Tag Archives: Steve Bassam

George and his colleagues must answer questions if they seek credibility

Posted on July 30, 2019 by ianchisnall

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 →

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The future of seaside and rural communities

Posted on July 8, 2019 by ianchisnall

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 →

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We need to overhaul Parliamentary answer processes

Posted on April 19, 2019 by ianchisnall

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 →

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How many questions will it take Liz Sugg?

Posted on April 6, 2019 by ianchisnall

The third version of Steve Bassam’s question regarding what one Government Minister was doing a month ago emerged on Thursday. His previous two questions and Elizabeth’s answers can be seen on this blog. Steve is clearly pushing the Government to … Continue reading →

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Total lies or pure incompetence

Posted on March 30, 2019 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Three DfT broken-buses crawl along together!

Posted on March 24, 2019 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Complete un-accountability regarding Grayling

Posted on March 15, 2019 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Come on Steve, focus on seaside designers

Posted on December 14, 2018 by ianchisnall

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 →

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Parliament needs to improve its Committee processes

Posted on November 27, 2018 by ianchisnall

This afternoon in the House of Lords Steve Bassam and Janet Whitaker who are both Sussex based Peers will be meeting with a team of Lords under the heading of “Regenerating Seaside Towns Committee” and they will be discussing that … Continue reading →

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Sussex is impacted by hard borders and Police funding cuts

Posted on October 15, 2018 by ianchisnall

Most fellow residents have come to terms with our boundary signs that welcome visitors to Brighton and Hove, even though we know which part of the city we live or work in. This sense of corporate unity is of course … Continue reading →

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