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This has been a jaw dropping week of audacity by the Government. First with the Henry VIII powers under the EU withdrawal Bill to amend secondary legislation, fixing the composition on select committees against all the rules and conventions and not voting on a motion because the Government would lose.
I was delighted to open the new Back2Fitness Physiotherapy clinic on Wolverhampton Road West on Saturday 16 September 2017. Back2Fitness Physiotherapy Walsall was set up in 2011 within a small room at a local hotel. It now boasts over 12 years of experience providing physiotherapy services to residents of Walsall, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
I raised the following questions with the Leader of the House:
On Wednesday 13 September 2017 I pledged my support to British food and farming and celebrated the huge contribution that British farmers and growers make in producing the nation’s food.
The European Union Withdrawal Bill overturns the 1972 European Communities Act and will convert all existing EU laws into UK law. On Monday 11 September 2017, I voted on a series of motions on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
On Tuesday 12 September 2017, I spoke in the House of Commons on the Government's motion on the nomination of Members to Committees. The motion establishes a new Selection Committee, and allows the Committee to give the Government a majority on any Public Bill and Delegated Legislation Committees, when it does not have a majority
Below is my speech for the first Business Questions following the Summer Recess:
I am alarmed that latest figures by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Diabetes show that 9.28% of the population in Walsall South has diabetes. This equates to 7, 871 people and makes Walsall South the 15th highest constituency in the UK.