by a Minister Tom Pursglove and his first few words were “With permission, Mr Speaker, I will make … Continue reading

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Debate on bid for visas for Palestinian refugees


Today in Parliament, Cat Smith, the Labour MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood has published an “e-petition 648577, relating to a visa scheme for Palestinians” to “Create a Palestinian Family Visa Scheme for Palestinian people affected by war”. Back at the end of October 2023, the … Continue reading

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What plans the Government of childhood immunisations?


On Wednesday the 8th May there was a discussion in the House of Lords that was entitled Immunisation: Children and the person who created this session was the Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith who is referred as Convenor of … Continue reading

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Hastings, St Leonards and near villages burst water main


On Thursday in Parliament there is a session of Business of the House which is organised by Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons and one of the MPs who contributed was Sally-Ann Hart the Conservative MP for … Continue reading

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Bishop of St Albans reflected Church of England schools


On Tuesday 7th May in the House of Lords there was a discussion entitled Faith Schools: Impact of Removing Admissions Cap which was organised by Lorely Burt who is a Liberal Democrat member from Solihull. After Lorely had introduced the … Continue reading

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Last week the Government mentioned STEM information


So last week there were a couple of events that referred to STEM. The first was on 29th April and it was a theme of Topical Questions and a number of events took place and Andrew Lewer who is a … Continue reading

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Ukraine Small Boats was referred by John Sentamu


Last week on Wednesday in the House of Lords there was a session entitled Ukraine: Small Boats which was set out by Charles Moore who began with “To ask His Majesty’s Government how many small boats impounded from illegal migrants they … Continue reading

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