Tag Archives: Caroline Nokes

When will the new Government open e-Petitions?


The public e-Petition system was closed down at the end of May by the former Conservative Government. Along with the image shown here there was also a link on Find out more on the Petitions Committee website which is: Your … Continue reading

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Several STEM questions raised in Parliament recently


A few days ago on Thursday 15th February Susan Garden, the Baroness Garden of Frognal from the House of Lords set out a question entitled STEM Subjects: Girls which was “To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking … Continue reading

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A fascinating request for STEM teaching in Afghanistan


Although the Government is not fully open on Monday one of the written questions came from Caroline Nokes who is the Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North and she asked about STEM for these people. The question is available … Continue reading

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A series of tragic votes from most of the Tory MPs


Last night was the first of two days of debates and votes for the Nationality and Borders Bill which involves a number of clauses and amendments. Sadly all of the votes that took place were opposed by the Government and … Continue reading

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The appalling approach of our current Government


As I wrote yesterday here, we have a number of credible people in Parliament on the theme of the terrible Afghanistan issue. Here are some of the statements made by a few of the sensible and credible people and tragically … Continue reading

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We now need some clear leadership across many nations


The Afghanistan crisis is currently demonstrating a great deal of individual voices from within our nation that have a similar amount of influence to all of the others. The failure from within our Government and the lack of connection to … Continue reading

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Thank you for opposing your appalling Government


The 2019 Conservative Manifesto stated very clearly as shown here that they would “proudly maintain their commitment to spend 0.7% of our Gross National Income on development and do more to help countries receiving aid become self-sufficient” They never focused … Continue reading

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How do we end this wiggle room?


Hansard is the official report of parliamentary debates, which records the words from the people who speak in Parliament and I personally find it a very useful way of discovering what our representatives say and what sort of responses they … Continue reading

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The Home Office needs refloating


Two early examples so far this year have emerged from different places making it clear that the Home Office needs to be reformed in a manner that introduces some credible elements, or perhaps divided up into components that are each … Continue reading

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Lets have some consistency in our border rules!


I am really delighted to read this article from the Guardian that at long last the Police are going to end some of their formal processes that for far too long have connected then to the UK Visas and Immigration … Continue reading

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