News
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Valerie Chairs Delegated Legislation Committee on Draft Building Safety Regulator Regulations
- 10/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsI chaired the Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee on 10 December 2025. This considered the Draft Building Safety Regulator (Establishment of New Body and Transfer of Functions etc.) Regulations 2026. The Building Saftey Regulator (BSR) establishes a new body separate from the Health and Safety Executive. Since the new leadership took over at the BSR, progress
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Royal Mail Christmas Reception
- 10/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
At the Drop-In of the Royal Mail Christmas Reception ‘Send a little love this Christmas’ on 10 December, I met Richard Kesterton from Shrewsbury. ( Main picture). Richard has been given the title “Postie of the Year”. Richard does not only do his day to day of job of delivering our mail in Shrewsbury
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Amnesty International Human Rights Day Parliamentary Reception
- 10/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
10 December is Human Right’s Day. Amnesty International held their Annual Human Rights Day Parliamentary Reception, in celebration of International Human Rights Day. Fabian Hamilton MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights opened the event and introduced the other speakers including Baroness Helena Kennedy, member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
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Railways Bill: Second Reading
- 09/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Bill, first introduced to the House of Commons on 5 November 2025, was debated on 9 December 2025. After the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 brought train services back into public ownership, this Bill aims to enable the creation of Great British Railways (GBR), a new publicly owned body which will take
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Employment Rights Bill: Consideration of Lords Message
- 08/12/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
As I chaired the Bill Committee I was unable to vote on any divisions after Second Reading and therefore on these amendments. The Employment Rights Bill amendments returned to the Commons on 8 December 2025 : The Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b)