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I attended the Vaisakhi event and launch of National Sikh Awareness Month at parliament on Tuesday 2 April 2019. In 2019, Vaisakhi will take place on 14 April.
The 2019 Your UK Parliament Awards day took place on Tuesday 2 April 2019. The Awards began last year and recognise people who have helped make Parliament more accessible to people throughout the UK. This year I was one of the Judges.
On Friday 29 March 2019 the Opposition voted down the Government’s attempt to force through their failed Brexit plan by separating the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration. Both the Prime Minister and the EU have said before that these two documents cannot be separated. Pushing through the Withdrawal Agreement without any certainty over our
On Tuesday 2 April 2019 I responded to the Deputy Leader of the House in a debate on the First Report from the Committee of Privileges.
I met residents of Beacon Heights at the AGM of the Beacon Heights Action Group at Great Barr Memorial Hall on Saturday 30 March 2019.
I responded to a further business on Thursday 28 March 2019. Below is my speech in full:
The Government is still yet to appoint a new Minister for Disabled People. There has been a high turnover of Ministers - seven since 2010. 13.9 million disabled people in the UK need a Minister who will champion their needs.
I attended an event on 27 March 2019 in the House of Commons with the High Commissioner for Bangladesh which celebrated the 48th anniversary of the Independence of Bangladesh. The 26 March marks the anniversary of the day in 1971 that the country declared independence from Pakistan.