I secured a debate in Westminster Hall on 12 November 2025:

That this House has considered the governance and accountability of Public Bodies.

Here is the text of my full speech:

"I beg to move,That this House has considered the governance and accountability of public bodies.

It is a pleasure to serve under you for this debate, Sir

I attended the Service at Walsall Town Centre. I laid a wreath at the Cenotaph.





At Bloxwich Cenotaph after the Service at Walsall Town Centre at 11 am.

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All of us in Walsall were shocked to hear of the vicious attack on a young woman from our community in October and my thoughts and prayers are with the survivor and her family and friends.

It is all the more shocking as it came after a vicious attack on 9 September 2025 in Oldbury on

I visited Ryecroft Community Hub on Saturday 9 November 2025. I met David, Paul and Craig to talk about the energy initiatives which will help my constituents.  Walsall Energy Action Project will help save money on your energy bills and support positive climate action in your community.I was given a draft excluder For WEAP website click

I visited MindKind to hear about their new projects on 7 November 2025.  Ian Robertson was instrumental in setting up the group in their current building. 

The MindKind Projects were set up in 2019 to stand up for mental health in the workplace. To bridge the gap in support services. And to encourage people to be

The Bill will safeguard public money by reducing public sector fraud, error and debt. The Bill makes provisions to better identify, prevent and deter public sector fraud and error and enable the better recovery of money owed to the taxpayer where public money has been stolen or overpaid.

After the House of Lords passed the Bill

The House of Commons last considered the bill on 15 September 2025 and the House of Lords then debated the Bill on 28 October 2025 and returned it to the House of Commons with their proposed amendments on Wednesday 5 November 2025. There were 5 amendments and reasons selected for debate and votes:











Motion to disagree

His Excellency José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, visited Parliament with a delegation on 4-5 November 2025, hosted by his British counterpart, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP.

The President was accompanied at the meetings by the Ambassador for Portugal to the UK, HE Nuno