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

We urgently need to protect England’s nature


The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee published its report on Protected Areas on 26th July with the headline of We urgently need to protect England’s nature. The Chair for the Committee is Kate Parminter who is a … Continue reading

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Government tackling cost of childcare – simply not true?


On the 7th of July the Government published a piece which is entitled Free childcare: How we are tackling the cost of childcare and that piece is available from here and it began with the claim that England has some … Continue reading

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Campaign for special needs school in Sussex and Essex 


A few days before the end of the Government there was a short discussion that took place which was entitled Recruitment and Retention which took place with the Education Department for the Government. During that session an MP from Essex, … Continue reading

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MPs can raise important issues for Parliament to discuss


When Parliament is closed for the Summer, it presents the potential for us to review what has taken place. One aspect of Parliament during active periods is the opportunity for all MPs that are not members of the Government to … Continue reading

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STEM is included in the Medicine: Education discussion


The questions from Helen Hayes were very significant a few weeks ago that were all included under the title of Medicine: Education on the 11th July. Helen Hayes is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood and along with … Continue reading

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Government mission’s UK the most innovative economy!


Caroline Ansell, the Eastbourne MP asked a question just before Parliament closed down and her question was significant, but the response from the Minister who was Paul Scully who is the Minister for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology … Continue reading

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Lloyd responded to Elton John in the HIV discussion


Lloyd Russell-Moyle was participating in the discussion of “HIV Action Plan Annual Update 2022-23” on the 18th July that Nicola Richards who is the Conservative MP for West Bromwich East set out the discussion. She began with the comment “I … Continue reading

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Climate Finance Commitments from Caroline Lucas


This theme was also entitled Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and it took place on Tuesday 18th July which was one of the last days of Parliament before the Summer break. The person who started the session was Caroline Lucas … Continue reading

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Sally-Ann Hart: Reading Standards Primary-age Children


A series of questions and answers took place towards the end of the Parliament session. The person who set this out was Sally-Ann Hart who is the MP for Hastings and Rye and the response came from Nick Gibb who … Continue reading

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Railway Tickets questions from a Brighton MP


Back on Monday at the beginning of the last week for Parliament, two MPs asked several questions about Railway Tickets. There was only one question from Julian Knight who is the Conservative MP for Solihull and then there were four … Continue reading

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