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

The Scottish Parliament Green person opened FareShare


Last week on Wednesday 27th March the Scottish Parliament was still open and they held a discussion of “Food Waste Reduction Target”. It was opened by Annie Wells who is a Conservative MSP in Glasgow and she began with “To … Continue reading

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The Bishop of Leeds contributed on Israel and Gaza


Last Tuesday on 26th March there was a session in the House of Lords in the afternoon that focused on the Israel and Gaza subject and it was organised by a Government Minister who is Tariq Ahmad. A number of … Continue reading

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National Networks National Policy Statement


At the end of Parliament before their Easter break, there was a session organised by Guy Opperman from the Government and the first few words were “Relevant document: Ninth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2022-23, National Networks National … Continue reading

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Debate wrapped up in time for Easter break


Parliament is closed for two weeks and some of us wish an election would occur in May but there is no information about an voting listed for debate this week on the Government website. Many Sussex MPs however contributed to … Continue reading

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I call for Happy Easter from a few people in Parliament


On Tuesday at the end of the Parliament there was a session of the RNLI Bicentenary and one of the people who contributed was Chris Stephens who is the SNP MP for Glasgow South West and when he began to … Continue reading

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Ask Government to support Christians around the world.


On Monday in the House of Lords a lady called Arlene Foster who is a member of DUP and from Northern Ireland opened up a session entitled Christians: Persecution and her first few words are “To ask His Majesty’s Government what … Continue reading

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Steve Bassam contributed Human Rights: Sportswashing


Last Thursday there was a session in the House of Lords that was entitled Human Rights: Sportswashing and the initial few words for it was “That this House takes note of countries that use sporting events to “sportswash” their human … Continue reading

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Who is the honourable Member for Hove, for Science?


It was very interesting on Friday morning last week in the House of Lords on 22nd March that there was a discussion of the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL] and one of the people who took part in the discussion … Continue reading

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“You can play with any toys that you want”


Today and tomorrow are the last two days when MPs can participate in matters of Government. Tuesday 26th of March is the final day until April 15th Our local MPs will be able to work in Sussex for some of this three … Continue reading

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A Welsh Parliament states Brighton has a shingle beach


A few days ago in the Welsh Parliament there was a discussion entitled “Debate on petition P-06-1367, ‘Fund the removal of quarry rocks and the restoration of sand and groynes to Llandudno North Shore’” and one of the people who … Continue reading

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