On Monday 20 July 2015 I chaired my first proceedings as a member of the Panel of Chairs, to which I was appointed by Mr Speaker at the start of the current Parliamentary Session.

On Monday 20 July 2015 I voted against the Welfare Reform and Work Bill by voting for Her Majesty’s Opposition Labour Party’s Reasoned Amendment. This is a Parliamentary device which enables MPs to vote against a Bill when there are elements of that Bill which we do not wish to oppose. The Reasoned Amendment was

I launched a campaign for 20mph zones outside all schools in Walsall South in the Summer Adjournment Debate on 16 July 2015.

I chaired the first meeting of the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Epilepsy on Wednesday 15 July 2015 and my colleague Teresa Pearce MP was also in attendance and charied part of the meeting. There was a good turnout of the epilepsy community for the first meeting.

At the Statement on reforms to the NHS on Thursday 16 July 2015 I asked the Secretary of State for Health a question.

I raised the ongoing closure of Junction 9 of the M6 at the Summer Adjournment debate in the House of Commons on 16 July 2015.

On Monday 14 July 2015 I hosted the award ceremony for the Sidney Goldberg Memorial Competition 2014 at the House of Commons. I launched the Competition along with Speaker Rt Hon John Bercow MP in October 2013 to honour the Memory of Sidney Goldberg, a member of the RAF Volunteer Reserve during the Second

At Foreign Office Questions on Tuesday 14 July 2015, I asked the Foreign Office Minister about humanitarian access to Rakhine State in Burma.