2023
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Valerie appears on BBC Politics Midlands
- 26/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsOn Sunday 26 March 2023, I was a guest on BBC Politics Midlands with Conservative MP for Mid Worcestershire Nigel Huddleston. There were a number of topics for discussion including the National Express bus drivers’ strike in the West Midlands. I said “strikes are a last resort and there should be dialogue, dialogue, dialogue.”
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Public Order Bill Lords Amendments
- 22/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The House voted on the Lords Amendments 6B to 6F to the Public Order Bill on Wednesday 22 March 2023. The Bill provides the police with greater powers to respond to disruptive protests. The Lords amendments would limit powers to stop and search based on a senior police officer’s view that an offence related to protesting may be committed in a certain area for a maximum of 24 hours.
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British Heart Foundation
- 22/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Wednesday 22 March 2023 I joined The British Heart Foundation (BHF) in Parliament to learn CPR with RevivR which is a free online tool which teaches CPR in 15 minutes – and all you need is a phone and a cushion. It will teach you how to recognise a cardiac arrest and give you live feedback.
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Windsor Framework SI
- 22/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The House voted on the Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023. New UK legislation will be required to implement some of the Framework, for example amending the Northern Ireland Act 1998 to implement the “Stormont Brake”. The Government announced that it would introduce secondary legislation to implement the Stormont Brake in the form of a Statutory Instrument (SI).
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Budget Motion Vote
- 22/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Tuesday 21 March, at the end of the final day of the Budget debate, the House was asked to agree the Budget resolutions.
There were two votes.