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The Nationality and Borders Bill makes wide-ranging reforms to the legal framework for immigration to the United Kingdom. The Bill returned to the Commons for consideration of amendments made by the Lords for a second time on Wednesday 21 April 2022, so that we could vote on the amendments.
The Building Safety Bill seeks to reform building safety regulations in the UK, and makes provision about how remedial safety work is paid for. The Bill came back to the Commons on Wednesday 21 April 2022 having been amended by the Lords, so that we could vote on the amendments.
In November 2021, the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance made detailed recommendations to safeguard the future of English football. Walsall FC gave evidence as part of the Review. On Wednesday 20 April 2022 I attended a "Fair Game" event in Parliament to support the full implementation of the Fan-Led Review.
At Health Questions on Tuesday 19 April 2022 I asked: “The Secretary of State will know that Walsall Manor has been merged with Royal Wolverhampton – they share the same Chief Executive and Chairman – without consultation with local people. How on earth can integration take place when Walsall Manor doesn’t have a full-time Chief
The festival of Vaisakhi celebrates the establishment of Sikhism as a collective faith in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh. This year, Vaisakhi was on 14 April.
I attended Mass at St Mary's the Mount Church in St Matthews on Easter Sunday, 17 April 2022.
Nash Dom held an Easter Charity Event at the Palfrey Community Centre on Saturday 9 April 2022 to raise funds to support Ukrainian refugees. It was a wonderful event, featuring face painting, a cake stall, a bouncy castle and a disco for the children. There was also a stall which allowed visitors to sign "Hope
On 4 April 2022, the Environmental Audit Committee published our Report "Greening imports, a UK carbon border approach". Our Report recommends that the Government develop a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism within this decade to prevent efforts to decarbonise the UK being circumvented by companies moving their operations to countries with weak climate legislation. The summary of Recommendations