I chaired sessions of the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill Committee on Tuesday 13 May 2025 from 2pm – 5pm and Thursday from 11.30- 2pm. The Bill committee considered the proposed legislation in detail in a line by line scrutiny…
I was delighted to attend the British Book Awards at the Grosvenor Hotel on 12 May 2025 now in its 35th year as a guest of The Bookseller and the Reading Agency. There was a new Category for Library of the Year and the winners were…
This year is the 55th Earth Day, and events are taking place throughout the year to celebrate this milestone. The theme of this year is ‘Our Power, Our Planet’, calling for everyone to unite around renewable energy. I visited Caldmore…
I was invited to meet the MPs elected by Whitehall Infants School. Their teacher Ms Barter said they were keen to meet me to discuss democracy and Parliament. So I visited the School on Friday 9 May 2025. There was an asembley where the…
Many around the world and my constituents in Walsall and Bloxwich from both countries were alarmed on 7 May 2025 to hear of the India’s strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir following the attacks on tourists in Pahalgam. It…
I was delighted to visit North Walsall Primary Academy on Friday 2 May 2025. Mrs Khera showed me around the school and I met some of the children who visited Parliament last month. The children said they thoroughly enjoyed the education…