News
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Trussell Trust statistics for Walsall
- 08/05/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsThe Trussel Trust, a charity that works to support food banks and aims to end poverty and hunger across the UK, has released its end-of-year statistics.
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Business Questions 2 May 2019
- 02/05/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
We are breaking records again, with the longest time without a Queen’s Speech. This is a bizarre state of affairs. I do not know of any other Government being run like this, particularly as there have been only five years since 1900 in which a Queen’s Speech has not taken place. It feels like the Government do not want to or cannot get their legislative agenda through Parliament.
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Parliament declares environment and climate emergency
- 01/05/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
HM Opposition Labour Party tabled the following Opposition Day motion on 1 May 2019 calling on Parliament to declare an environment and climate emergency:
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Valerie attends Workers’ memorial event in Walsall
- 29/04/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I attended the Workers’ Memorial Observance on Saturday 27 April 2019. We gathered together at the Memorial gardens in the grounds of St Matthews Church at 12 pm to remember those who have died or been injured at work.
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Business Questions 25 April 2019
- 25/04/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I asked the Leader of the House for a debate on an early-day motion on the state visit by Donald Trump. The President of the United States is entitled to come here on any other visit but not in our name, he has spearheaded a dangerous policy of separating migrant children from their families and of banning Muslims from the USA; he suggested today that GCHQ spied on his election campaign; referred to nations as “Sh**hole countries”; and called news outlets “fake news” in an attempt to limit the freedom of the press.