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I raised the treatment of the Windrush Generation again with the Leader of the House. The Home Office should know who is in detention and must know why they are there. I asked when the Government will produce these figures and why we are now waiving the citizenship fee for anyone in the Windrush generation
I raised the Disabled Students’ Allowance at Business Questions on 19 April 2018.
You can keep track of the parliamentary progress of legislation introduced to implement Brexit on the Institute for Government’s website here:
I met with the Chief Executive of Walsall Housing Group (WHG) Gary Fulford on Friday 20 April 2018.
I was delighted to welcome students from West Walsall E-Act Academy to Parliament on 19 April 2018.
At Business Questions I raised the Government’s treatment of the Windrush Generation. British citizens now in their 60s and 70s are losing the right to work, rent property, receive their pensions and access their bank accounts and vital healthcare, and some have even been deported. I called for a statement from the Home Secretary so
On Monday 16 April 2018 I responded to the Leader of the Houses’ Business Statement. Below is my speech in full:
The reports from Douma on 14 April 2018 point to an attack having been carried out with chemical weapons, in full contravention of international humanitarian law. The evidence of the deaths and suffering inflicted by the attack, including on young children, is horrific and those responsible must be held to account. Both the Assad regime