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On Friday 24 February 2017 I attended the Report Stage and Third Reading of Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP’s Private Member’s Bill – the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill 2016-17 in Parliament. The Bill successfully passed Third Reading with Ayes: 138 Noes: 1.
Parliament returned after the February Recess and I stood at the Despatch Box at Business Questions where I raised various issues with the Leader of the House, Rt Hon David Lidington MP. My speech is below:
Here is my “View from the House” published in the Walsall Advertiser on 23 February 2017:
Having campaigned for a ‘Remain’ vote, I was saddened and frustrated by the outcome. For me and for many people the Article 50 vote presented a difficult choice.
I asked the Leader of the House, Rt Hon David Lidington MP a number of issues at Business Questions:
I was pleased to welcome Rough Hay Primary School Year 4 to the Education Centre in Parliament on Monday 6 February 2017.
On Saturday 4 February 2017 I visited Pleck and Pheasey Library - two of the three libraries facing closure in Walsall South.
At Business Questions I raised various issues with the Leader of the House, Rt Hon David Lidington MP. My speech is below: