Tag Archives: Meg Hillier

Ministers are grilled in the House of Commons

Posted on October 14, 2024 by ianchisnall

The opening of Parliament allows eleven weeks for new members of Parliament to emphasise the views of their constituents. Last Monday two important debates took place with considerable contributions from Sussex MP’s. The first involved, two MPs, and was named, … Continue reading →

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The Ministry of Defence has failed to achieve itself

Posted on February 8, 2023 by ianchisnall

There is a group of MPs within the Parliament that is called the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and a few days ago I spotted in the the website of the Institute of Engineering and Technology that the PAC were focusing … Continue reading →

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Very useful questions and answers for STEM issues

Posted on October 28, 2022 by ianchisnall

Back on Monday Sheryll Murray, the Conservative MP for South East Cornwall began with the first couple of questions and the Minister who responded was Jonathan Gullis who was a Minister for Education. The other MP who took part was … Continue reading →

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Government needs more support for criminal children

Posted on July 19, 2022 by ianchisnall

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee published a new report on Friday. The report stated very clearly that the Government needs to provide a lot more support for the relatively small number of children in our Nation that break … Continue reading →

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As we stay off the Streets, the challenges of future residential settings must begin to be addressed

Posted on April 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is very hard to make sense of what the next few days will be like, let alone the rest of April given that the numbers of deaths and illnesses related to C-19 are appearing to rise across the nation … Continue reading →

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The issue of poor quality accommodation finally gets mentioned!

Posted on March 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

As this question from Monday of this week makes clear, some politicians in the House of Commons do actually know what the challenges of C-19 will have on many people in our nation. Sadly the response from Matthew Hancock was … Continue reading →

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Government Departments need real leadership

Posted on November 29, 2018 by ianchisnall

Whilst journalists, broadcasters and commentators are focusing on the nonsensical ideas, statements and behaviour of  Theresa, Jacob and Priti along with Michael and Amber and the lack of them by Jeremy, the reality within most Government departments is they are … Continue reading →

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OFSTED is failing but Parliament leads the way!

Posted on September 11, 2018 by ianchisnall

At the end of last week the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee published a report on their concerns about the failings of OFSTED or the OFfice for STandards in EDucation. The Chair of the PAC, Meg Hillier stated: “Cuts to Ofsted’s … Continue reading →

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MPs need to pay attention to one another

Posted on December 28, 2017 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday 6th December the Chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier explained to her colleagues and the rest of the world “Technology is clearly critical to combating cyber-crime, and developing effective common defences should be … Continue reading →

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