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On Friday 4 March 2016 I met with Mr Chris Stroud, Managing Director of Capita Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessments who confirmed to me that assessments would no longer take place on the first floor of the Centre at 51 Lower Hall Lane, Walsall.
Andrea Rodgers, of Bramble Hedge Florist, kindly asked me to judge the Mother's Day Competition that she was holding. The competition was open to three- and four-year-old children at a nursery to draw a picture of their mother for Mother's Day, and I was to judge the winner of the competition. The "mother" that won
On Wednesday 2 March 2016 I hosted the All Party Parliamentary Group meeting on Epilepsy of which I am chair. The meeting was on 'Improving patient outcomes: Establishing a national epilepsy register' and provided a forum of engagement between parliamentarians, medical professionals and the public.
I sat as a member of the Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill Committee on 1 March 2016 . This Bill was introduced by Sir David Amess MP.
On Wednesday 2 March 2016 I visited the Cheshire Food Day where I met farmers, small businesses and food and drink producers based in Cheshire to discuss issues they are currently facing, and sample their local produce.
The Parliamentary Health and Wellbeing Service held a very valuable day on the 23 February 2016 to raise awareness of their services to promote health and well being. There was a multiple choice questionnaire and I was delighted to be informed that I had won a First Aid kit grab bag. The picture shows Sally presenting me with the
Many constituents who are WHG tenants contacted me to say they had received demands for substantial increases in the fees charged for garages and car parking spaces. These increases have been imposed at very short notice, giving my constituents little time to be able to find the money to pay. In some cases, annual charges
The Science & Technology Committee visited the Large Hadron Collider at the research facility in Cern.