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I met with representatives of Highways England and Kier on 5 October 2015 to discuss the ongoing closure of Junction 9 of the M6.
I met with a group of local residents on Monday 5 October 2015 who are concerned about the inclusion of the former Darlaston Multi-Purpose Centre site as available for the development of a Travellers' site in Walsall MBC's Draft Site Allocation Document.
On 19 September 2015 I met with representatives from Wolverhampton University Students' Union to discuss the Government's decision to cut maintenance grants for students going to University from 2016/7. The Lobby was part of the National Lobby Day coordinated by the National Union of Students.
On Friday 18 September 2015 I hosted the launch of the Epilepsy Passport at the House of Commons as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Epilepsy on behalf of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). It is an important development in the treatment of Epilepsy for children. The passport is an
I attended the graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton on Saturday 19 September 2015. I watched the conferment of awards for graduates from the Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing. Many of my constituents attend the university at the campus in Wolverhampton and at the Walsall Campus.
I met representatives of Walsall Adult and Community College (WACC) immediately after it was announced in July that all funding for English Language tuition for jobseekers had been withdrawn with immediate effect. They told me WACC will lose £380,000 from its budget as a result of the decision. I wrote to the Skills Funding Agency
On 8 September 2015, I asked the Home Secretary a question following a statement on the Migrantion Crisis.
On 15 September 2015 I was pleased to welcome Datuk Mas Ermieyati Binti Samsudia MP and Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture in Malaysia to the House of Commons.