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On Wednesday 16 June 2021 the Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) Bill received its First Reading in the House of Commons. I am supporting this Private Members Bill, which seeks to amend the law to provide safeguards for workers against dismissal and re-engagement on inferior terms and conditions, known as ‘fire and rehire’.
On Friday 11 June 2021, I attended a roundtable with headteachers from schools in Walsall to listen to their concerns and discuss the key issues affecting schools in my constituency.
On Wednesday 9 June 2021, I intervened during a debate on investing in children and young people to highlight the lack of funding for schools in my constituency. You can read my speech and the Minister's response below:
The second Opposition Day Debate was on protecting the public and ensuring justice for victims. The backlog in the Crown Court is at record levels of more than 57,000 cases – and sat at 39,000 even before the pandemic began. The backlog has been exacerbated by the pandemic but it was initiated by the Government
On Wednesday 9 June 2021, HM Opposition held the first of two Opposition Day Debates on investing in children and young people.
A heads up to let out know that as part of Highways England’s work to improve M6 junction 10 to ease congestion and reduce journey times, the M6 motorway will be closed over the weekend of 3-5 July 2021.
Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP held a parliamentary debate on the decision-making on Walsall’s GRT transit site
A second meeting of the APPG on Epilepsy was held on Tuesday 25 May 2021 to mark National Epilepsy Awareness Week. We discussed young people’s changing experiences of epilepsy care presented by Catherine Hodder of Young Epilepsy. Two young people shared their personal experiences of epilepsy care.