A BIG THANK YOU FROM KEITH VAZ

Keith Vaz was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Leicester East for the sixth time at 4.50am on Friday 7th May 2010 with 25,804 votes, increasing his personal vote by 1789 votes since the 2005 General Election. Keith was elected with the largest number of votes cast for any candidate in the City of Leicester. He has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester East since 1987. During... more...

Keith raises the Peepul Centre in Parliament

Leader of the House of Commons, Harriet Harman promised this week in Business Questions to facilitate a meeting... more...

Vaz visits Soar Valley College

Local MP Keith Vaz has visited the new building of local college Soar valley. He said:... more...

Bachchan accepts mobile unit from Prime Minister

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined together at an event last night in praise of the work of the diabetes awareness charity. The Prime Minister presented Big B with a Silver Star mobile diabetes unit which will be based in Mumbai and will test thousands of... more...

Dinner in Shilpa's honour at the House of Commons

Bollywood superstar Shilpa Shetty had her recent marriage to businessman Raj Kundra celebrated with a special dinner in their honour at the House of Commons, in the British Parliament. The dinner was hosted by Keith Vaz Britain's... more...

Statement - British passports (Dubai)

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): Will the Minister confirm that he has had a conversation with the Home Secretary or Ministers in the Home Office about the forging of passports?... more...

Binyam Mohammed

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): May I join the Foreign Secretary and others in congratulating the security services on their professionalism? May I also take him back to the police... more...

Crime and Security Bill

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab): I welcome the proposal. Has the Minister had an opportunity to read the Select Committee on Home Affairs report, "Policing in the 21st Century", which... more...

Key indicators of the office

These are the Key Indicators from my offices, they breakdown what activity takes place on behalf of constituents in Leicester East and Westminster. These figures will be updated every month in this section of my website. Please email me if you have any queries. Keith Vaz MP... more...

New Statesman - MPs warn of knife crime 'arms race'

Young people carry knives because of perceived threat from others, says committee An influential committee of MPs has warned that a knife-crime “arms race” is developing among young people, as... more...

The Times - Investgation of colleges by the Times prompts parliamentary inquiry

A parliamentary inquiry has been ordered after an investigation by The Times exposed rampant abuse of Britain’s immigration controls by fraudsters at a network of bogus international colleges. The Home... more...

Tribune - Immigration

Introduction The great debate on immigration has begun. After many years during which the subject has been taboo both Alan Johnson and Gordon Brown want to engage... more...

House Magazine - The 30 year anniversary of the Select Committee

My first full session as Chair of the Home Affairs Committee has proved quite a remarkable one with a number of highlights that have made me realise the full force... more...

I hold surgeries in my constituency every Friday. To contact Keith please write to: Constituency Office: Keith Vaz 144 Uppingham Road Leicester LE5 0QF Phone: 0116 212 2028 Fax: 0116 212 2121 E-mail: info@keithvaz.org Parliamentary Office: Keith Vaz House of Commons London SW1A 0AA Phone: 020 7219 4605 Fax: 020 7219 3922 E-mail: info@keithvaz.org...