News
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Urgent Question on Israel and Gaza
- 19/12/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsFollowing the horrendous killings in the Church compound of the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City, the Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols said “The information provided by the Cardinal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem gives a picture of seemingly deliberate and callous killing by IDF soldiers of innocent civilians: an elderly
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Treasury Questions
- 19/12/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
In the Autumn Statement on 22 November 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt MP said he would cut the main 12% rate of employee national insurance contributions by two percentage points to 10% as of 6 January 2024. Despite this, the UK continues to face the largest fall in real living standards since
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Advent Event
- 18/12/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I met the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Advent Event in Parliament on Monday 18 December 2023 at the Advent Event held in Parliament. Both the Archbishop and Sir Keir Starmer spoke about the Advent message and the call for peace in the world.
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E-ACT West Walsall Academy visit to Parliament
- 18/12/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I welcomed Politics students from E-ACT West Walsall Academy on a tour of Parliament on Monday 18 December 2023. I gave the students a tour of the Houses of Parliament and talked to them about the British political system, the UK Constitution, the structures of Parliament and how MPs hold the Government to account. The
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Pharmacy Students access to the NHS Learning Support Fund
- 13/12/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Several pharmacy students in Walsall South wrote to me saying they do not have access to the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF) which is a training grant of £5,000 per academic year for students on a select list of pre-registration undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Students in pharmacy courses are not included in the list of