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  • Valerie congratulates students on A Level and BTEC results

    • 11/08/2021
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    “I am delighted and send my congratulations to all students in Walsall receiving their A Level and BTEC results. Our Students have worked exceptionally hard in challenging circumstances – they should be very proud of all they have achieved this year and I wish them the very best of luck for the future. Thank you

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  • Press release: Valerie Vaz MP Requests “Call-in” of Narrow Lane Transit Site Application

    • 23/07/2021
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    “I asked the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government to “call-in” the application for a Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Transit Site at Narrow Lane before Walsall Council’s Planning Committee approved it at their meeting on Thursday 15 July 2021. This application will seriously undermine the Government’s national policy commitments, as well as

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  • Press release: Valerie Vaz MP slams Government planning reforms as a developers’ charter, people’s nightmare

    • 21/06/2021
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP also raised local planning issues during an Opposition Day Debate on local involvement in planning decisions “During an Opposition Day Debate on Monday 21 June 2021, I spoke out against the Government’s proposals to hand control over planning decisions to developers by preventing communities from being involved in developments in

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  • Press release: Valerie Vaz MP questions Walsall Council’s spending priorities

    • 16/06/2021
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP has written to Walsall Council to highlight the lack of investment in schools, safety, and the local community ”I have written to the Chief Executive of Walsall Council to set out my serious concerns with its spending priorities. In response to my recent request for additional traffic safety measures outside

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  • Valerie Vaz MP calls for investigation into Walsall Council decision

    • 26/05/2021
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP held a parliamentary debate on the decision-making on Walsall’s GRT transit site “On Wednesday 26 May 2021 I secured an Adjournment Debate to raise concerns about the decision making by Walsall Council to build a Gypsy Roma & Traveller (GRT) transit site on Narrow Lane, Pleck and I am calling

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