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

Children’s food and drink to reduce child obesity

Posted on February 4, 2024 by ianchisnall

On the House of Lords on Thursday, 1st February last week there was a discussion entitled Child Obesity which was set out by Clive Brooke who is a Labour member who is from Yorkshire. The responses from Clive and indeed … Continue reading →

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Bishop of Durham on “Schools: Financial Education”

Posted on February 3, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday in the House of Lords Amanda Sater who is a Conservative member opened a discussion of Schools: Financial Education and her first few words were “To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the financial … Continue reading →

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MP launches battle for the right to clean air

Posted on January 29, 2024 by ianchisnall

This week only a small number of items for discussion Parliament are proposed by Sussex MP’s. Sadly last week there was another event which was entitled as “e-petition 643216, relating to the Groceries Supply Code of Practice” and none of … Continue reading →

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Government states comments for Brighton Hospitals

Posted on January 28, 2024 by ianchisnall

Andrew Stephenson is the MP for Pendle in Lancashire and he is a member of the Government for Health and Social Care and on Thursday in Parliament he was involved in this discussion which is entitled in a discussion called … Continue reading →

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on January 27, 2024 by ianchisnall

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day and one of the significant supporters is the charity “Holocaust Memorial Day Trust” which provides information throughout the year. They have published a piece which is available here Two of our local MPs have commented … Continue reading →

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Bishop Rachel assists parents in prison if they have childs

Posted on January 26, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday there were a number of members of House of Lords who discussed in a session entitled “Schools: Persistent Absenteeism” and the session was established by a Labour person Fiona Twycross and she began with “To ask His Majesty’s Government … Continue reading →

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Consider: Hold a parliamentary vote on assisted dying

Posted on January 24, 2024 by ianchisnall

A couple of weeks ago on 5th January Hanna Geissler published this e-Petition called 653593 which was submitted from nearly 82,000 signatures at that time. A few days ago Rabbi Elli Sarah promoted it on Twitter and the text is … Continue reading →

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MPs set to debate fair pay for our farmers

Posted on January 22, 2024 by ianchisnall

(This blog has been adopted by the Brighton Argus today on the 22nd January 2024 which is published in the OUR MPS IN PARLIAMENT theme on page 30) Today in Parliament there is an opportunity for a number of Sussex … Continue reading →

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A contribution on BBC Funding from Steve Bassam

Posted on January 21, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday 17th January there was a discussion in the House of Lords which was described as BBC: Funding – Question by Amyas Morse, a Crossbench member. Several people took part including Steve Bassam a former labour councillor in Brighton … Continue reading →

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Questions about children from the Bishop of Durham

Posted on January 20, 2024 by ianchisnall

Last week in the House of Lords there were several questions for supporting children in the UK, organised by the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler. On Tuesday there was a session entitled “Coram’s Charter for Children” and eight other members … Continue reading →

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