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Valerie Attends Indian Achievers Lunch
- 26/01/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsOn Thursday 26 January I attended the #IndiaUKAchievers 75 at 75 event, for a lunch to celebrate Indian achievers and 75 years of Indian independence. The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) was founded and organised by Sanam Arora. Sanam is the architect of the Achievers Honours and celebrates Indian students who study in the UK and make a contribution when they return to India.
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Ukraine Update
- 26/01/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 26 January 2023 Defence Minister Alex Chalk MP gave a statement to the House of Commons on plans for the UK, the US and Germany to send tanks to Ukraine. I asked a question to the Minister: ‘Does the Minister agree that we should strongly support the comments of the Secretary-General of NATO when he says that this is an important time to end the Russian tyranny and to remind people that Ukrainians are the victims? They did not ask to be invaded and we should support them until the end.’
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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
- 25/01/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The House debated and voted for amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on the 24 and 25 January 2023. The Bill’s objectives are to prevent organised criminals, fraudsters, kleptocrats and terrorists from using companies and other corporate entities to abuse the UK’s open economy.
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Holocaust Memorial Day Book Signing
- 25/01/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.
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NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels
- 24/01/2023
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 23 January 2023, I travelled to Brussels and attended a Joint Meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC) & Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships (PCNP), as a Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA). We were welcomed by NATO PA President Joelle Garriaud-Maylam, followed by Michal Szczerba, NATO PA Vice-President and Co-Chair of UNIC.