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  • Valerie Vaz MP urges Government to invest in local communities

    • 21/03/2023
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Press Releases
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    During the Budget Debate on 21 March 2023 I raised the lack of support for local authorities which is affecting our communities. In the Budget there were no measures to invest in people. In Conservative controlled Walsall, we have an abandoned town hall with no one there. The former police station on Green Lane is

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  • Valerie Celebrates New Walsall Urgent Care Centre After Campaign Since 2014

    • 19/03/2023
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    After a campaign and lobbying the Government since 2014, I am delighted to see that the Walsall Urgent and Emergency care centre is open. The new two-storey development at Walsall Manor Hospital will significantly improve emergency care facilities and capacity, and it will offer almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space. 

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  • IKEA and Shelter ‘Real Life Roomsets’

    • 17/03/2023
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    I visited IKEA Birmingham in Wednesbury on Friday 17 March 2023 to meet Deputy Market Manager Viraj Desai and Deputy Store Sales Manager Marek Krol. IKEA and its national charity partner, Shelter, launched ‘Real Life Roomsets’ to raise awareness of the housing emergency in the UK. The campaign highlights the real living conditions of those who are forced into temporary accommodation.

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  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions

    • 14/03/2023
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    At FCDO Questions I asked a question to the Minister about British Nationals Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof who are still detained in Iran. I asked the Minister:

    “British Nationals Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof still remain incarcerated in Iran. What is the Foreign Secretary going to do to bring them home?”

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  • Illegal Migration Bill

    • 14/03/2023
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    The House voted on amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill. Its purpose is to prevent and deter unlawful migration, and in particular migration by unsafe and illegal routes, by requiring the removal from the United Kingdom of certain persons who enter or arrive in the United Kingdom in breach of immigration control.

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