2018
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Valerie responds to motions on appointments
- 23/01/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
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The Government tabled the following two motions on Tuesday 23 January 2018.
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Valerie visits Hillary Primary School
- 19/01/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Friday 19 January 2018 I visited Hillary Primary School. I met with the Headteacher Ms Cherry and the School Council.
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Impact Assessment or Sectoral Analysis?
- 18/01/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
In December 2016 David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, told the Exiting the EU Select Committee that the Government was carrying out approximately 58 sets of analyses of the impact of Brexit on sectors which accounted for 85% of the UK economy.
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Business Questions 18 January 2018
- 18/01/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
At Business Questions this week I raised Carillion’s insolvency. Short sellers made £137 million when Carillion’s share price fell by 70% over the course of three trading days following the July profit warning. Hedge funds were betting on the collapse of the shares of a company that provides vital public services. I asked for the Government to make a statement on the urgent steps that they are taking following Carillion’s insolvency and also to set up a taskforce to support the innocent people who were doing their job on one day, but out of that job the next through no fault of their own.
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European Union Withdrawal Bill – Remaining Stages
- 17/01/2018
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Tuesday 16 January and Wednesday 17 January 2018 the Report Stage and the Third Reading of the European Union Withdrawal Bill were debated.