2024

On Tuesday 12 November 2024 I attended a reception held by Lush to raise awareness of the issue of animal testing in the cosmetics industry. I was pleased to meet and spoke to Hilary Jones (pictured), Global Ethics Director at Lush, who spoke to me about the issues and the Lush Prize. As well as

It was a pleasure to meet the author Richard Osman at the Publishers’ Association Winter Gathering at the Terrace Pavilion on Tuesday 12 November 2024. As Co-Chair of the APPG on Publishing, we heard from our other chair Baroness Gail Rebuck who stressed the importance of reading. There is a worrying decline in children’s reading.

On 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

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.