Valerie Vaz’s work in Parliament - West Midlands Labour

Valerie Vaz MP in Parliament

Topical Questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Valerie Vaz made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Minister please update the House on the cases of the British citizens Morad Tahbaz and Mehran Raoof, who are still in Evin prison in Iran?

Health and Social Care: Leadership and Management

Health and Social Care

Valerie Vaz made a speech in the House of Commons

I have already raised the issue of the governance at Walsall Manor Hospital. I welcome the Messenger-Pollard review—the Secretary of State will know that there is also a report called...

Solar Farms and Battery Storage

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you for calling me to speak, Mr Paisley, and it is a pleasure to serve under you as Chairman. I thank the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (James Gray) for securing this debate and I...

Standards in Public Life

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for giving way. Will he say what the position is if the Prime Minister has broken the law? Does he accept that that is a breach of the ministerial code?

Standards in Public Life

Commons debates

Before the Minister does that, will he give way?

FCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding Levels - [Hannah Bardell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I will not take the full amount of time available to me; everybody can go and have a cup of coffee or something afterwards, given the early start. I thank everyone who has taken part in this...

FCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding Levels - [Hannah Bardell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. As she will know—she has clearly been listening to what I have been saying—it is so important for the future of the staff and the country...

FCDO Diplomatic Staff: Funding Levels - [Hannah Bardell in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered funding levels for diplomatic staff in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. It is a pleasure to open the debate with you in the Chair,...

Foreign National Offender Removal Flights

Commons debates

I have written to, I think, my third Minister about the case of a person who stabbed a constituent of mine—he wanted to murder her—and is still in the country. If I write to the...

Tackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living Increases

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Anneusb Marie Morris). It is sad that our Gracious Sovereign missed announcing the Government’s programme, but we look forward...

Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus

House of Commons Commission

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many positive covid-19 cases were recorded on the Parliamentary estate in each month from November 2021 to...

Carbon Emissions

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on creating a register of carbon offset schemes in the UK to monitor the purchase of viable...

Prime Minister’s Visit to India

Commons debates

The Minister said that we are at the start of the negotiations; will she confirm that the trade unions, business and civil society will be included in any discussions in both countries?

Business Travel: Electric Vehicles

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of increasing the reimbursement of business travel in fully electric company cars.

Coronavirus: Screening

Department of Health and Social Care

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reintroducing free covid-19 lateral flow tests for asymptomatic clinically...

Post Office: ICT

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps for (a) breach of contract and (b) enforcing appropriate financial remedies against Fujitsu...

Post Office: ICT

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Post Office Horizon scandal, if the Government will take steps to commence directors...

Post Office: ICT

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to recover bonuses paid to company directors during the Post Office Horizon scandal.

Hospitality Industry: Small Businesses

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to small hospitality businesses affected by rising (a) fuel costs and (b) VAT from 1 April 2022.

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Valerie Vaz received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has allocated resources to recover the money lost to fraud as part of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme; and what...