Local News
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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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Valerie Chairs Finance Bill Committee
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
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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Valerie Commemorates Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs’ Day
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
On 30 January 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. This day is also known as Martyrs’ Day, ‘Shaheed Diwas’ or ‘Sarvodaya Day’ and is observed across India to honour those who sacrificed their lives for the nation. I laid a wreath at Gandhiji’s statue in Parliament Square with HE Vikram Doraiswami the High Commissioner for India and
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Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024
- 21/01/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) states that an estimated 12 billion plastic drinks bottles and 14 billion metal drinks cans are used in the UK every year. A key environmental protection scheme was debated on 21 January 2025, approving the Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024.