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

Two questions on Nurses and Paramedics Recruitment


Last Friday, one of the people in the House of Lords who is called Lord Robert of Llandudno and who is Roger Roberts asked two questions and both of the questions were responded by Lord Markham who is the Parliamentary … Continue reading

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Fee waiver for young people that cannot afford the fee?


On Friday the day after Parliament closed down for holiday a local Conservative MP sent up a written question to his Government and the answer he received is very disturbing. The MP who wrote the question is Tim Loughton who … Continue reading

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Tory MPs rebel on votes at Westminster


(This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on 29th May 2023)  Last week Parliament closed down on Thursday afternoon for the whole of this week and it will reopen a week on Monday so our local MPs may work … Continue reading

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Safety of School Buildings including Sussex


On Tuesday there was a debate that took place in Parliament which was entitled Safety of School Buildings and at the end of the debate there was a voting arrangement. Sadly the Conservatives voted against the document and because they … Continue reading

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Is mandatory animal-welfare labelling on supermarket?


On Monday Henry Smith, the MP for Crawley asked a question about whether the Minister plans to introduce labelling in supermarket and at least one person has linked on the question and answer session to indicate that the Minister has … Continue reading

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A very positive response from Wera Hobhouse


On Monday I wrote a blog focused on the debate that Caroline Lucas organised last Thursday entitled Public Access to Nature and The Argus newspaper printed it out under the headline of ‘We are increasingly isolated from nature’. That content … Continue reading

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Has the Government children with complex health needs?


Last Monday in Parliament the MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, Tim Loughton wrote a very significant question to the Government and the Minister who responded was Neil O’Brien The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care. The headline for … Continue reading

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One of our MPs submitted “Public Access to Nature”


Last Thursday a substantial debate took place in Parliament entitled “Public Access to Nature” organised by Caroline Lucas the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion. This discussion was held in the Commons Chamber and was very significant. The session lasted for … Continue reading

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An MP who spoke this week about a local Church


Darren Henry is the Broxtowe MP at Nottinghamshire for the Conservative party. On Tuesday evening there was a debate called Houses in Multiple Occupation: Approval which Darren introduced. Towards the end of his first statement he referred to the Christ … Continue reading

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A West Midlands MP asked a radical Sussex Question


On Monday in Parliament Julian Knight the MP from Solihull for Conservative wrote a question to the Government about the murder of Vishal Mehrotra who was killed 41 years ago. The person who answered his question was Chris Philp, the … Continue reading

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