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  • Valerie moves emergency debate on the Scheduling of Parliamentary Business

    • 17/07/2017
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    I was granted an emergency debate (Standing Order No. 24) on Monday 17 July 2017. An emergency debate is a debate called at short notice in the House of Commons when a matter needs to be discussed urgently. Here is my speech:

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  • Article for the Huffington Post

    • 17/07/2017
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    Last week following the Taylor review, the Prime Minister said that “through debate and discussion – the hallmarks of our Parliamentary democracy – ideas can be clarified and improved and a better way forward found’.

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