Tag Archives: Wera Hobhouse

An important debate due this morning

Posted on April 26, 2022 by ianchisnall

According to this document from “They Work for You” which is shown here the Fossil fuel extraction which is being organised by Caroline Lucas is due to take place this morning. These lists are often changed or amended quite significantly. … Continue reading →

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Teaching Britain’s colonial past in UK’s curriculum

Posted on June 28, 2021 by ianchisnall

This evening there will be a debate in Parliament based on a petition which received nearly 270,000 signatures until its closure in early December 2020. The MP who is organising the debate is Chris Evans, the MP for Islwyn. The … Continue reading →

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Every MP in the UK needs to take part in this petition debate!

Posted on May 24, 2021 by ianchisnall

Today is an important time for Parliament and 1.1m people across the UK who signed a petition formed by Marcus Rashford calling to end child food poverty and that no children’s should go hungry. It is a petition which emerged … Continue reading →

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Please could Sussex MPs sign the Fareshare #EDM (1497)

Posted on March 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

Back on the 11th February 6 MPs set out an Early Day Motion (#EDM1497) which would improve matters in many parts of the UK. It would be good for all MPs to sign it. One of the FareShare schemes in … Continue reading →

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The Government must accept changes to this poorly prepared Bill!

Posted on March 22, 2021 by ianchisnall

The Government is currently demonstrating how well they can set out poor proposals or fail to respond to real issues in a timely manner. Over the last few days this emerged in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which … Continue reading →

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This debate poorly reflects the current views of our nation?

Posted on October 7, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Monday at 6pm a very small number of MPs agreed to discuss three petitions that have all had over 100,000 signatures. The petitions have been signed in the last 18 months so they are a great deal more recent … Continue reading →

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A wake up call for the Department for Education?

Posted on June 6, 2019 by ianchisnall

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece that related to a debate that had taken place in Parliament about modern language education and in that debate Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister made it very clear that in the light … Continue reading →

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