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I participated in a ‘Westminster Quiz’ organised by the Author’s Licencing and Collecting Society and won £100 worth of National Book Tokens. I have donated these tokens to Old Church Primary School, who used them to purchase new books for pupils to support change, bereavement, and well-being. I visited Old Church Primary School on Friday

On Friday 18 June 2021 I was delighted to present this certificate to Darlaston Family Practice, who have reached the finals where they will be representing the Midlands in the category of Excellence in Primary Care in the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020. I nominated them because of the hard working staff at Darlaston Family Practice

On Wednesday 16 June 2021 the Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill received its First Reading in the House of Commons. I am supporting this Private Members Bill, which seeks to amend the law to provide safeguards for workers against dismissal and re-engagement on inferior terms and conditions, known as ‘fire and rehire’. 

On Friday 11 June 2021, I attended a roundtable with headteachers from schools in Walsall to listen to their concerns and discuss the key issues affecting schools in my constituency. We discussed many of the problems facing school budgets. Schools have lost significant income during the pandemic, from sources such as facilities hire, and there is