Category Archives: Youth Issues

Well done for your cross party action in the House of Commons

Posted on February 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

Although the provision of a good quality piece of legislation is the most important element from Parliament, when backbench MPs from more than one party work together we should applaud them. That is particularly true if their cooperation and proposed … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Party does not understand Independence

Posted on February 23, 2021 by ianchisnall

Two weeks ago on the 9th February there was an announcement that the Government had appointed James Wharton who is a Conservative Peer as the new Chair of The Office for Students which is supposed to be an Independent organisation … Continue reading →

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Sussex Police are understandably highly commended

Posted on February 22, 2021 by ianchisnall

Over the last few days ago two pieces of news emerged that don’t have any connections and yet they resonated in my mind along with some other cases. The first piece of news came in a monthly update from Chief … Continue reading →

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Let us celebrate Apprenticeship Week – and improve matters

Posted on February 11, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday in Parliament Sajid Javid asked a question which is shown below. The response came as the image above shows from Gillian Keegan who is the Minister responsible for Apprenticeships from within the Department of Education. However along with … Continue reading →

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A clear question on behalf of Students – less clear answer!

Posted on February 6, 2021 by ianchisnall

Earlier this week on Wednesday there was a debate that took place in Parliament on the theme of Support for University Students: Covid-19 which was started by Paul Blomfield who is the Labour MP for Sheffield Central with his Urgent … Continue reading →

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A very disturbing plastic response from Johnson to Lucas

Posted on January 30, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday as part of the Prime Minister Questions, Caroline Lucas who is our local MP asked Boris Johnson a question and in doing so she located it very carefully in a wider context. The answer that Johnson provided skirted … Continue reading →

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Government clearly needs to increase its Computer provision

Posted on January 14, 2021 by ianchisnall

Last Wednesday following the debate with the Prime Minister on the theme of lockdown, there was a debate with Gavin Williamson on the subject of Covid-19: Educational Settings. My blog yesterday focused on one of the the themes in that … Continue reading →

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Why is Gavin Williamson so unwilling to vaccinate teachers?

Posted on January 13, 2021 by ianchisnall

Last Wednesday in Parliament following the debate on COVID and the call to lockdown the nation this was the debate on the theme of Covid-19: Educational Settings which began with a statement from Gavin Williamson. He touched on a number … Continue reading →

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This year is clearly a time for us to change our politics

Posted on January 4, 2021 by ianchisnall

Just over a day before the end of last year the Government announced it was going to delay the opening of Secondary Schools for this term by up to two weeks into this month. This was in stark contrast to … Continue reading →

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Important Homelessness words for Hastings and Rye

Posted on December 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday there was an important debate in Westminster Hall in Parliament under the heading of Winter Homelessness Support. The people who took part in the debate included the current MP for Hastings and Rye, Sally-Ann Hart. She was the … Continue reading →

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