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Speaker’s Chaplain Service
- 12/11/2024
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsOn Tuesday 12 November 2024, I attended the Licensing and Commissioning service of The Reverend Mark Birch as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons. This historic role involves providing pastoral care for MPs, peers, and staff, and assisting the Speaker in leading key events in the parliamentary calendar, such as the opening
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Remembrance Sunday 10 November 2024
- 10/11/2024
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
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Remembrance Day Sunday 10 November 2024 – Cenotaph in Walsall Town Centre
- 10/11/2024
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
My wreath was laid on my behalf by Albert J Hodgkins at the Bloxwich Memorial on Sunday 10 November 2024. At the Cenotaph in Walsall Town Centre.
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Poppies field
- 09/11/2024
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
I planted a Remembrance Day Cross in Speaker’s Garden of Remembrance for Walsall & Bloxwich. Each MP plants a cross to remember all those who fought and died for us. ( Photographs by Amy Wang)
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Peace Tree
- 08/11/2024
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
There was a gathering around the Peace Tree, The Green, Blakenall Heath on Friday 8 November 2024 . The Mayor of Walsall Cllr Anthony Harris attended. Also present was Mike Brice CEO New Horizons and PC Bradburn and former councillor for Blakenall, Ian Robertson. The tree was first planted in 1919 to commemorate the ending