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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(WACC) immediately after it was announced in July that all funding for English Language tuition for jobseekers had been withdrawn with immediate effect.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.
I listened to Otto Deutsch, who was rescued by the Kindertransport during the Holocaust; and Martin Stern, a Holocaust survivor; at the launch event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2016.
I spoke in the debate in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 9 September 2015 to highlight the unfairness of the funding formula on the West Midlands. You can read my speech in full below: