Tag Archives: Robin Walker

MPs to probe ministers over poor concrete in schools

Posted on September 9, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Thursday the CYP Now website published this article which was written by Emily Harle and the initial comment is MPs are set to question ministers over the disruption caused by dangerous concrete in school buildings, following the Department for … Continue reading →

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A very positive response from Wera Hobhouse

Posted on May 24, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Monday I wrote a blog focused on the debate that Caroline Lucas organised last Thursday entitled Public Access to Nature and The Argus newspaper printed it out under the headline of ‘We are increasingly isolated from nature’. That content … Continue reading →

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One of our MPs submitted “Public Access to Nature”

Posted on May 22, 2023 by ianchisnall

Last Thursday a substantial debate took place in Parliament entitled “Public Access to Nature” organised by Caroline Lucas the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion. This discussion was held in the Commons Chamber and was very significant. The session lasted for … Continue reading →

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Governments should use more roundtable schemes

Posted on July 13, 2022 by ianchisnall

Last Monday in the House of Commons, the Bexhill and Battle MP, Huw Merriman referred to a meeting that he had been involved in the week before. If this is a genuine way of the Government listening to people in … Continue reading →

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Why has Chope criticised Brighton and Hove Council?

Posted on May 22, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday in the House of Commons the Department of Education answered a question that Christopher Chope had sent over in written format. Mr Chope is the MP for Christchurch which is in Dorset so he is based many miles … Continue reading →

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Visual, Hearing, & Multi-Sensory impaired children

Posted on May 20, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Sussex MP from Battle and Bexhill called Huw Merriman asked a very significant question about how the Government will respond to the needs for deaf children. The response from the Government was very … Continue reading →

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The Government must Act and not just consider

Posted on April 3, 2022 by ianchisnall

Two conversations have taken place in the last couple of days and it is clear that the Government Departments need to respond much more effectively than they are currently doing. The first took place in Parliament on Friday when a … Continue reading →

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 A call for schools in Brighton and Hove to comply!

Posted on February 11, 2022 by ianchisnall

A week ago last Friday in the House of Commons a written question was answered by Robin Walker who is the Minister of State for Education. To be clear he did not respond specifically to the reference for Brighton and … Continue reading →

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Northern Ireland – their challenge is being overlooked

Posted on April 23, 2021 by ianchisnall

When an MP asks a question that is not very clear it gives the Government the opportunity to either ignore the real subject and give a superficial response or to focus on the real challenges and try to explain what … Continue reading →

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Erasmus may not be the only matter to resolve

Posted on December 26, 2020 by ianchisnall

I confess I have not read any of the 2000 pages in the EU deal, but one of the clear headlines is Erasmus so it seems sensible to remind our Government of some of the statements that they made in … Continue reading →

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