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Valerie plants saplings at Manor Hospital
- 23/03/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsAs part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy initiative which involves all 53 countries of the Commonwealth, I planted rowan, silver birch and a hazel saplings at Manor Hospital on 23 March 2019. Over 500 MPs have pledged to plant trees as part of the initiative.
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Service for Paul Flynn MP
- 22/03/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
A service was held in memory of the life of Paul Flynn MP at the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft on Friday 22 March 2019. Paul passed away on 17 February 2019. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.
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Business Questions 21 March 2019
- 21/03/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Prime Minister should have given Parliament broad heads of agreement right at the start, so that she could understand what Parliament wanted. Secretaries of State have resigned—we are now on our third Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. Ministers have resigned. This is a crisis of the Government’s own making, and the Cabinet is divided.
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Parliament votes to extend Article 50
- 14/03/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Thursday 14 March 2019 the House of Commons voted on the following motion on whether to extend Article 50:
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Business Questions 14 March 2019
- 14/03/2019
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Today’s motion is substantially the same as the previous two, so the House is being asked to vote on the deal once again. It is the Government who have put us in this position. Their red lines were drawn right at the beginning and formed the boundaries for the negotiations. There are ongoing investigations into how the vote was conducted. There was secrecy and a lack of information, and Parliament was bypassed and ignored. That is pernicious to democracy.