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On 1 February 2023 the House voted on amendments to the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]. The UK Infrastructure Bank Bill 2022-23 would put the UK Infrastructure Bank on a statutory footing and clarify its powers to lend to local government.
On Tuesday 31 January 2023 HM Opposition tabled 2 motions for debate one on Crime and Neighbourhood Policing and the second on abolishing non-dom status.
On Monday 30 January the House debated amendments to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill at committee stage. If passed, the Bill would allow the Government to impose requirements for minimum service levels during strikes in six sectors: health, fire and rescue, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning and border security.
I asked a Written Parliamentary Question (WPQ) to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DWP) on the use of the Household Support Fund: "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of people using the Household
On 30 January 2023 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care made a statement to the House setting out his plans for an Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Plan. There were no specific plans for social care so I asked the Minister:
It was a full house, on Saturday 28 January 2023, with an attendance of over 10,000 for the FA Cup clash between Walsall and Leicester a meeting of a Premier League side at the Saddlers in the 4th round of the FA Cup. This was always going to be an exciting encounter as Leicester were
On Thursday 26 January, I and other Members of the House, faith leaders and the parliamentary community attended the Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony in Parliament. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, urged people to "learn the lessons of the past". John Hajdu, a survivor of the Holocaust, Smajo Bešo, survivor of the
On Thursday 26 January I attended the #IndiaUKAchievers 75 at 75 event, for a lunch to celebrate Indian achievers and 75 years of Indian independence. The National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU) was founded and organised by Sanam Arora. Sanam is the architect of the Achievers Honours and celebrates Indian students who study in