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Keep updated with the latest news locally, media coverage and news from Parliament.
I was pleased to attend an event at the High Commission of India to say farewell to Counsellor Ovessa Iqbal who has been posted to the UK for 2 years. Ovessa will now serve the mission in Turkey.
Members of the Indian and other Communities gathered to hear the High Commissioner HE Vikram Doraiswami set out the work that was undertaken by the Counsellors in the community.
Here you can read the eNews for June-July 2025
As a member of the Panel of Chairs I chaired the first of two debates in Westminster Hall on 22 July 2025.
The motion proposed by Antonia Bance MP (Tipton and Wednesbury) was that "This House has considered Black Country Day."
The Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Housing , Communities and Local Government, Alex Norris MP responded to the debate.
On Tuesday 22 July 2025 I chaired the second debate in Westminster Hall on the Future of Gene Editing.
The motion was a half hour debate proposed by Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP ( N.E Cambridgeshire) and the debate was responded to by the Minister for Food and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner MP.
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