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I met Richard Ratcliffe outside the Iranian embassy in London on Wednesday 19 June 2019. Richard Ratcliffe is husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. They are both on hunger strikes in protest against his Nazanin's imprisonment in Tehran.
On Tuesday 18 June 2019, at a meeting with other Black Country MPs, I spoke with Mark Lyttle whose daughter, Isabella, passed away at the hospice earlier this year. I also met with Acorns Chief Executive to discuss ways to prevent the proposed closure of Walsall Children’s Hospice.
I responded to a backbench business debate on the implementation of the Cox report on bullying and harassment in Parliament on Tuesday 19 June 2019.
I tweeted to pledge my support for the Surfers Against Sewage campaign #GenerationSea to raise awareness and reduce the impact of plastic pollution and climate change on our oceans.
I was delighted to speak to nearly 50 Year 10 students at Abu Bakr Girls School on Scarborough Road on Friday 14 June 2019.
I responded to the backbench business debate on making Parliament a more modern, family friendly and accessible workplace on Thursday 13 June 2019.
At least three candidates have said that the UK will leave the EU without a deal, even though Parliament has expressly voted against it. This week, the National Farmers Union organised an event at which farmers in the West Midlands spoke of the terrible uncertainty of a no-deal exit. I asked for a debate on
At an exhibition in Parliament on Tuesday 11 June 2019, I showed my support for the #StopMS campaign.