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

MP debate the right to die and rent controls


Today is a holiday for most of us including the Government. On Wednesday the 1st May Henry Smith, the Crawley MP organised a discussion about “UK trade: Aviation”. He comments “I thank Mr Speaker for granting me this debate on the importance … Continue reading

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A call from Peter Bottomley in Parliament for Acts 5:41


In Parliament each Thursday there is a Business of the House session which is organised by Penny Mordaunt who is the Leader of the House of Commons and there are a number of requests or comments from other MPs each … Continue reading

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Jo Gideon discussed Volunteers and added YMCA’s


Jo Gideon is the Conservative MP for Stoke on Trent Central and on Thursday 2nd May she submitted a discussion about Volunteers which began with the first few words “I beg to move, That this House has  considered the contribution … Continue reading

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A Liverpool MP endorsed YMCA on Wednesday


Paula Barker is the Labour MP for Wavertree which is at Liverpool City and on Wednesday she introduced a discussion entitled Youth Homelessness which was contributed for “e-petition 642986, Create a national strategy to end youth homelessness”. The petition was … Continue reading

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Child poverty across the United Kingdom


On Monday (29th April) in the House of Lords John Bird introduced a session which is entitled “Child Poverty – Question for Short Debate“ and he opened it with the statement “To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to address … Continue reading

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When it will be possible for people to register?


Last week there was a session in Parliament that is entitled Infected Blood Inquiry which was organised by Diana Johnson, the MP for Kingston upon Hull North. She started the session with “To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office to make a statement … Continue reading

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Thousands join call for vote on assisted dying


This week there are only a few items that have been published on the Government website that are linked to Sussex but they are significant. Today there is a plan for MPs to potentially take part in a discussion for … Continue reading

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Chris Holmes on House of Lords raised Audio-Visual


On Thursday on 25th April there was a session in the House of Lords Transport System: Failings that the Labour member Peter Snape set it out with the first few comments “That this House takes note of the case for … Continue reading

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Sally-Ann Hart spoke about Labour in Hastings


On Wednesday on 24th April in the House of Commons there was a session entitled Engagements and towards the end of the session Sally-Ann Hart spoke about the “The Labour leader of the almost bankrupt Borough Council and several other Labour … Continue reading

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A very interesting comments about BBC World Service


On Wednesday in the House of Lords, Roger Liddle, a Labour member created a session entitled BBC World Service: Finances which he opened up with the comment “To ask His Majesty’s Government, following the announcement of the resignation of the Director … Continue reading

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