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I tabled Written Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with questions about Coronavirus.
An Urgent Question was granted asking the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities if he will make a statement on arrangements in place to record the number of voters who attend at a polling station and are denied a vote because they are not in possession of valid ID. In April 2022
The Speaker granted an Urgent Question to Shadow Minister for Defence Jon Healey MP on 27 April 2023. The Urgent Question was 'To ask the Defence Secretary to make a statement on the war in Ukraine.' The Minister responded.
The House debated and voted on amendments to the Illegal Migration Bill in its report stage on Wednesday 26 April.
I attended the British Sikh Consultative Forum (BSCF) Vaisakhi event in Parliament on 25 April 2023. It was hosted by Jane Stevenson MP and Pat McFadden MP. Key elected members of Parliament were invited to attend.
In the second part of the Opposition Day Debate, on Tuesday 25 April HM Opposition tabled a Motion on the Cost of Living Increases. This is the full text of the Motion:
I attended a Westminster Hall Debate on the Affordable Homes Programme on Tuesday 25 April 2023. The debate was led by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP for Slough.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Children in Police Custody (APPG CPC) is a cross-party group of Members of the Houses of Commons and Lords who work together to raise awareness of children's experience in policy custody and to develop recommendations that protect and respect children's rights. Janet Daby MP is the Chair of the