2018 May
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GOVERNMENT FAILING STUDENT NURSES
- 15/05/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Press Releases
No CommentsHM Opposition motion to annul the statutory instrument which abolishes bursaries for postgraduate student nurses was defeated on 9 May 2018.
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Delves Infants School visit to Parliament
- 15/05/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I welcomed students from Delves Infant School to Parliament on 15 May.
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GOVERNMENT MISHANDLING OF CRIMINAL LEGAL AID REGULATIONS
- 11/05/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Press Releases
The criminal legal aid regulations were prayed against by HM Opposition and on Tuesday 8 May 2018 the motion to revoke the regulations was defeated.
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Valerie responds to urgent question
- 11/05/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
As Shadow Leader of the House, I responded to an urgent question to the Leader of the House on the Government’s policy on introducing money resolutions for private Members’ Bills. Below is my speech in full:
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Business Questions 10 May 2018
- 10/05/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I asked the Leader of the House when the so-called customs Bill—the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill—and the Trade Bill have their Report stage and Third Reading, and, more importantly, when will the withdrawal agreement and implementation Bill be introduced? I called on the Leader of the House to confirm that the Government are not being cynical and parking the Trade Bill, the customs Bill and the EU (Withdrawal Bill), and introducing the legislation to enact EU law under the withdrawal and implementation Bill after the negotiations are complete so as to avoid any rebellions? This is unprecedented, and the Government are effectively subverting democracy.