Tag Archives: Jeremy Quin

MP grills Chancellor in the run-up to the Budget


During this week MPs are not based in Parliament because of a planned Government Recess from the end of last Thursday opening again on Monday 19th February.  However, the House of Lords will hold their own discussions for three days … Continue reading

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MPs set to debate fair pay for our farmers


(This blog has been adopted by the Brighton Argus today on the 22nd January 2024 which is published in the OUR MPS IN PARLIAMENT theme on page 30) Today in Parliament there is an opportunity for a number of Sussex … Continue reading

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MPs return to Commons with election in the air


Today is the first opening day and week of Parliament for MPs to contribute this year. It will be interesting to see if there will be any discussions calling for this year’s General Election today or in the next few … Continue reading

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MPs vote to rebel on infected blood scandal


(This article was published in the Brighton Argus today – 11th December 2023) On Monday last week there were five votes in Parliament for two Bills under discussion. Four were relating to the clause aspects for the “Victims and Prisoners … Continue reading

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MPs should review Petitions that have many signatures


(This item appears on the Brighton Argus on 21st August 2023) Today we can enjoy our final Bank Holiday. Next Monday will see Parliament reopen and so it is likely that this week our MPs will be preparing for their … Continue reading

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Last week Parliament re-opened with several themes


(This item first appeared in the Brighton Argus on 12th June 2023 and its headline was “MP’s Commons debate on World Ocean Day”)  Parliament reopened last Monday following the Half Term break with a significant number of events that took … Continue reading

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We are all struggling to endorse what my Friend says


Last Thursday there was this session called Topical Questions Cabinet Office – in the House of Commons and one of the contributors was the Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye, Sally-Ann Hart who made a very significant state focusing on … Continue reading

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A great deal of work needs to go into Infected Blood


On Wednesday there was a debate entitled Infected Blood Inquiry Update which can be obtained from here and one of the MPs who participated was Peter Bottomley who responded to the theme and the Minister who responded to him was … Continue reading

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Infected blood inquiry is expected to conclude next year


At the end of Parliament this year a discussion took place on the final Thursday. It appears that next year after six years of process the Infected Blood Inquiry that was set out by the Prime Minister will finally be … Continue reading

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We need a more radical and less political House of Lords


Some of us who are interested in the nations governmental activities are aware of the House of Lords because of the contributions that it sometimes achieves to challenge the Government and improve their Bills. Along with that some of us … Continue reading

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