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I met with Ray Dale, Secretary, Bob Thomas Vice Chair, and Helen Thorpe -Wood, Disabled Supporters Officer of the Walsall FC Supporters Trust and members of the Football Supporters Association. We discussed an ongoing issue that in recent months that there is no disabled access for passengers alighting North Bound at Bescot Stadium Station.
On 22 September 2022 The Shadow Minister for Energy Ed Miliband asked an Urgent Question as the Government made an announcement about lifting the ban on fracking without announcing this to Parliament. I was called to ask a question. The Secretary of State was referring to those of us who oppose the fracking as "Luddites" that we do not move with the times so I asked :
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II catafalque was placed in Westminster Hall for four days of lying-in-state before her funeral on the 19 September. On Friday 15 September, I joined other mourners to pay my final respects to the late Queen.
On 18 September 2022 at 5 pm I attended a special memorial service for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at St Matthew's Church, led by Rev. Jim Trood. The Service was streamed on line to over 200 parishoners. The Mayor Of walsall and the Deputy Chief Lieutenant David Frost also attended.
His Majesty King Charles III attended a ceremony in Westminster Hall on Monday 12 September 2022 as a long standing tradition of communication between the Sovereign and Parliament.
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Covid Memorial Wall
20mph Speed Limits
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