I would like to send my greetings and best wishes to the Sikh community on the Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. His values of equality and respect, of fairness and helping those less fortunate than yourselves are values we need now more than ever.

I appeared on BBC Politics Midlands on Sunday 29 November 2020. We discussed the government's new tiered system of local lockdowns, the pressing need to provide additional financial support for schools during Covid-19 and the Chancellor's Spending Review.

I made a Point of Order on Thursday 26 November 2020 regarding the Government's decision to publish lockdown tiers online before informing Parliament. You can read my Point of Order and Mr Speaker's response below: 

At Business Questions on Thursday 26 November 2020, I highlighted the Government's misuse of public money and failure to uphold the law. You can read my speech below: 

On Thursday 26 November 2020 the Government announced that Walsall will be placed under tier 3 lockdown restrictions when the national lockdown ends on Wednesday 2 December 2020. This will be reviewed on Wednesday 16 December 2020. 

On Wednesday 25 November, I responded on behalf of HM Opposition to appoint eight members of the Independent Expert Panel, which would provide important support to the work of Parliament's Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS). You can read my speech below: 

On Tuesday 24 November I responded on behalf of HM Opposition to a motion on Virtual Proceedings in parliamentary debates. Before this debate, the Government tried to force through its plan to only extend virtual participation in debates to MPs who are themselves clinically extremely vulnerable by pulling three pieces of business without giving notice to

On Saturday 21 November 2020, I spent the day delivering Diwali boxes to our senior citizens with volunteers from Darlaston All Active.