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The Bill will safeguard public money by reducing public sector fraud, error and debt. The Bill makes provisions to better identify, prevent and deter public sector fraud and error and enable the better recovery of money owed to the taxpayer where public money has been stolen or overpaid.
After the House of Lords passed the Bill
The House of Commons last considered the bill on 15 September 2025 and the House of Lords then debated the Bill on 28 October 2025 and returned it to the House of Commons with their proposed amendments on Wednesday 5 November 2025. There were 5 amendments and reasons selected for debate and votes:
Motion to disagree
His Excellency José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, visited Parliament with a delegation on 4-5 November 2025, hosted by his British counterpart, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP.
The President was accompanied at the meetings by the Ambassador for Portugal to the UK, HE Nuno
I planted a Remembrance Cross in the Garden of Remembrance on Wednesday 5 November 2025 on behalf of my constituents in Walsall and Bloxwich. All constituencies are represented.
We will always remember them.
I am the Co Chair of the APPG on Publishing and was delighted by the announcement by the Chancellor that £10million will be allocated to schools so that every primary school has a library. I have campaigned on this issue and recently conducted a survey of schools in Walsall and Bloxwich to see which schools
Here you can read the eNews for October 2025
Hurricane Melissa was the strongest storm ever to reach landfall in Jamaica and my thoughts and prayers are with those families who have lost loved ones and the devastation caused in Jamaica and other countries in the region.
The UK Government has kept in contact and is working closely with the Jamaican government, partners and
At Business Question on Thursday 30 October 2025 I raised the issue of the Leather Museum. and the lack of information from Walsall Council and Walsall College.
I asked the Leader of the House:
"May I place on record my thanks to the Leader of the House for all his support? He was a brilliant Chief