2023
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Valerie Speaks in the Budget Debate
- 21/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Government’s Budget on 15 March 2023. The Budget was followed by four days of debate on the Budget Resolutions. Each day of debate covers a different policy area. I made a speech to the House on Tuesday 21 March 2023. Here is my speech:
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Visit from Members of Ukrainian Parliament
- 21/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I attended a meeting with Parliamentarians from Ukraine on 14 March 2023. The meeting was chaired by John Howell MP (Henley) under the auspices of the Council of Europe. We discussed possible crimes of aggression by Russia.
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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
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
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
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.