Category Archives: Youth Issues

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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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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A significant number of STEM comments last week


Last week was the end of Parliament until September but interestingly there were several comments raised about STEM during that week. The first few were on Monday and they involved the following people. Robert Halfon is the Government Minister in … Continue reading

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Team at YMCA is phenomenal that supports people


On Thursday at the end of House of Commons a session called “Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment” took place and the first person who contributed was Douglas Ross who is the Conservative MP for Moray and he began with this … Continue reading

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A great call of STEM & YMCA from Stoke on Trent MP


On Thursday in Parliament there was this debate under the headline of Artificial Intelligence and a number of MPs took part. The MP who started the event was Matt Warman who is the Conservative MP for Boston and Skegness and … Continue reading

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UK: Violence Against Women and Girls – House of Lords


On Thursday lunchtime Diane Warwick, the Labour member of the House of Lords opened a debate that was entitled “UK: Violence Against Women and Girls – Motion to Take Note“ and her opening comment was “Moved by Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe … Continue reading

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Alarm number of under-10’s being stopped and searched


During the Stop and Search session that took place on Monday one of the MPs who asked a question was Tim Loughton from East Worthing and Shoreham. As he explained there have been some challenges in the past for children … Continue reading

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Last week a significant response to these public petitions


(This item first appeared in Brighton Argus on 19th June with “Petition sparks debate among Sussex MPs”)  Each week that Parliament is open there are potential opportunities for our representatives to behave in a way that seems different to what … Continue reading

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A STEM response from the Government last week


Last Wednesday there was a Topical Questions session focused on Women and Equalities and two of the Government Ministers who responded in the session were from Sussex. One was Mims Davies who is the Mid Sussex MP and the other … Continue reading

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Don Touhig submitted a significant Brighton challenge


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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