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British Bangladeshi Business Awards
- 09/10/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsI was delighted to attend the third British Bangladeshi Business Awards at The Bingley Hall in Birmingham on Thursday 9 October 2019. The Awards are organised by Desh Foundation UK which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Desh Foundation UK was founded by Mishbaur Rahman in 2009 as a small local community-based organisation to encourage business development within the Bangladeshi community in the UK.
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Valerie raises Point of Order
- 08/10/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
A Point of Order is a clarification on a matter of procedure in the House of Commons. On Tuesday 8 October 2019, I raised the following Point of Order:
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Valerie responds to motion on an appointment to SCIPSA
- 07/10/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On behalf of HM Official Opposition, I responded to the motion on the appointment of an lay member to the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
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Business Questions 3 October 2019
- 03/10/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
We have had no Trade Bill, no Fisheries Bill, no Agriculture Bill, no immigration and social security Bill and no financial services Bill—all lost. The Government simply do not want to do their job and bring their Bills back. It is no wonder that the Opposition parties have to seize the Order Paper.
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150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi
- 01/10/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Tuesday 2 October 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. His birthday is a major holiday in India called ‘Gandhi Jayanti’, and it is marked with a prayer for peace, ceremonies and events throughout the country. The United Nations has also declared this day as the International Day of Non-violence to honour Gandhi’s message.