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Tag Archives: Steve Bassam
The Government must be prevented from ending their values
All MPs need to stand up and challenge the call by Rishi Sunak to end the promise set out in the Conservative manifesto less than a year ago under the title of Promote our Values to “proudly maintain our commitment … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged COVID-19, Elizabeth Sugg, GNI, Rishi Sunak, Steve Bassam
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George and his colleagues must answer questions if they seek credibility
The concept that the Government members of the House of Lords are entitled to ignore questions that they get asked has arisen in a number of examples over the last few months. At one point it appeared that Elizabeth Sugg … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alan West, Elizabeth Sugg, George Young, Steve Bassam
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The future of seaside and rural communities
Last week in the House of Lords, Steve Bassam introduced a report entitled “Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities – The future of seaside towns” At one point in his introduction Steve explained that the Government had responded and one of their … Continue reading
We need to overhaul Parliamentary answer processes
A couple of weeks ago a Labour member of the House of Lords asked a rather simple and basic question and got what could be described as an absent answer. The person who asked the question is Alan West, Baron … Continue reading
Posted in Network Rail, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Alan West, Chris Grayling, Elizabeth Sugg, Steve Bassam
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Total lies or pure incompetence
The idea that Parliament in general and the Government in particular does not record its activities and the work it carries out is proven as a clear lie by the fact that Hansard records debates and questions and answers such … Continue reading
Three DfT broken-buses crawl along together!
My blog yesterday focused on the unwillingness of the Department for Transport to answer a very simple and straightforward question, raised by Cheryl Gillan MP on the 13th March in the House of Commons regarding HS2. The Minister who refused … Continue reading
Complete un-accountability regarding Grayling
A few days ago Steve Bassam asked a very simple question directed at the Department for Transport regarding their senior Minister. On Wednesday the department took the trouble to answer the question or perhaps more accurately they responded by acknowledging … Continue reading
Come on Steve, focus on seaside designers
Just over a week ago Steve Bassam and Janet Whitaker along with 11 other Lords and Ladies got together to form a group which is called “Regenerating Seaside Towns Committee”. Both Steve and Janet are based in Sussex and so … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Janet Whitaker, Mark Latham, Steve Bassam, Wayne Hemingway
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