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Today, 11 November 2022, I laid a wreath at the Darlaston Memorial, Victoria Road. Members of the local community in Darlaston gathered at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month to hear The Last Post and observe a Minutes silence. We will always remember them.
8 November marks BBC Local Radio’s 55th Birthday and should be celebrated. However last month the BBC announced that they would be cutting 139 jobs from local radio.
Today I planted a Remembrance cross in the Constituency Garden of Remembrance in New Palace Yard in Parliament.
HM Opposition debated two motions on 8 November 2022.
The UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly was established by the Trade and Co-Operation Agreement 2021. It was set up as a platform for Members of Parliament and Members of the European Parliament to exchange views and work together on the operation of the agreement. The Assembly meets twice a year, with the last meeting held in Brussels in May
In celebration of Back British Farming Day on 2 November 2022, the National Farmers Union hosted a breakfast event on the Parliamentary Terrace. I attend the event to celebrate and promote the farmers and growers of Walsall South, where agricultural land makes up 19% of the constituency and there are 11 farms. At the event,
Last month, I joined colleague Flick Drummond MP in front of the Backbench Business Committee. We asked the committee for time to discuss the situation in Yemen. Yemen is in the midst of an 8-year long conflict which the UN estimates has cause 377,000 deaths. The two warring sides agreed a truce in April of
An Urgent Question was tabled asking the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to make a statement on reductions in BBC local radio provision.