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Valerie signs letter calling a boycott on Afghanistan Cricket Match
- 09/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Uncategorized
No CommentsTogether with other MPs and Peers I signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP’s letter to the England and Wales Cricket Board calling for the Men’s team to consider a boycott of next month’s ICC Champion’s Trophy group stage match against Afghanistan. The EWCB has taken action in 2024 confirming that as long as Afghanistan maintain their ban
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Information on Energy Debt
- 08/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Second Reading
- 08/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Uncategorized
The second reading of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was debated on 8 January 2025. This Bill aims to improve the welfare of children through the education and care systems. An amendment was tabled, seeking to reject the bill altogether. The result of the division was: Ayes: 111, Noes: 364 The Bill will now
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Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla
- 08/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I was delighted to meet with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla who was elected as the Speaker in the Parliament of India. Shri Om Birla met with MPs and Peers and along with Speaker Rt Hon Sir Lindsey Hoyle MP spoke about the special connection between our 2 countries and how
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Valerie Chairs Westminster Hall Debates
- 07/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I chaired three debates in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 7 January 2025 from 2.30-5.30pm: The first debate, ‘That this House has considered the fiscal impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on Scotland’ was moved by Gregor Poynton MP and responded to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, Kirsty McNeil MP. The second debate,