This week I raised the quarterly police figures which show a 14% rise in recorded crime in England and Wales. Domestic burglary is up 32%. That is mirrored in Walsall South: a young couple who just got married had their wedding jewellery stolen, and another constituent gave me a video of a gang entering a

On Wednesday 31 January 2018, as Shadow Leader of the House I responded to the motions on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.

Local businesses in Shropshire came to the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons on Wednesday 31 January 2018.

I opposed Walsall MBC’s closure of Pheasey, Pleck and South Walsall libraries last year. Despite these closures, Walsall Central Library is now closed and will be for the next 10 months whilst refurbishment work is being carried out. I am concerned that an important resource is being lost.

I arranged a further meeting with the Police and three Council Officers on Friday 26 January 2018 to discuss concerns relating to a number of incidents along Pinfold Lane and Old Hall Lane, both of which are narrow and have sharp bends.

It was a pleasure to meet the Honourable Speaker of the Kenyan Senate Kenneth Lusaka and a delegation of Members including Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen and Senate Minority Leader Moses Wetangula in Parliament on Thursday 25 January 2018.

At Business Questions this week I asked for a statement on UCAS's data which shows that the number of people applying to become teachers has fallen by a third in the past year, with 6,510 fewer applicants for teacher training in this academic year compared with 2015-16. I also asked for a statement from the

I attended the launch of the environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy's annual campaign 'Great British Spring Clean' in Parliament on 24 January 2018.