Tag Archives: Richard Holden

Last week several very interesting statements were made

Posted on May 1, 2023 by ianchisnall

I am pleased to report that one of the discussions that took place last week in Parliament was the 30th anniversary of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. On Monday Michael Dobbs in the House of Lords stated that My Lords, … Continue reading →

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Our city does not have a permanent driving test centre

Posted on March 26, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday Douglas Chapman the SNP MP from Dunfermline and West Fife, asked three questions about his own location and the response came from Richard Holden who is the Department for Transport Minister and his response included on a focus … Continue reading →

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Two more Parliament requests for Audio-Visual in Buses

Posted on March 15, 2023 by ianchisnall

Over the last few months there has been a significant number of questions raised by MPs and each has led to answers supplied from the Minister Richard Holden. I first spotted some of these late in January and I first … Continue reading →

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25% of Buses are to provide Audio-Visual information!

Posted on March 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday the MP for Chatham and Aylesford, Tracey Crouch who had written a question received the answer from Richard Holden who is a Minister from the Department of Transport and the response was very interesting. We now need the … Continue reading →

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Audible and Visible provision on buses and trains?

Posted on February 14, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday last week there was a response to a written question from the Conservative MP from East Yorkshire, Greg Knight who had focused on “visually-impaired and hard of hearing passengers”. The Minister who responded was Richard Holden who is … Continue reading →

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More calls for Audio Visual for buses for disabled people

Posted on February 3, 2023 by ianchisnall

Last Friday I spotted that three 3 MPs had asked the Government for involvement in Audio Visual in buses for disabled people and my blog on that theme can be obtained from here. As I stated then it was very … Continue reading →

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Audio Visual requirements on buses for disabled people

Posted on January 27, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday a written question focusing on Audio Visual for Buses from the Labour Rachael Maskell was responded by the Government. Rachael is the MP for York Central and the Government Minister who responded was Richard Holden who is the … Continue reading →

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Will the Tories and Daily Mail observe real conditions?

Posted on August 28, 2022 by ianchisnall

Today in the Daily Mail the journalist Brendan Carlin (shown on the left) wrote an article entitled Tory election planners fear Labour will back bid to axe ‘first-past-the-post’ system next month – risking a ‘coalition of chaos’ that could lock … Continue reading →

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