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Great Barr Hall and Park and Slaney Road HMO Applications Rejected
- 11/02/2022
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsApplications to build 57 luxury homes on the Green Belt at Great Barr Hall and Park and a HMO at a former care home on Slaney Road were both rejected by Walsall Council Planning Committee on Thursday 10 February 2022.
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Global Vaccine Access Letter
- 10/02/2022
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I have signed a letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs calling on the Government to meet its commitments on distributing COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. The letter was written after a debate I attended in Westminster Hall on 13 January 2022.
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EAC Meeting: Aligning Economic Goals With Environmental Sustainability
- 09/02/2022
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Environmental Audit Committee’s meeting on 9 February focused on how the UK’s economic goals can be aligned with environmental sustainability. Panellists included Nick Spencer of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, Signe Norberg of the Aldersgate Group and Jeremy Peat OBE of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations 2022
- 09/02/2022
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Government is introducing a register of beneficial ownership for trusts through its Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations 2022, a long overdue and necessary step in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing in the UK. However, the Government seek to extend the deadline for updating the register after a change of circumstances to 90 days, far too long.
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Valerie Objects to Slaney Road HMO Plans
- 08/02/2022
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Residents have been given just a week’s notice that plans submitted in 2020 for a 37-bedroom HMO on Slaney Road will be decided on this Thursday, 10 February. On 8 February 2022 I wrote to the Chief Executive of Walsall Council and the Planning Services department to object on behalf of my constituents. My letter is pictured below.