2025
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Press Release: Valerie Slams Leather Museum Closure Plans
- 23/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Press Releases
No CommentsMy constituents and I are astonished that the Cabinet of Walsall MBC will agree to a report at their meeting on Wednesday 24 September 2025 to close the Leather Museum destroying the cultural heritage of Walsall. Walsall Leather Museum is the top attraction on Trip Advisor, attracting international visitors and receiving a ‘Travellers’ Choice’ award
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The United Kingdom Recognises the State of Palestine
- 22/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The UK formally recognised a Palestinian State on 21 September 2025, as part of our ongoing effort to protect the viability of a two-state solution and create a path towards lasting peace for the Israeli and Palestinian people. Dr Husam Zomlot, the Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, on 15 September 2025 met
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Hillsborough Law- for the 97
- 17/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
HILLSBOROUGH LAW: COMMONS INTRODUCTION the Rt Hon David Lammy MP has confirmed that the Bill will be introduced. It has been 36 years since the Hillsborough disaster. What happened following the Hillsborough disaster must never happen again: • Police officers lying and changing witness statements to protect reputations; • Families bereaved by a major disaster
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Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Attack: Letter to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
- 17/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I was a signatory to a letter coordinated by Antonia Bance MP. The letter to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Rt Hon. Peter Kyle MP, urged the Department to consider the support that the Government could provide to the Jaguar Land Rover supply chain in the event of the shutdown lasting for
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Sentencing Bill – Second Reading
- 16/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Bill came before the Commons 16 September 2025 for debate and votes on the Bill at Second Reading. The Sentencing Bill aims to ease prison overcrowding while keeping dangerous offenders in custody longer. It introduces a new “Progression model” for determinate sentences, allowing misconduct in custody to extend time served. On release, offenders may
