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Employment Rights Bill
- 04/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsAs I chaired the Bill Committee I was unable to vote on the Bill. These are my comments on the Bill. Our economy is blighted by insecure work, low pay and poor productivity. I therefore welcome that this Bill will deliver the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation and make work pay. It
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Meeting with Ambassadors reporting on summit in Egypt
- 04/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Tuesday 4 March 2025 MPs and Peers at a meeting chaired by Debbie Abrahams MP, heard from the Ambassadors, H E Manar Dabbas, , Ambassador at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ambassador Husam S. Zomlot Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, Ambassador for Saudi Arabia Prince Khalid bin Salman
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World Book Day 2025
- 04/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
World Book Day has been celebrated on the first Thursday in March since 1998 in the UK. This year Parliament marked World Book Day on Tuesday 4 March 2025. As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I was pleased to see that there were many MPs who dropped in to collect the books
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International Women’s Day at the Inter Parliamentary Union Drop -In
- 04/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On Tuesday 4 March 2025 the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights marked International Women’s Day celebrated on 8 March. The event was also organised by the British Interparliamentary Union. Representatives of the Peace Brigades International were there. This is an organisation that provides support to women human rights defenders across 7 countries in South