On Wednesday 15 April 2026 the Childrens Wellbeing and Schools Bill returned for further consideration in the Commons. The Government agreed to some important amendments from the Lords. For example, amendment 17B strengthens the right of children in care to maintain contact with their siblings, including half and stepsiblings. Too many children in care lose

On Wednesday 15 April 2026, the Pensions Scheme Bill returned to the Commons as amended by the Lords.  As the Pensions Minister noted, this is a complex piece of legislation with one simple goal: higher returns for pension savers. The Government made a number of technical changes in the House of Lords to ensure the

There was a memorial held on 15 April 2026 in St Mary Undercroft, the Chapel in the Palace of Westminster to remember the 97 children women and men who died on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough. 

The names of the dead were read out by the MPs. There was a minute silence and the Speakers Chaplin

The Bill returned to the Commons on 14 April 2026 and Lords amendments 261 and 262 give effect to the Government’s commitment to criminalise the possession and publication of pornographic images that depict strangulation and suffocation. This is a key part of the violence against women and girls strategy and was also highlighted by Baroness Bertin’s

I chaired the second Delegated Legislation Committee on Tuesday 14 April 2026: The Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026. 

The purpose of this instrument is to extend by six months (to October 2026) the power granted to the Secretary of State by the Energy Prices Act 2022 to give support for

I was delighted to attend the Vaisakhi celebrations on 13 April 2026 at Number 10 Downing Street with members of the Sikh community. My guest was Jag Mavi BEM, who is involved with the Gurdwara in Caldmore and who leads on Culture and Wellbeing for His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service in the West Midlands

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On 28 March 2026 over 100 protesters marched from the Sister Dora statue to the Leather Museum to protest about the relocation of the Museum announced by the Council on 11 March and the use of the Building by Walsall College.

Lauren Broxton, leather designer and fashion lecturer at Birmingham City University opened the speeches. I