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On Monday 18th April 2016 during defence questions , there was a question on defence spending. I wanted to raise spending on the steel industry so I asked: :
On 17 April I attended the Vaisakhi festival which celebrates the the Punjabi new year falling on the first day of Vaisakh which is the first solar month of the Punjabi calendar and marks the birth of the Khalsa in the year 1699 and the Mesha Sankranti festival.
I chaired a Westminster Hall debate on the Procedure for debating and voting on Private Members' Bills on Wednesday 13 April 2016.as a member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairs.
There was an Urgent question granted by Mr Speaker to HM Opposition on the Junior Doctors contract on Thursday 24 March 2016:
At the Backbench debate on the 24 March 2016 on Court Closures, I wanted to highlight the fact that the IT system which was introduced to make it easier to access the court was not operating efficiently and effectively. So I asked the Shadow Justice Minister
I presented a petition on Wednesday 23 March 2016 on the closure of the Walsall HMRC site scheduled for March 2017.
On Wednesday 23 March 2016 I spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on Burma highlighting the issues of internally displaced people, the need to protect victims of sexual violence, PSVI Initiative and hope for the future.
On 23 March 2016, The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee held an oral evidence session to hear about the progress of payments made to farmers under the new Common Agricultural Policy system. The session also focused on the Government's views on progress and how the programme is to be taken forward.