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I spoke in the debate on “Matters raised before the Adjournment”  on Tuesday, 19 September.  It gave me an opportunity to raise a number of issues which the Minister responding said he would raise with the relevant Minister.  You can read my full speech below: “Madam Deputy Speaker, I associate myself with your words about

I attended the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sahib Walsall celebrations on West Bromwich Road on Saturday 16 September 2023. The celebrations marked 60 years of the Gurdwara’s presence in Walsall. As Walsall’s first-ever Sikh temple, the Guru Nanak Gurdwara is a vital charitable and community hub. It was set up in 1963 by some of the

The APPG on Music held a meeting on 13 September, with MPs, Peers and industry figures in Portcullis House and were presented with the Music Manifesto which the APPG was informed would be presented to all the Party’s Conferences in the Autumn.  UK Music’s Interim Chief Executive Tom Kiehl and Policy and Campaign Officer Dougie

I attended a reception in Speakers House on 13 September 2023 for the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Jordan, Ahmad Mohammad Safadi, hosted the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The Speakers reiterated the good relations between our two countries and remarked on the cordial collaboration between our Parliaments. It

On Tuesday, 12 September 2023, the Government introduced a motion on Dangerous Drugs.  The motion:  “That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023, which was laid before this House on 5 September, be approved.”  The order proposes an amendment to paragraph 1(a) of part 3 of schedule 2 to the Misuse of