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  • Valerie visits New Art Gallery for 75th Society of Artists Anniversary

    • 17/01/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    I visited the exhibition at the New Art Gallery on Saturday 17 January 2026.  The Walsall Society of Artists was founded in 1949, with the aim to “help in the work of beautifying the town”. The Annual Exhibition is open until 15 February 2026.  I encourage you to visit the exhibition on the ground floor of the New Art

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  • Press Release: Petition on Leather Museum in the House of Commons

    • 08/01/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    PRESS INFORMATION – 7 JANUARY 2026– For immediate Release RT HON VALERIE VAZ MP PRESENTS PETITION ON LEATHER MUSEUM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “Just before the House rose for Christmas on 18 December 2025, I presented a petition in Parliament on behalf of the residents in Walsall and

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  • Press Release: Valerie Questions Decision to Approve £50m Free School Amid Falling Rolls

    • 30/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    PRESS INFORMATION – 30 DECEMBER 2025– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RT HON VALERIE VAZ MP QUESTIONS DECISION TO APPROVE £50M FREE SCHOOL AMID FALLING ROLLS Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “On 9 December 2025 I met with the Minister for Children and Families, Josh MacAlister MP, with headteachers and a school governor from schools in

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  • Petition on Walsall Leather Museum

    • 18/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    On 18 December 2025, before the pre-Christmas adjournment debate, I presented a public petition on the Leather Museum:  “I am presenting this petition on behalf of the residents in Walsall and the UK. This is a petition about the Walsall Leather Museum which was built in a nineteenth century leather factory. It is the heart

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  • National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading

    • 17/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The House of Commons met on on Wednesday 17 December 2025 to debate the Bill at second reading.  The National Insurance Contributions Bill make provision to amend section 4 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, and section 4 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, so that amounts of

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