Press Releases

Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said:

I received a response from the Minister to my letter to the Secretary of State for Transport (Rt Hon Mark Harper MP) raising the issue of access to Bescot Stadium Station and the Minister responded to say that the nomination period for the next round of stations to receive Access for All funding has now closed,  there is no existing centrally funded schemes available and to contact the Mayor of West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and West Midlands Trains (WMT).

Following complaints from constituents, I asked the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with local authorities on returning to town halls and other office facilities following the covid-19 pandemic.

Analysis has shown that a family in the Black Country will be spending £295 more on fuel a year than at the beginning of this Parliament.

This week I signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today.