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Category Archives: Parliament and Democracy
A significant Petition for 16 – 17 people travelling costs
At the beginning of May Finnian Rees set out this 637607 Petition which is entitled Fund half price bus and trains fares for 16 and 17 year olds. So far in the last 4 months tragically Finnian has only managed … Continue reading
Justice Chamberlain did well to challenge Government
Yesterday the CYPN set out a document entitled Local authorities urged to fulfil Children Act duties to child asylum seekers which can be obtained from here and one of the elements they have focused on was the criticism from Justice … Continue reading
MPs should review Petitions that have many signatures
(This item appears on the Brighton Argus on 21st August 2023) Today we can enjoy our final Bank Holiday. Next Monday will see Parliament reopen and so it is likely that this week our MPs will be preparing for their … Continue reading
Short, long, or in-between: How long do parliaments last?
So this is an image from Electoral Reform Society and the whole comment which is submitted by Thea Ridley-Castle can be obtained from here. Most of her text is also included below, but before that text here is a comment … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged e-petition, Electoral Reform Society, Thea Ridley-Castle
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We have 3 weeks to sign this petition for SEND provision
This petition is nearly ended and so far it has only achieved just over 12,000 signatures. It has led to a response from the Government but it usually needs 100,000 signatures to enable MPs to have a debate in Parliament. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Devon, e-petition, Sarah Williams
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A review on which MPs have corresponded in Parliament
(This item appears on the Brighton Argus on 21st August 2023) Last week marked the halfway point in August and it is now possible to observe the activities so far of members of Parliament. Clearly there are many public opportunities … Continue reading
Significant requests for us to Call a General Election
At the beginning of August an e-Petition was published which is entitled Call an immediate general election which was provided by David Nash. I had spotted it had 41 signatures on Wednesday 16th August and it had nearly achieved 50 … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Uncategorized
Tagged David Nash, General Election, Shaun Bacon, Simon Matthew Dodd
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It is great for our LSIP to be approved by the Government
It is very positive that last Friday the Government submitted provision for one of our region’s education elements and it was very encouraging that the Department for Education (DfE) published the Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIP) for Sussex. This recent … Continue reading
An interesting Petition to remove Church from the State
A few days ago I spotted the petition which Ruby Henderson submitted into the Government agency for the e-petitions. So far she has obtained 21 signatures and the largest group of them is from Newcastle-under-Lyme which suggests that Ruby is … Continue reading
Posted in Church Teaching, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged e-petition, Ruby Henderson
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A debate about Charity Regulation occured in Parliament
Back on the 20th July which was the last day of Parliament before it was closed Joanna Cherry from SNP raised a question under the Charity Regulation subject “What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulation … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Joanna Cherry, Peter Bottomley, Stuart Andrew
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