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On Saturday 4 February 2023 I attended the launch event of the Walsall Creative Factory: Making Art with Local Communities at the New Art Gallery in Walsall. Creative Factory develops and delivers exciting and dynamic arts and heritage projects and events with local communities celebrating local diversity and culture. Their workshops, outreach work, projects and
I hosted the 15th Annual Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards on 2 February 2023 at the House of Commons. These awards are an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of those who have made a special contribution to our political and public life over the last 12 months by breaking the glass ceiling. This
An event was held in Parliament Square to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on 30 January 1948 and Martyrs' Day worldwide. Before the ceremony began the crowd gathered. Several tributes were paid throughout the ceremony.
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: