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  • World AIDS Day

    • 01/12/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    World AIDS Day on 1 December 2025 is a global commitment to reflect on progress, challenges, and commitments in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Key messages for World AIDS Day 2025 is a call for global renewal to funding commitments, scale up prevention innovations and address structural barriers to care. England met UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets again

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  • Parliamentary Reception of the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group

    • 25/11/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    On Tuesday evening 25 November 2025 in the Cholmondley Room, there was a gathering of the interest groups and people from the Gardening and Horticultural world. The event was opened by the Co chair Baroness Janet Fookes and we heard from Boyd Douglas Davies Chair of the Environmental Group. The Minister Emma Hardy gave a

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  • Waitrose in Parliament

    • 25/11/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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      Waitrose held a drop in at Parliament on Tuesday 25 November 2025 to ask the Government about  animal welfare labelling to be mandatory across all supermarkets so shoppers, regardless of where they shop can make choices that match their values.  The Government plans to release an Animal Welfare Strategy soon and Waitrose would like

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  • Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments

    • 19/11/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The Bill returned to the House of Commons on 19 November 2025 after passing its third reading in the House of Lords on 17 November 2025. The Bill aims to transform the cross-system response to the threats against UK border security and strengthen the operation of the border security, asylum and immigration systems. There was

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  • Horticulture trades Association Drop in

    • 19/11/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    I was delighted to catch up with Jennifer Pheasey ( on the right in the picture above) from the Horticulture Trades Association (HTA) at the drop in on 19 November 2025 . In addition to finding out how important the industry is, the HTA provided plants to take away and I pledged my support for

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