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On Tuesday 22 January 2013 at Foreign and Commonwealth Questions, Valerie asked the Minister of State about the current situation in Burma.
On Thursday 17 January 2013, Valerie spoke in a Backbench Business debate in the House of Commons on problems with ATOS Work Capability Assessments.
Valerie has praised the New Art Gallery’s bid after it was announced that Glasgow has been chosen over Walsall to host the Turner Prize in 2015.
On Wednesday 16 January 2013, the Health Select Committee of which Valerie is a member published its report “National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)”. The report found that decisions were needed urgently on the Government’s new drugs pricing regime, that an assessment should be made of the outcomes for those patients whose treatment has been paid for through the Cancer Drugs Fund and welcomes the fact that NICE is to take on responsibility for producing clinical guidance and quality standards in relation to social care.
On 14 January 2013, Valerie was granted an Urgent Question on Burmese army attacks on civilians in the Kachin state, where a 15 year old boy and a pastor were killed in an attack that morning.
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