Tomas Robertson

Jan 21, 2025 | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Torrance |Paul Little |Tomas Robertson

There will be a general debate on Holocaust Memorial Day in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 23 January 2025. The debate will be on the motion: “That this House has considered Holocaust Memorial Day.”Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) has taken place in the UK on 27 January since 2001. Each year, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chooses a different theme to enable audiences on Holocaust Memorial Day to learn something new about the past.

Mar 18, 2024 | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Torrance |Paul Little |Tomas Robertson

On Thursday 21 March 2024 there will be a Westminster Hall debate on the topic of ‘Easter, Christian culture and heritage’. The debate will be opened by Nick Fletcher MP. On making the application, Nick Fletcher MP said:This would be the third in the series of debates that I have had. The Committee granted me a similar debate last Easter, and it also granted me a Christmas debate last year. Both debates were well attended, and the numbers on the application have increased.

Jan 23, 2024 | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | David Torrance |Paul Little |Tomas Robertson

There will be a general debate on Holocaust Memorial Day in the Commons Chamber on Thursday 25 January 2024. The debate will be on the motion: “That this House has considered Holocaust Memorial Day.”Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) has taken place in the UK on 27 January since 2001. Each year, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chooses a different theme to enable audiences on Holocaust Memorial Day to learn something new about the past.

Oct 18, 2023 | commonslibrary.parliament.uk | Paul Little |Richard Kelly |Tomas Robertson

The subject for the debate was determined by the Petitions Committee and the debate will be led by Martyn Day. E-petition 561730: Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public closed on 30 May 2021. The petition called for:A new offence should be created and legal sanctions should be introduced to stop MPs intentionally or recklessly misleading the public. This could restore a degree of trust in the UK’s political system. It received a total of 110,966 signatures.