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The High Commissioner for Bangladesh, Saida Muna Tasneem accepted my invitation to visit Masjid-E-Usman on Mount Street on Sunday 13 October 2019. Her excellency attended with the Assistant High Commissioner Mr Nazmul Hoque who encouraged people to contact the High Commission directly. There is a 24/7 helpline.
On Sunday 13 October 2019, I arranged for the High Commissioner for Bangladesh, Saida Muna Tasneem, to visit a new mosque which is nearing completion on Cook Street in Darlaston. I am pictured above with the High Commissioner and Nahid Ahmed.
I was delighted to attend the third British Bangladeshi Business Awards at The Bingley Hall in Birmingham on Thursday 9 October 2019. The Awards are organised by Desh Foundation UK which is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Desh Foundation UK was founded by Mishbaur Rahman in 2009 as a small local community-based organisation to encourage business development within the Bangladeshi community in the UK.
A Point of Order is a clarification on a matter of procedure in the House of Commons. On Tuesday 8 October 2019, I raised the following Point of Order:
On behalf of HM Official Opposition, I responded to the motion on the appointment of an lay member to the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
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