
Press Releases
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Valerie Vaz MP calls for parliamentary debate over Council’s lack of transparency
- 04/02/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Press Releases
No CommentsRt Hon Valerie Vaz MP criticised the loss of green space under Walsall’s Conservative Council and its failure to consult local people Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “At Business Questions on Thursday 4 February 2021, I called for a debate in Parliament following Walsall Council’s repeated failure to consult local people over the loss
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Valerie Vaz MP calls for review of face mask guidance for deaf children
- 28/01/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Press Releases
Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP has written to the Education Secretary to raise concerns about use of standard face masks in schools for deaf children Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “I am alarmed that the Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, has failed to consider deaf children’s needs in education. I have written
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Government’s Universal Credit cut will make 13,501 people in Walsall South worse off
- 18/01/2021
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Press Releases
Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP opposes the Government’s plans to push families into further hardship during economic crisis “On Monday, I voted to support 13,501 people in my constituency in our Opposition Day motion in the House of Commons demanding that the Government scraps its planned cut to Universal Credit. “This cut will take £20
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Valerie Vaz MP opposes Sprint Bus Park and Ride Plan
- 05/10/2020
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Press Releases
Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP has raised concerns following Walsall Council’s decision to exempt a large car park planning application from an environmental impact assessment Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “I am alarmed by Walsall Council’s decision to exempt Sprint Bus proposals for a 300-space car park in Walsall from an environmental impact assessment.
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6,500 jobs at risk in Walsall South unless Chancellor U-turns on furlough cliff edge
- 10/09/2020
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News, Press Releases
Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP calls on Chancellor to abandon his one-size-fits-all withdrawal of wage support across the entire economy Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “Chancellor Rishi Sunak is pushing ahead with his one-size-fits-all withdrawal of both schemes across the entire economy by the end of October. The Government should be targeting support where