Thank you for visiting my website. You will find information about my work and activities as the Member of Parliament on behalf of the people of Walsall and Bloxwich. You can contact me directly through the website and find details about my office and how to meet me at surgeries. I use the Parliamentary answering service when my office is busy or out of hours. Please leave your message with them and remember to give your name, address and contact details. The answering service will send me an email with your message.
If you have any problem or issue you think I may be able to help you with, please do get in touch.
About Walsall and Bloxwich
Do you live in the constituency? Follow the link below to check that Valerie is your MP.
Press Releases
Keep updated with the latest news locally, media coverage and news from Parliament.
On 21 January 2025 the House met at report stage to debate the Armed Forces Commissioner Bill. The Bill will establish the role and functions of the Armed Forces Commissioner and to provide them with the powers and duties required to carry out those functions, strengthening support for Armed Forces communities and improving service life.
The British Liver Trust hosted a 'Love Your Liver' event in Parliament on 21 January 2025, as part of their roadshow across the country raising awareness of liver disease. The roadshow includes a free liver scan, using a FibroScan which tests how stiff your liver is, as a healthy liver is soft.
Liver disease is only
It was good to meet with the Co-Chair of Walsall FC, Leigh Pomlett, at an event held by the English Football League EFL on Monday 20 January 2025.
This was a well supported event, to hear about the progress of the Football Governance Bill now in the House of Lords. The culture secretary Lisa Nandy MP
January marks Tamil Heritage Month, and I attended the Thai Pongal celebration in Parliament on 15 January 2025, hosted by the British Tamils Forum.
Thai Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated in colourful fashion- we were treated to folk dances, musical performances and Tamil traditional food, including the sweet pongal dish- rice boiled with milk
The House met on 15 January 2025 to debate the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill Report Stage
Clause 1 - The question was put that the clause be read a second time.
Ayes 175, Noes 342
New Clause 2 - This new clause would require the Secretary of State, within 18 months of sections 1 to
The House met on 14 January 2025 to debate on the third reading of the Renters' Rights Bill. The bill aims, amongst many other improvements, to: Abolish Section 21 ‘no fault evictions’-increasing tenant security, strengthen tenants’ rights to challenge unreasonable rent rises and rental bidding, and apply a Decent Homes Standard to the private rented
I chaired another session of the Employment Rights Bill Committee on Tuesday 14 January 2025. The House of Commons appoints committees to consider proposed legislation in detail, line by line.
The Employment Right Bill seeks to: ensure that jobs provide a baseline of security for workers, prioritise fairness, equality and wellbeing of workers, ensure workers get fair
Together with other MPs and Peers I signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's letter to the England and Wales Cricket Board calling for the Men's team to consider a boycott of next month's ICC Champion's Trophy group stage match against Afghanistan.
The EWCB has taken action in 2024 confirming that as long as Afghanistan maintain their ban on