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Valerie Celebrates New Walsall Urgent Care Centre After Campaign Since 2014
- 19/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsAfter a campaign and lobbying the Government since 2014, I am delighted to see that the Walsall Urgent and Emergency care centre is open. The new two-storey development at Walsall Manor Hospital will significantly improve emergency care facilities and capacity, and it will offer almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
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IKEA and Shelter ‘Real Life Roomsets’
- 17/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I visited IKEA Birmingham in Wednesbury on Friday 17 March 2023 to meet Deputy Market Manager Viraj Desai and Deputy Store Sales Manager Marek Krol. IKEA and its national charity partner, Shelter, launched ‘Real Life Roomsets’ to raise awareness of the housing emergency in the UK. The campaign highlights the real living conditions of those who are forced into temporary accommodation.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions
- 14/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
At FCDO Questions I asked a question to the Minister about British Nationals Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof who are still detained in Iran. I asked the Minister:
“British Nationals Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof still remain incarcerated in Iran. What is the Foreign Secretary going to do to bring them home?”
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Illegal Migration Bill
- 14/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The House voted on amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill. Its purpose is to prevent and deter unlawful migration, and in particular migration by unsafe and illegal routes, by requiring the removal from the United Kingdom of certain persons who enter or arrive in the United Kingdom in breach of immigration control.
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Royal Society of Chemistry Event
- 09/03/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On International Women’s Day I hosted the Royal Society of Chemistry drop-in event in Parliament in the Jubilee Room. Dr Sophia Mitchell from Lab Tots was there to demonstrate a series of experiments which makes Chemistry fun using everyday household ingredients. Many MPs took part in the event including the Science Minister George Freeman MP.