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On 10 January 2023 The Commons debated amendments to the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) Bill. The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) Bill was introduced on 24 October 2022. The Bill intends to reduce for a temporary period the amount of stamp duty land tax chargeable on the acquisition of residential property.
During Justice Questions on 10 January 2023, the Minister was asked what recent progress he has made on tackling the backlog of court cases.
In April 2022 the Conservative Government intended to privatise Channel 4. The former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this policy to sell Channel 4 after 40 years in public ownership.
I have received cards from constituents about sewage. This is my response to the issue raised by my constituents.
I have written to the Chief Executive of Citizens Advice Dame Claire Moriarty to raise my concerns regarding Walsall MBC’s budget proposal to cut the funding to Citizens Advice Sandwell & Walsall. Here is my letter:
I was delighted to meet 15 students on the 14 December 2022 who were studying at the Ukraine Blind School in Kharkiv before it was bombed by the Russian Army. The students had earlier been to Buckingham Palace and were visiting Parliament with the Headteacher of their school and the Mayor of Kharkiv. The Polish Blind
On Sunday 18 December, I appeared on BBC West Midlands Sunday Politics. The other guest was Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth and Southam.
Following the misogynistic language used against The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle in an article in a newspaper, I and other Parliamentarians agreed to write to the Editor to condemn the use of the language. It is appalling and alarming this article should have appeared in the newspaper and was precisley what the Duchess of Sussex