Tag Archives: Andrea Leadsom

Louisa Martindale is known as 3Ts Hospital, in Brighton

Posted on March 3, 2024 by ianchisnall

On Friday afternoon in Parliament there was a discussion entitled St Helier Hospital Improvements and New Hospital: Sutton which was set out by Elliot Colburn who is the MP for Carshalton and Wallington in the North Surrey area. After he … Continue reading →

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Will Government remove Johnson for these three cases

Posted on May 24, 2022 by ianchisnall

In the last few hours two cases have emerged that of course are not very new cases. However these two cases include very strong criticism of people led by the Prime Minister. In addition there was a visit 10 days … Continue reading →

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Any Questions hit a brick wall on COVID-19 last night

Posted on July 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

Sadly I only managed to listen to a very short part of the programme last night when the subject of COVID-19 was being discussed. I was left wondering how two people who clearly have a high profile and in one … Continue reading →

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Parliament offers opportunities for collaboration as well as conflict

Posted on March 9, 2020 by ianchisnall

Observing Politicians in the Houses of Parliament is something I find fascinating although most of the time, what gets said is much closer to conflict than collaboration. However occasionally a few words emerge that are based on collaboration that goes … Continue reading →

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Our Government must start listening to businesses effectively

Posted on October 29, 2019 by ianchisnall

The meeting that took place at the beginning of last week between the Department for BEIS represented by Andrea Leadsom and Kelly Tolhurst and a number of business network agencies has indicated that our Government is not willing to listen … Continue reading →

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Government wants to ensure that “E” in STEM is equal

Posted on October 25, 2019 by ianchisnall

Earlier this week in Parliament an interesting discussion took place regarding the importance of Engineering which for me as a STEM Ambassador from an Engineering background is very inspiring, particularly if the Government is able to achieve the objectives that … Continue reading →

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Future Palace of Westminster must not be controlled by MPs

Posted on May 30, 2019 by ianchisnall

On the day before Andrea Leadsom resigned as Leader of the House of Commons, she was involved in an important debate about Parliamentary Buildings which was the second reading of the ‘Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill’ which she has … Continue reading →

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An urgent question following 37 months of Parliamentary inactivity

Posted on April 24, 2019 by ianchisnall

When Politicians ask urgent questions, it is easy to assume that they are responding to a matter that has emerged as a result of their discovery of a recent issue. However when Ed Miliband spoke up yesterday on St Georges … Continue reading →

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A Lincolnshire MP who clearly should visit Brighton

Posted on March 9, 2019 by ianchisnall

It seems as though this week we have heard or read a series of statements made by Tory politicians that seem to suggest they are either trying to be offensive in a coy manner or else they are so incompetent … Continue reading →

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Parliament needs to become accountable and credible

Posted on February 16, 2019 by ianchisnall

Yesterday several thousand children chose not to go to School in order to campaign about the need for greater focus on climate change by our nation and in particular our Government. It is tragic that Andrea Leadsom ignored this specific … Continue reading →

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