Tag Archives: Nick Gibb

He insists that MPs can only participate physically within the Parliamentary estate

Posted on June 3, 2020 by ianchisnall

So nearly all of the Conservative MPs for Sussex have once again voted to prevent MPs from being able to take part in debates from outside of Parliament and for the voting to also to have to take place from … Continue reading →

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Comments by Sussex MPs and a Government reaction to NHS workers

Posted on May 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

It seems important now that Parliament is assembling each week, albeit for much shorter hours and with very small numbers of MPs that we pay attention to what our local MPs do say and that we try to pass over … Continue reading →

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Nick Gibb and Marcus Fysh promote hypocrisy on behalf of their Government

Posted on March 13, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday a Parliamentary debate took place that could have been very positive given it was about involving young people in politics, but sadly it began very negatively and by the time Nick Gibb got up to speak on behalf … Continue reading →

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Ken Baker describes how Gove & colleagues have failed for last 10 years

Posted on October 30, 2019 by ianchisnall

On Monday while MPs in the House of Commons were arguing about whether to hold election no 3 in four and a half years, their colleagues in the House of Lords took part in a debate under the title “Vocational … Continue reading →

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Robbie must get to grips with withdrawal reality

Posted on August 21, 2019 by ianchisnall

Robbie Gibb has worked as the Director of Communications at No 10 Downing Street from July 2017 to July 2019 so he has overseen the period during which his boss, Theresa made a complete mess of her attempt at resolving … Continue reading →

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MPs in the South East have begun to change their responses

Posted on July 22, 2019 by ianchisnall

As we wait to find out who our next Prime Minister will be, it is encouraging that Parliament when presented with a new opportunity to prevent him from closing them down, responded differently. The prorogation of Parliament would allow the … Continue reading →

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A few crumbs under the Grammar School table

Posted on June 25, 2019 by ianchisnall

Thanks to Angela Rayner asking this Question last Thursday, we now know two things. The first is that 98.6% of the money set aside to expand the Grammar Schools across our nation in the last financial year was spent on … Continue reading →

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Invite Nick to visit your School – and find out how things are!

Posted on June 23, 2019 by ianchisnall

One of the blogs I read regularly is published under the @TeacherToolkit title by Ross Morrison McGill. His blog today refers to visits to Schools by Nick Gibb, the Government Minister responsible for Schools as part of the Department for … Continue reading →

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Gibb and Loughton must explain their comments

Posted on June 10, 2019 by ianchisnall

One of the most fantastic events that took place last week was the celebration of 75 years since the D Day departure and landing, an event that began the end of our last world war. This is why President Trump … Continue reading →

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A wake up call for the Department for Education?

Posted on June 6, 2019 by ianchisnall

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece that related to a debate that had taken place in Parliament about modern language education and in that debate Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister made it very clear that in the light … Continue reading →

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