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Education Questions and Statement on Higher Education
- 17/07/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsAt Education Questions on Monday 17 July I asked the Secretary of State Gillian Keegan MP a question. I asked: “The Secretary of State told the media at the weekend that she had found the money for the pay settlement from an underspend in the Department. Can she tell the House exactly where she found
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Prize Evening at Blue Coat Academy
- 13/07/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Blue Coat Church of England Academy held their Summer Prize Evening at St Matthews Church on Thursday 13 July 2023. The school was founded in 1656 as a charity school for orphans and deprived children in the borough. The Principal, Mr Smith, became Head in September 2016 and we have worked together on many issues
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The Shark Fins Act 2023
- 12/07/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 12 July 2023 I attended a celebration of Christina Rees MP’s Ten Minute Rule Bill becoming law. The Act now prohibits the import and export of shark fins and makes provision relating to the removal of fins from sharks. The Shark Fins Bill received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. I sat on the
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Portugal All-Party Parliamentary Group
- 12/07/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The All Party Parliament Group on Portugal met the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva on Wednesday, 12 July 2023. Other members of the delegation were His Excellency Nuno Brito Portuguese Ambassador to the UK; Sérgio Sousa Pinto MP President of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, and President of
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Illegal Migration Bill votes
- 11/07/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Tuesday 11 July 2023 there were 18 votes in the Commons on the amendments passed by the Lords which returned for the Commons to debate. It tokk over 5 hours to vote on the ammendments. The Government disagreed with every amendment and/or made amendments in lieu of those made by the House of Lords.