
News
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Bus Services Bill – Report Stage and Third Reading
- 10/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
No CommentsThe House of Commons met to consider amendments to the Bill on 10 September 2025. Buses are the country’s most popular form of public transport. Local buses accounted for 58% of ticketed public transport journeys in Great Britain in the year ending March 2023, and are an essential part of the national transport system. However,
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Valerie intervenes in Adjournment Debate on Accessibility at Railway stations
- 09/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
On 9 September 2025 I attended and intervened in a debate secured by Helen Hayes MP’s adjournment debate on the accessibility of railway stations. I made the following intervention: “she mentioned a list of stations in her constituency, I would like to mention Bescot Stadium station in my constituency. Does she agree that if a
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Publishers Association’s Annual Reception
- 09/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I was delighted to attend the Publishers Association’s Annual Reception in Parliament on Tuesday 9 September 2025. We heard speeches from the Publishers Association’s President and Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, Mandy Hill; Baroness Gail Rebuck, Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary
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Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill – Second Reading
- 09/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 9 September 2025 the House of Commons debated the Bill at second reading. The Bill implements the 22 May 2025 Treaty between Mauritius and the UK, transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, including the Diego Garcia military base, to Mauritius. It also ends UK sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory in domestic law,
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Renters’ Rights Bill: Consideration of Lords Amendments
- 08/09/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
On 8 September 2025 the House of Commons considered amendments made by the House of Lords to the Bill. The Bill is one of the Government’s key manifesto commitments, initiating the most significant changes to the private rented sector for nearly 40 years, abolishing section 21 evictions and introducing a robust Decent Homes Standard in