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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
On 26 January 2023 Defence Minister Alex Chalk MP gave a statement to the House of Commons on plans for the UK, the US and Germany to send tanks to Ukraine. I asked a question to the Minister: 'Does the Minister agree that we should strongly support the comments of the Secretary-General of NATO when he
The House debated and voted for amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill on the 24 and 25 January 2023. The Bill's objectives are to prevent organised criminals, fraudsters, kleptocrats and terrorists from using companies and other corporate entities to abuse the UK’s open economy.
I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.
On 23 January 2023, I travelled to Brussels and attended a Joint Meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC) & Sub-Committee on NATO Partnerships (PCNP), as a Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA).
We were welcomed by NATO PA President Joelle Garriaud-Maylam, followed by Michal Szczerba, NATO PA Vice-President and Co-Chair of UNIC. After
Today I visited the Launer Factory in Walsall. Launer was founded in the 1940s and has provided Her Majesty The Queen with handbags and small leather goods since 1968.