Category Archives: Youth Issues

Eastbourne MP asks about Holiday Activities and Food

Posted on November 5, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday 23rd October in Parliament one of the the sessions that took place was organised by Caroline Ansell who is the Eastbourne MP. She began the session with a request “What recent assessment her Department has made of the … Continue reading →

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How many unaccompanied children are housed in hotels?

Posted on October 21, 2023 by ianchisnall

Yesterday (Friday 20th October) Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion submitted a written question to the Government and her question is “To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children are being housed in arranged hotel accommodation … Continue reading →

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Conservative Conference discussions impacting children

Posted on October 5, 2023 by ianchisnall

The CYP Now submitted a document yesterday that is entitled Conservative Party Conference 2023: Key discussions impacting children and young people and it was provided by Amrit Virdi and Fiona Simpson. The item can be obtained from here and they … Continue reading →

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STEM Subjects: Girls from the Hastings and Rye MP

Posted on September 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday last week in Parliament one of the written questions came from Sally-Ann Hart who is the Hastings and Rye MP and the question was responded by Nick Gibb who is a Minister of the Education Department and he … Continue reading →

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MPs to probe ministers over poor concrete in schools

Posted on September 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the CYP Now website published this article which was written by Emily Harle and the initial comment is MPs are set to question ministers over the disruption caused by dangerous concrete in school buildings, following the Department for … Continue reading →

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A significant Petition for 16 – 17 people travelling costs

Posted on September 3, 2023 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Justice Chamberlain did well to challenge Government

Posted on August 31, 2023 by ianchisnall

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 →

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We have 3 weeks to sign this petition for SEND provision

Posted on August 22, 2023 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Taking worry out of the classroom and also a Petition

Posted on August 20, 2023 by ianchisnall

A few days ago I contacted Katie Scott who is a Mindfulness/meditation teacher and author at Little Sunshine Mindfulness and Yoga. She has just sent out her Taking worry out of the classroom book which she introduced it at ‘Taking … Continue reading →

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A Petition to call for daily sessions in schools

Posted on August 12, 2023 by ianchisnall

A very nice person called Katie Scott who is based in the Liverpool area of Knowsley has submitted her e-Petition to the Government. It is referred as Petition 641406 which focuses on daily sessions in Schools. It was published on … Continue reading →

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