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On Saturday 23rd July 2011 Valerie opened the Walsall Samaritans awareness day at the New Art Gallery and unveiled the artwork, ‘A Call for Help’.
On Friday 8th July, Valerie welcomed singer, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan to the New Art Gallery, Walsall. Valerie invited Rahat, who is at the end of a sell-out UK tour, as a way of highlighting the success of the New Art Gallery to people who might not have visited previously.
Valerie has welcomed the news that the 639 bus service from Kings Hill in Darlaston to Walsall Manor Hospital and Walsall Town Centre is to be restored, two and a half years after it was withdrawn. Centro, the West Midlands transport authority, announced the move as part of their West Walsall and Wolverhampton Bus Services Review.
On 29th June 2011 Valerie introduced the Adoption (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) Bill to Parliament under the Ten Minute Rule procedure.
On Tuesday 28 June Valerie was delighted to welcome Class 10 pupils from Palfrey Junior School to the Houses of Parliament.
On Monday 27 June 2011, the House of Commons Health Select Committee, of which Valerie is a member, published its report into Complaints and Litigation.
On 22nd June Valerie asked the Prime Minister to increase Government support for people with epilepsy and related conditions.
Valerie is encouraging people in Walsall South to nominate someone who has made a difference to the community to be a Torchbearer during the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.