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  • Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 – For a Better Future

    • 27/01/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Holocaust Memorial Day is the international day on 27 January to commemorate the Holocaust – the murder of 6 million Jews. Millions more people were murdered through the Nazi persecution of non-Jewish groups such as those with disabilities and Roma.  It is marked in thousands of communities across the country, with the UK Ceremony as the

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  • Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024

    • 21/01/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) states that an estimated 12 billion plastic drinks bottles and 14 billion metal drinks cans are used in the UK every year. A key environmental protection scheme was debated on 21 January 2025, approving the Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024. 

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  • Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Report Stage

    • 21/01/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    On 21 January 2025 the House met at report stage to debate the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill. The  Bill will establish the role and functions of the Armed Forces Commissioner and to provide them with the powers and duties required to carry out those functions, strengthening support for Armed Forces communities and improving service life.

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  • British Liver Trust – Love Your Liver

    • 21/01/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News
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    The British Liver Trust hosted a ‘Love Your Liver’ event in Parliament on 21 January 2025, as part of their roadshow across the country raising awareness of liver disease. The roadshow includes a free liver scan, using a FibroScan which tests how stiff your liver is, as a healthy liver is soft.  Liver disease is

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  • English Football League EFL Event in the House

    • 20/01/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    It was good to meet with the Co-Chair of Walsall FC, Leigh Pomlett, at an event held by the English Football League EFL on Monday 20 January 2025. This was a well supported event, to hear about the progress of the Football Governance Bill now in the House of Lords. The culture secretary Lisa Nandy

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