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While the Government has been locked in bitter infighting and chaos over their botched Brexit negotiations, the needs of the country have been completely neglected. This Government has no vision, no new ideas and crucially no legislation to fill the Parliamentary timetable.

“The Government has shamefully broken its Manifesto promise that people over 75 would keep free TV licences until the end of this Parliament – that is until 2022. 5,870 older households in Walsall South face having to pay for their TV licence fee. The BBC are currently consulting on whether to scrap free licences completely,

Valerie Vaz MP said: “I am supporting a Ten minute rule bill presented by Debbie Abrahams MP which stands up for small businesses. The ‘Public Sector Supply Chains (Project Bank Accounts) Bill’ which passed its first reading in the House of Commons on 15 January 2019 calls for payments on Government and public authority contracts

Valerie Vaz MP said: “The Government’s decision to delay the meaningful vote has run down the clock and increased the risk of a no-deal Brexit. I co-signed a letter to The Prime Minister along with more than 220 colleagues to urge the Government to agree a mechanism that would ensure a no deal Brexit could

The provisional Police Funding Settlement was announced in the House of Commons on 13 December 2018 a week after it was due to be published. Valerie Vaz MP said: “The provisional Police Funding Settlement simply does not go far enough. Police numbers are now at the lowest level in three decades. Since 2010 over 21,000