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On Friday 18 September 2015 I hosted the launch of the Epilepsy Passport at the House of Commons as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy on behalf of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). It is an important development in the treatment of Epilepsy for children. The passport is an
I attended the graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton on Saturday 19 September 2015. I watched the conferment of awards for graduates from the Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing. Many of my constituents attend the university at the campus in Wolverhampton and at the Walsall Campus.
I met representatives of Walsall Adult and Community College (WACC) immediately after it was announced in July that all funding for English Language tuition for jobseekers had been withdrawn with immediate effect. They told me WACC will lose £380,000 from its budget as a result of the decision. I wrote to the Skills Funding Agency
On 8 September 2015, I asked the Home Secretary a question following a statement on the Migrantion Crisis.
On 15 September 2015 I was pleased to welcome Datuk Mas Ermieyati Binti Samsudia MP and Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture in Malaysia to the House of Commons.
On 14 September 2015, I chaired a debate in Westminster Hall on the motion "that his House has considered the e-petition relating to contracts and conditions in the NHS". This was in response to e-petition that received 220,516 signatures. This is the first time an e-petition has been debated in Westminster Hall.
On Friday 11 September 2015 the House of Commons sat to debate the “Assisted Dying Bill”.
I signed a pledge to promote improved diagnosis, treatment and care for the more than 1 million people currently living with Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in the UK.