Tag Archives: Peter Bottomley

The challenge of hearing from all local MPs during COVID

Posted on May 3, 2021 by ianchisnall

The current arrangements for our national Parliament in response to COVID makes it more difficult than in the past to be able to observe debates on specific themes that involve a number of our local MPs. Of course, there are … Continue reading →

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An appalling action by a cruel and corrupt Government

Posted on April 29, 2021 by ianchisnall

The vote last night took place to determine for the fourth time if the leaseholders in blocks of flats could be prevented from being responsible for the replacement of the fire safety bills following Grenfell and the need for replacing … Continue reading →

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Domestic Abuse Bill – improved but not as well as possible

Posted on April 18, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Thursday in the House of Commons as our agencies were approaching the end point of the Domestic Abuse Bill a lengthy debate did take place. The debate was intended to cover the 86 amendments that have been provided by … Continue reading →

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Two Conservatives try to reduce Domestic Abuse

Posted on April 17, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Thursday there was an extensive debate in the House of Commons to deal with 86 amendments for the Domestic Abuse Bill. These amendments are all items that have been raised by the House of Lords and even the Government … Continue reading →

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Could this be a way to achieve Political Unity in Sussex?

Posted on April 12, 2021 by ianchisnall

Today is the final day of the recess from the House of Commons so tomorrow our local Members of Parliament will be travelling up to Westminster to begin working on a range of themes. This Easter break has been a … Continue reading →

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The greater our unity at home, the stronger our influence abroad

Posted on April 8, 2021 by ianchisnall

I wrote a piece yesterday on the theme of our nations Foreign Aid provision that a local Tory MP pointed out was promised in his 2019 Manifesto and several previous manifestos. Along with that MP there are a number of … Continue reading →

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After Easter will Peter Bottomley please raise this again for us?

Posted on April 7, 2021 by ianchisnall

Just before the Easter break for Parliament Peter Bottomley, MP for West Worthing asked the Prime Minister a Question following a statement that Johnson made under the title of “Integrated Review”. As that heading is not very clear these were … Continue reading →

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How important is Parliamentary voting?

Posted on February 5, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Monday there was a debate in Parliament under the title of Unsafe Cladding: Protecting Tenants and Leaseholders which involved words that appear very clearly to call for the Government to improve matters for people impacted by cladding problems. These … Continue reading →

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Vaccinations need to be applauded but also reviewed

Posted on January 25, 2021 by ianchisnall

It is very encouraging that those people who have already received or have been booked in for a Vaccine are being protected against COVID-19. I am delighted that several of my older relatives and friends have already received this along … Continue reading →

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The loss of Sovereignty from our nations Parliament

Posted on January 20, 2021 by ianchisnall

It is of course very easy to use words like Sovereignty in the context of our departure from the EU. Sadly far too many people who were campaigning for us to leave made appalling claims about a lack of Sovereignty … Continue reading →

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