At my surgery  I spoke to a constituent who had been a victim of an attempted murder. The criminal had indefinite leave to remain and in my view contributes nothing to this country. It should be a matter for his first country to deal with him. At Justice questions an opportunity came up to ask the Minister to look at this case.

On Monday 7 March 2016, as an elected member of the Panel of Chairs, I chaired a Westminster Hall debate on E-petition 118060 relating to the income threshold for non-EU citizens settling in the UK.

Events will be taking place across the country in 2016 as part of the four year National Commemoration of the First World War. I have set out below are some of the events people can attend to commemorate and remember those who have died in the Great War.

The PCS union held a rally in the Town Centre to draw attention to the closure of the HMRC Office in Walsall.  On Saturday 5 March 2016 despite the cold members of the PCS union were joined by the GMB union as members of the public waited to sign the petition.

On Saturday 5 March 2016 I joined constituents and the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union in Walsall Town Centre to ask people to sign a petition calling on HMRC to reverse its decision to close Walsall’s HMRC Office. More than 500 people signed the petition showing there was great support from local people. I will be presenting the petition to Parliament.