2019 January
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Valerie attends Cumbria Day event
- 23/01/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
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I attended ‘A Taste of Cumbria’ at the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday 23 January 2019, an event showcasing produce from a beautiful part of our country.
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Valerie responds to Urgent Question on proxy voting
- 22/01/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I responded to the following Urgent Question to the Leader of the House on 22 January 2019: “to ask the Leader of the House of Commons if she will make a statement on the obstacles to introducing proxy voting in Parliament.”
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Valerie signs the Holocaust Educational Trust Book of Commitment
- 22/01/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I have signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, pledging my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those murdered during the Holocaust as well as acknowledging the extraordinary work carried out by Holocaust survivors to educate young people today. Sunday 27th January will mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history.
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THE GOVERNMENT’S BROKEN MANIFESTO PROMISE MEANS MILLIONS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE FACE LOSING THEIR FREE TV LICENCES
- 21/01/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Press Releases
“The Government has shamefully broken its Manifesto promise that people over 75 would keep free TV licences until the end of this Parliament – that is until 2022.
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Meeting with Residents on the Nether Hall Estate
- 19/01/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I held a meeting at Great Barr War Memorial Hall on Saturday 19 January 2019 to hear residents’ concerns about the Netherhall Park Estate. Residents told me about snagging issues in their homes, the state of public landscaping across the estate and the difficulties they have had with maintenance and repair from Bovis Homes and the management company SDL Bigwood.