Press Releases

“My constituents are appalled that the Council Scrutiny Committee meeting to hear residents’ views about building on the Green Belt in the Black Country Plan has been postponed. I have written to Councillor John Murray, Chair of the Scrutiny Overview Committee, and the Chief Executive of Walsall Council, to ask that the Scrutiny Committee meeting on the 22 September is reinstated.

“It is unacceptable that the One Stop Shop and other frontline services remain closed. When my constituents who need support or just to pay their Council Tax arrive at the Civic Centre, all they find is a sign that says ‘Walsall Council is closed until further notice’.

“At Health Questions on Tuesday 14 June 2022 I raised the issue of the governance arrangements at Walsall Manor with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) following the publication of the Messenger-Pollard Review into NHS leadership. There is a joint Chair and a permanent “Group CEO” at Walsall and Wolverhampton Trusts.

“I spoke against the planning application by Anesco Ltd to build a battery site on Green Belt Land next to the Duckery at Chapel Lane in a debate on 8 June 2022 on planning, solar farms and battery storage systems called by James Gray MP.