2025
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Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions) Bill
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsOn 31 March 2025 the Commons considered the Bill at Third Reading. The Bill was initially introduced in the House of Lords on 9 October 2024 and first read in the Commons on 12 February 2025. The Bill will help to introduce Skills England, a new Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Education that
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Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Bill returned to the House of Commons on 31 March 2025 with amendments from the House of Lords. 7 amendments were chosen for debate and votes, with the last four grouped together. The amendments were rejected by the Commons with the following results: There were 4 votes in total. Lords amendment: 1B: Ayes 296
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IKEA Parliamentary Reception
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
I was pleased to support and open the IKEA Annual Retail Reception at the House of Commons on 31 March 2025. The title of the reception this year was ‘Better Neighbourhoods: Where Our Neighbourhoods Feel Like Home’. Building on their ‘Unwelcome Home’ campaign with the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, we heard from IKEA’s Sustainability
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March eNews
- 28/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Here you can read the eNews for March 2025
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Lords Amendments: Non Domestic Rating Bill and GB Energy Bill 25 March 2025
- 25/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
The Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill had 6 amendments selected for debate and votes: This Bill, introduced to the House on 13 November 2024, amends the non-domestic rating system in England to enable the introduction of new tax rates, introducing powers to create new lower tax rates for qualifying retail, hospitality and leisure