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Tag Archives: Robin Walker
A very positive response from Wera Hobhouse
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
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Rachael Maskell, Robin Walker, Wera Hobhouse
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One of our MPs submitted “Public Access to Nature”
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
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Caroline Lucas, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Robin Walker, Trudy Harrison
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Governments should use more roundtable schemes
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
Why has Chope criticised Brighton and Hove Council?
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
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Christopher Chope, Robin Walker
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Visual, Hearing, & Multi-Sensory impaired children
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
The Government must Act and not just consider
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
Posted in Charities, Environment, Parliament and Democracy, Welfare Reform
Tagged Changing Places, Robin Walker, Sally-Ann Hart, Zack Kerr
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A call for schools in Brighton and Hove to comply!
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
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Education, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Dominic Grieve, Julian Lewis, Robin Walker
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Northern Ireland – their challenge is being overlooked
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
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Andrew Griffith, Northern Ireland, Robin Walker
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Erasmus may not be the only matter to resolve
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
Slip of the tongue, disturbing ignorance or …?
A few days ago in Parliament the MP for Bexhill, Huw Merriman asked a perfectly reasonable and sensible question of the Government. The answer however which may have been a simple slip of the tongue implies ignorance in the Department … Continue reading