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There was a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 9 May 2023 secured by Carol Monaghan MP. Here is my intervention:
I asked the Secretary of State for Education a Written Parliamentary Question about teachers in Walsall South.
On Wednesday 3 May 2023 the House considered the Lords amendments to the National Security Bill. The National Security Bill 2022-23 would replace existing counter-espionage laws with a comprehensive framework for countering hostile state activity analogous to the counter-terrorism framework established since 2000. The Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 17 November 2022.
The House voted on an amendment to the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill in its Report Stage on Wednesday 3 May 2023. The Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill would establish a new method for calculating the maximum level of tuition fees providers could charge students for higher education courses and modules.
King Charles met with Parliamentarians MPs and members of the House of Lords and others on the Parliamentary estate ahead of the Coronation. It was good to speak with His Majesty as we all gathered in Westminster Hall. I am pictured with L to R: Lilian Greenwood MP, Liz Twist MP, Janet Daby MP, Baroness
I tabled Written Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with questions about Coronavirus.
An Urgent Question was granted asking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if he will make a statement on arrangements in place to record the number of voters who attend at a polling station and are denied a vote because they are not in possession of valid ID. In April 2022
The Speaker granted an Urgent Question to Shadow Minister for Defence Jon Healey MP on 27 April 2023. The Urgent Question was 'To ask the Defence Secretary to make a statement on the war in Ukraine.' The Minister responded.