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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: Second Reading
- 01/04/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
No CommentsOn 1 April 2025 the Bill had its at Second Reading in the Commons. The Bill was initially introduced in the House of Lords on 4 September 2024 and first read in the Commons on 13 March 2025. On leaving the EU, the UK set up an independent regime for a product safety and metrology
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Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reduction) (England) Regulations 2025
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
Since leaving the EU, the legal framework set out in the Agricultural Act 2020 sought to phase out annual payments under the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) over a seven-year period until 2027, replacing the BPS with delinked payments that are not based on the size of land owned by an individual. These Regulations continue the
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Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions) Bill
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
On 31 March 2025 the Commons considered the Bill at Third Reading. The Bill was initially introduced in the House of Lords on 9 October 2024 and first read in the Commons on 12 February 2025. The Bill will help to introduce Skills England, a new Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Education that
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Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Bill returned to the House of Commons on 31 March 2025 with amendments from the House of Lords. 7 amendments were chosen for debate and votes, with the last four grouped together. The amendments were rejected by the Commons with the following results: There were 4 votes in total. Lords amendment: 1B: Ayes 296
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IKEA Parliamentary Reception
- 31/03/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: Local News, News
I was pleased to support and open the IKEA Annual Retail Reception at the House of Commons on 31 March 2025. The title of the reception this year was ‘Better Neighbourhoods: Where Our Neighbourhoods Feel Like Home’. Building on their ‘Unwelcome Home’ campaign with the housing and homelessness charity Shelter, we heard from IKEA’s Sustainability
