2017 January

I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment on 16 January 2017 to pledge my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and to honour those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people.

Today I celebrated Martin Luther King Day – a national holiday held in America on the third Monday of January each year – to celebrate his birthday and commemorate his life and achievements as an influential American civil rights leader.

On Sunday 15 January 2017, I was a guest on the BBC Sunday Politics West Midlands. Topics for discussion were Garden Villages, Unite leadership election and the NHS.

Parliament returned after the Christmas Recess and I was at the Despatch Box at Business Questions where I raised various issues with the Leader of the House, Rt Hon David Lidington MP. My Speech is below:

The Opposition Labour Party used the Opposition day debate on 11 January 2017 to draw attention to the crisis in the NHS. The figures released this week on NHS England’s combined performance data demonstrates the true pressure A&E departments are under.