2023 October

I was one of the guests on BBC Politics Midlands on Sunday, 29 October 2023, with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Mayor, Andy Street, and the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Simon Foster, presented by Rob Mayor.  The topics of discussion were scrapping of the second leg of HS2, changes to the West Midlands

I attended the Walsall Black Sisters Collective AGM on Friday, 27 October, at Bethel Lighthouse on Caldmore Road. The AGM celebrated the achievements and progress of the Walsall Black Sisters Collective over the past 12 months, and the Chair shared the exciting plans for the forthcoming year. We listened to stories from the Windrush generation

I have signed the open letter to the Prime Minister, urging the Government to enact the 2019 Government’s manifesto commitment to ban trophy hunting imports. The letter coordinated by Henry Smith, MP for Crawley, and signed by 64 MPs and Peers is set out below:

I presented a petition in the House on Wednesday, 25 October 2023 about the change in DVLA services that can be found at Post Offices. I said:  “This is a petition of the residents of the United Kingdom who are concerned that post offices will no longer provide customers with access to Driver and Vehicle

On Wednesday 25 October 2023, the Palestinian Ambassador, Dr Husum Zomlot, briefed a cross party group of MPs, members of the British-Palestine APPG in Parliament. Dr Zomlot told the meeting of the difficulties the people were facing with a lack of food, water and fuel. He said people were being bombed as they queued for