News
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Opposition Day Debates
- 07/01/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsOn 7 January 2026 the 15th allotted Opposition Day was allocated for debate and the Conservative Party chose to raise Jury Trials and Rural Communities as matters for debate. The Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Jenrick MP, moved the following motion: “That this House believes that it is wrong to abolish jury trials
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Valerie Intervenes in Westminster Hall Debate on BBC
- 06/01/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I made the following intervention in Parliament at the Westminster Hall debate “That this House has considered Government proposals for renewal of the BBC Charter”, moved by Sir John Whittingdale MP: “I respect the right hon. Gentleman’s views, as he is a former Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, but does he agree
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December 2025 eNews
- 19/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
Here you can read the eNews for December 2025
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Petition on Walsall Leather Museum
- 18/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
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
- Category: Local News, News
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