2025
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Valerie Raises Crime Issues with Police and Crime Commissioner
- 08/02/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News
No CommentsOn 7 February 2025 I invited Simon Foster, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and Phil Dolby, Chief Superintendent, to discuss crime in Walsall and Bloxwich. We made 2 visits to areas which have seen issues with ASB and drugs. Many constituents have been concerned with reports of murders, violent crimes, antisocial
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Valerie Welcomes Police and Crime Commissioner to Poppyfields Estate
- 08/02/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News
On 7 February 2025 I invited Simon Foster, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands to the Poppyfields estate, which includes Grand Junction Way, Duchess Road, Britannia Road, Patriots Close and Royal Scot Road. Constituents had told me of their concerns about burglaries, street lighting and the parking on Match days at the
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Letter condemning comments on removal of Palestinian People from Gaza
- 05/02/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 5 February 2025 I and 66 other MPs and Lords, co-signed a letter by Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP to David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary. The letter condemned President Trump’s comments on 4 February 2025, announcing plans to take over Gaza, forcibly resettling the Gazan population in the process. In the wake of the establishment
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USDAW Meeting with Paddy Lillis and retail workers
- 04/02/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I attended a meeting with Paddy Lillis General Secretary organised by the Usdaw union and at the meeting were retail staff who work on the front line in major retailers. We heard their stories and then discussed the new rights set out in the Employment Rights Bill. Sometimes children are stealing from shops. The Prime
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Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Second Reading
- 03/02/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 3 February 2025 the House of Commons met to debate the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill at second reading. The Bill will safeguard public money by making 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