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Valerie Visits 10 Downing Street for Community Celebration
- 08/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsOn 8 April 2025 I was delighted to join in celebrations with members of the Sikh community amongst other guests at No10 Downing Street ahead of Vaisakhi celebrations. I attended with a constituent Louis Gill from Pleck. Vaisakhi marks the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, and No10 was adorned with flowers and candles. There was a
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Walsall Black Sisters Secure Community Lottery Funding
- 07/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Walsall Black Sisters Collective is a registered charity that has been providing a community-based provision for BAME and the wider community within the borough of Walsall for over 30 years. They work in partnership with statutory agencies and other voluntary organisations to meet the health and social needs of local people; ensuring that services are appropriate and sensitive and
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Butts Primary School visits 10 Downing Street
- 04/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Butts Primary School which is in the St Matthews Ward visited 10 Downing Street and I was delighted to meet them at the gates before going inside. Year 6 class had a conducted tour of No10 and the rooms which included the dining room used for the Covid Conferences. While we were on the famous
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Votes in Parliament: Ecodesign, Wind and Solar Infrastructure and Driving Licences
- 02/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
The House of Commons voted on motions to approve the following regulations on 2 April 2025: 1 The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 were first laid before the House of Commons on 4 March 2025, and enable market surveillance authorities properly to enforce the latest EU rules which
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Launch of Parkwalk in Parliament
- 02/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Parkrun UK, the organisation behind the weekly runs in local communities, held a launch event in Parliament on 2 April 2025 to promote the new Parkwalk initiative before the national launch on 26 April 2025. I was with my Colleagues Nick Smith MP Chair of the APPG John Slinger MP Chair APPG on Running. Most
