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

Last week Parliament re-opened with several themes

Posted on June 12, 2023 by ianchisnall

(This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on 12th June 2023 and its headline was “MP’s Commons debate on World Ocean Day”)  Parliament reopened last Monday following the Half Term break with a significant number of events that took … Continue reading →

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The Illegal Migration bill focused on Bexhill in Sussex

Posted on June 11, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday a few days ago there was a session on Illegal Migration Bill for Amendment 58B being dealt in the House of Lord and some of the members who spoke referred to the Bexhill situation. Their comments below are … Continue reading →

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9 UK beaches incl Brighton lost their blue flag status

Posted on June 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday afternoon Sally-Ann Hart who is the Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye set up a debate in Parliament. The title was of World Ocean Day and sadly there were no other MPs from Sussex that spoke during that … Continue reading →

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Don Touhig submitted a significant Brighton challenge

Posted on June 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday in the House of Lords there was a debate on the theme of the Illegal Migration Bill and focused on Amendment 14 which was submitted by Baroness Meacher. The text for the amendment is “leave out “at a … Continue reading →

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New Housing Supply includes Goring and Brighton!

Posted on June 8, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday in Parliament David Davis the Conservative MP from East Yorkshire set out a discussion which he began with the comment “I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of delivering new housing supply.” His first few … Continue reading →

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STEM events in Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham

Posted on June 7, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday in the House of Commons the Labour MP for Oxford East Anneliese Dodds wrote a question and the answer came back from Maria Caulfield who is the MP for Lewes and she is also a Minister for the … Continue reading →

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An interesting comment on the Retained EU Law Bill

Posted on June 6, 2023 by ianchisnall

This piece took place on Wednesday 24th May in the week before Parliament was closed down for last week. The headline of the debate was Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and Michael Tomlinson who is the Solicitor-General for … Continue reading →

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Today Parliament re-opens with several elements

Posted on June 5, 2023 by ianchisnall

Today is the opening of Parliament following their Half Term break over the last week. Given the discussions that have taken place last week publicly concerning the behaviour of Boris Johnson it will be very interesting to see what MPs … Continue reading →

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What is taking to support electric vehicle manufacturing?

Posted on June 4, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday the Crawley MP Henry Smith submitted a question to the Government and the response came from Nusrat Ghani who is the Wealden MP and is also the Minister of State for Department for Business and Trade. So they … Continue reading →

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Women and Girls in STEM benefited from YMCA

Posted on June 3, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday while the UK Parliament was closed down that week there was a significant contribution by the Scottish Parliament. It was focused on Women and Girls in STEM and one of the SNPs who took part in the discussion … Continue reading →

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