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I appeared on the BBC Sunday Politics West Midlands show on 4 November 2018.
On 31 October 2018 I attended an event organised by the APPG for Diabetes to hear more about a disease that will affect five million people in the UK by 2025.
On 31 October 2018 there was a vital Westmister Hall Debate on Local Involvement in Shale Development.
On the EU, I asked the Leader of the House to clarify either at Business Questions or in a letter to me—and the House—what has actually been agreed in the negotiations? In her statement on Monday, the Prime Minister said that “95% of the withdrawal agreement and its protocols are now settled." The EU’s chief
On Wednesday 24 October I voted in favour of an amendment to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Bill, New Clause 7. This was tabled by Stella Creasy MP and Conor McGinn MP.
I was pleased to support a Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning in Parliament on Wednesday 24 October 2018.
I visited Mindful Gifts in Darlaston. The new shop is a Community Interest Company (CIC) which means it work for the good of the community rather than personal gain. The shop is brimming with nostalgia and helps people with dementia to remember by touch and smell.
I asked the Leader of the House to confirm that the Government are not using the Procedure Committee to take sovereignty away from Parliament by not giving Parliament a meaningful vote on the final deal? This is not a minority dictatorship; this is a parliamentary democracy, and Parliament is sovereign. This is the most outrageous