News
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Education Questions
- 23/10/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsI tabled a question for Education Questions and I was called for question 15 on the Order Paper. The question was: “What steps she is taking to improve support for children with special educational needs in Walsall South constituency.“ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, David Johnston MP, answered questions together with a general
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My letter to the Foreign Secretary
- 21/10/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
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University of Wolverhampton Reception
- 18/10/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Wednesday, 18 October, I attended the University of Wolverhampton reception in the Lords to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Lord Swraj Paul as Chancellor and the achievements of students at the Walsall Campus. The University of Wolverhampton provides the West Midlands and beyond with highly qualified, professional graduates, and its mission is to create
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Evidence Sessions on 75 Anniversary of the Genocide Convention
- 18/10/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I chaired an evidence session on Wednesday 18 October 2023. In the year leading to the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, and the Coalition for Genocide Response hosted a series of Parliamentary events engaging with several issues pertaining to the implementation of the duties
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Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill (Lords Amendments) votes
- 17/10/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill was sent back to the Commons by the Lords with amendments, and there were multiple votes on Tuesday, 17 October 2023. The Bill is to make provision for the setting of levelling-up missions and reporting on progress in delivering them; about local democracy, town and country planning, Community Infrastructure Levy,