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I was honoured to lead the procession through the town centre to the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. The Rev Mark McIntyre Rural Dean of Walsall conducted the service and the address was made by The Ven Julian Francis the Archdeacon of Walsall who touched on the life of Sir David Amess and all MPs work
On Remembrance Sunday we remember the fallen and those who fight for equality and justice. This year there were still a few restrictions in place. There was no service at St Lawrence and Revd Peter Silvester explained that the March and the laying of wreaths would take place at 11.am. As I was attending the
I was delighted to meet Harpal Bhandal at his pharmacy on 101 High Street Moxley. I met Amar Sandhu and Sukhraj Gill, both trained vaccinators at the extremely efficient vaccination centre next door. Unfortunately Onkhar Singh was unable to join us. There are six bays and members of the public can walk in to have their
There was an excellent display of the work that will undertaken for the Restoration and Renewal of the Parliamentary Estate. I was pleased to meet up with the Serjeant at Arms, Ugbena Oyet to highlight the work that will take place. More importantly one of the displays, below, showed how the R and R team
I visited Richard Ratcliffe on Thursday 4 November 2021 who is on day 12 of his second hunger strike. This time Richard is outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Richard is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Nazanin is a British-Iranian woman who has been arbitrarily detained in Iran since April 2016 after visiting family with
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating the Festival of Lights in Britain, and to Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities all over the world.
On Tuesday 2 November 2021, the House of Commons voted on Resolutions to the Autumn Budget.
On Tuesday 2 November 2021 I spoke at the Budget Resolutions in the Commons to present my concerns regarding the Chancellor's Autumn Budget. I pointed out that the Budget is a missed opportunity that does not focus on the challenges facing children, the environment and our local communities.