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  • Parking on Poppyfields Estate

    • 15/02/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News
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    I visited the Poppyfields Estate on 15 February 2025 to follow up my previous visit on 7 February 2025 with the Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Superintendent where we discussed the parking on Match Days.  Residents told me about supporters and  fans parking on double yellow lines and across access kerbs on the Estate.

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  • Leather Museum Under Threat

    • 15/02/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    The community in Walsall were outraged to learn that the Council planned to relocate the Leather Museum. This information was in the Council’s Budget for 2025-2029. This decision was approved at a Cabinet meeting on 16 October 2024, apparently in contrast to a Cabinet meeting on 17 July 2024 which approved a plan to ‘continue

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  • Valerie Raises Crime Issues with Police and Crime Commissioner

    • 08/02/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News
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    On 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
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    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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  • Valerie Chairs Finance Bill Committee

    • 30/01/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    I chaired two sessions of the Finance Bill Committee on Thursday 30 January 2025. There were 2 sessions and I chaired both the sessions. The House of Commons appoints Public Bill committees to consider and scrutinise proposed legislation in detail, line by line. The Finance Bill puts into force the resolutions put forward in the

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