News
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APPG for Fruit, Veg and Horticulture
- 17/05/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsOn Monday 17 May 2021 I attended a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fruit, Veg and Horticulture which was chaired by Theo Clarke MP. Members of the APPG spoke with gardener and television personality Alan Titchmarsh MBE who celebrated the best of British fruit, veg, plants and flowers. This was the first meeting of the APPG in the new parliamentary session and I became a member of the group.
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Events at Al-Aqsa Mosque and Sheikh Jarrah
- 13/05/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I have been contacted by many of my constituents about recent events in Jerusalem and across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Local Elections 2021
- 06/05/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Local elections were held on 6 May 2021 for more than 145 English local councils for around 5,000 seats, thirteen directly elected mayors, and 39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales.
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The National Covid Memorial Wall
- 30/04/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Uncategorized
On Friday 30 April 2021 I visited the National Covid Memorial Wall, a public mural painted by volunteers to commemorate victims of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. The wall is marked with over 150,000 hearts, each one a symbol of a life lost to coronavirus.
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Mortgage Prisoners – Financial Services Bill
- 26/04/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Monday 26 April 2021, Parliament voted on Lords Amendments to the Financial Services Bill. I have been contacted by several constituents who have asked me to support mortgage prisoners, who find themselves stuck with high-interest mortgage products through no fault of their own.