Tag Archives: Chris Stephens

Food Poverty Strategy discussion, referred to FareShare


On Monday in the Parliament there was a session entitled Food Poverty Strategy and the person who organised it was Chris Stephens who is from the SNP and one of the people who contributed during his session was Jo Churchill … Continue reading

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I call for Happy Easter from a few people in Parliament


On Tuesday at the end of the Parliament there was a session of the RNLI Bicentenary and one of the people who contributed was Chris Stephens who is the SNP MP for Glasgow South West and when he began to … Continue reading

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Football and Dementia involving Gordon Smith


On Thursday there was a debate in Parliament entitled “Football and Dementia” which was organised by Ian Blackford who is an SNP MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber which is a location I have been to in the past. He … Continue reading

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Food banks speaking in Brighton, Derbyshire, Leeds and High Wycombe 


On Wednesday in Parliament there was a session entitled Universal Credit Deductions which was organised by Chris Stephens who is a senior SNP MP. His opening words were “I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of Universal Credit deductions.” … Continue reading

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FareShare the largest distributor of charitable and surplus food in Britain


On Tuesday there was a discussion that took place in Parliament at the Westminster Hall called Co-operatives and Alternative Businesses: Local Authority Support and one of the contributions came from Chris Stephens who is the Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Levelling Up). … Continue reading

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I wish everybody a happy Easter and all the religions


At the end of Parliament last Thursday, the Treasurer of HM Household, Marcus Jones who is also the Conservative MP for Nuneaton ended his statement at the end of the Easter Adjournment with these words “I wish everybody a happy Easter and … Continue reading

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Will Parliament endorse a vital Bill from Chris Stephens?


This evening one of my friends, Rabbi Elli Sarah tweeted a message that can be seen here and it states Can you help #refugees reach safety? Please join me in supporting this case. #RefugeesWelcome #SafeRoutesNow crowdjustice.com/case/refugee-l… via @CrowdJustice and the … Continue reading

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This week FareShare could benefit from many of us


This week is a financial campaign for FareShare Sussex that is a charity that is based in Brighton but which covers the whole of Sussex and also many parts of Surrey. FareShare is an organisation that I helped to set … Continue reading

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Tomorrow a group of MPs will debate Domestic Abuse


It is always very encouraging when a group of MPs set out to promote an important theme within Parliament and particularly for them to work with a team that is not restricted to party politics. Tomorrow a debate is due … Continue reading

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Let us thank these MPs for supporting their colleagues


There are two very recent Early Day Motions that I have recently written about, the first one endorses England women’s national football team which I wrote about here and it was written by the Conservative MP Tracey Crouch from Kent. … Continue reading

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