I was pleased to attend the recall of Parliament on Saturday 12 April 2025 to introduce emergency legislation regarding steel undertakings. These undertakings will allow the Government to direct the workforce and order the raw materials needed to keep the blast furnaces running at British Steel. Today, we take decisive action to keep all options

Walsall Black Sisters Collective is a registered charity that has been providing a community-based provision for BAME and the wider community within the borough of Walsall for over 30 years. They work in partnership with statutory agencies and other voluntary organisations to meet the health and social needs of local people; ensuring that services are appropriate and sensitive and

Butts Primary School which is in the St Matthews Ward visited 10 Downing Street and I was delighted to meet them at the gates before going inside. Year 6 class had a conducted tour of No10 and the rooms which included the dining room used for the Covid Conferences.

While we were on the famous staircase

The House of Commons  voted on motions to approve the following regulations on 2 April 2025:

1  The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 were first laid before the House of Commons on 4 March 2025, and enable market surveillance authorities properly to enforce the latest EU rules which apply

Parkrun UK, the organisation behind the weekly runs in local communities, held a launch event in Parliament on 2 April 2025 to promote the new Parkwalk initiative before the national launch on 26 April 2025. I was with my Colleagues Nick Smith MP Chair of the APPG John Slinger MP Chair APPG on Running.

The Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP made a statement to the Commons on Wednesday 2 April 2025  to announce £37 million for 300 primary schools to open and expand nurseries.

I am delighted that Busill Jones Primary in Bloxwich is one of the 300 schools that have been granted

North Walsall Primary Academy in Blakenall, has around 250 students from Nursery to Year 6. Year 5 and Year 6 with Head of the Academy Sabrina Khera (pictured) visited the Education Centre on 2 April and were given the background to how Parliament works.

It was great to see how the children  understood the passage of the Bill.

On 1 April 2025 the Bill had its at Second Reading in the Commons.

The Bill was initially introduced in the House of Lords on 4 September 2024 and first read in the Commons on 13 March 2025. 

On leaving the EU, the UK set up an independent regime for a product safety and metrology framework.