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  • IKEA Parliamentary Reception 2026

    • 10/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    I was pleased to host the IKEA Annual Retail Reception in the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons on 10 February 2026 supported by Total Politics. MPs were invited and were able to talk to IKEA co-workers from around the country.  Welcome everyone especially those MPs with IKEA in your constituency and those who

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  • Making Amelia’s Birthday Magical – Birthday Card Record

    • 07/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    Walsall FC and Foundation set up a stall at the Pallett Track Stadium and when I visited the Stadium on 7 February 2026, I signed a card for Amelia Kolpa, a girl from Rowley Regis in the Black Country who has neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that starts in a type of nerve cell called a

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  • Compensation for WASPI Women

    • 06/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) published the findings of its investigation into the way State Pension ages (SPA) were communicated to 1950s-born women in March 2024. Whilst the investigation did not concern the principle of SPA equalisation, which successive administrations have supported, but the way in which this was conveyed to those women

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  • Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover of the Southbank Centre

    • 05/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Classical Music, I was delighted to visit the Southbank Centre for ‘Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover’ on Thursday 5 February 2026. The multi-venue event, a mixtape brought to life, featured classical music favourites and film soundtracks, performed by all six of the Southbank Centre’s resident orchestras:  Orchestra

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  • Valerie Chairs Delegated Legislation Committee on Uplift to British Industry Supercharger

    • 04/02/2026
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: News
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    On 4 February 2026 I chaired the third Delegated Legislation Committee, to consider the Draft Energy-Intensive Industry Electricity Support Payments and Levy (Amendment) Regulations 2026. These regulations aim to increase electricity price support to energy-intensive industries through the British industry supercharger. Energy-intensive industries include foundational manufacturing sectors that are critical to the UK’s economic security

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