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I attended Mass at St Mary's the Mount Church in St Matthews on Easter Sunday, 17 April 2022.
Nash Dom held an Easter Charity Event at the Palfrey Community Centre on Saturday 9 April 2022 to raise funds to support Ukrainian refugees. It was a wonderful event, featuring face painting, a cake stall, a bouncy castle and a disco for the children. There was also a stall which allowed visitors to sign "Hope
On 4 April 2022, the Environmental Audit Committee published our Report "Greening imports, a UK carbon border approach". Our Report recommends that the Government develop a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism within this decade to prevent efforts to decarbonise the UK being circumvented by companies moving their operations to countries with weak climate legislation. The summary of Recommendations
On 31 March I had the pleasure of welcoming students from Joseph Leckie Academy to Parliament, along with Principal James Ludlow and Assistant Principal Joe Greaves. The students were given on a tour of Parliament to learn about its history and procedures. They were taken through Westminster Hall, through Central Lobby, and arrived at the Lords
The House of Commons considered the Lords' Amendments to the Health and Care Bill on 30 March 2022.
On 29 March 2022, the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2022 came before the House. The Regulations apply to National Insurance Contributions for certain married women and widows, and form part of the Government’s plans to raise NICs for people from April 2022. This is the wrong approach to fix social care, implemented at
On Monday 28 March 2022 the House received a message from the Lords regarding the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 72B, and to propose amendments (a) and (b) in lieu. Lords Amendment 72B would make it an offence to harass or intimidate a person based on hostility to their sex
The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill seeks to reform these areas of education. This includes the replacement of existing Level 3 vocational qualifications such as BTECs with new T-Levels. The Government had initially planned to withdraw BTECs as soon as possible, but has since delayed these plans by a year. On Monday 28 March 2022,