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 Vaz Demands Urgent Action on East Park Road Parking |
9th May 2008 - Press ReleaseVazDemands Urgent Action on East Park RoadParking Residentsof East Park Road are regularly witnesses to numerous road trafficaccidents due to the horrific parking situation on the road. Thedouble parked cars are causing congestion which has led to severalaccidents. Residents are becoming concerned for their safety due tothe number of crashes happening outside their...
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| Vaz Supports Lords Amendment on Police Pay |
1 May 2008 -Press ReleaseThe House ofLords last night agreed to an amendment to the Criminal Justice andImmigration Bill which means that if the Government wants to rejectthe pay recommendations made by an independent review board forpolice or prison officers, parliament must first agree. If thisamendment had been in place earlier this year the Police may nothave marched in London or taken th...
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| Vaz calls for halt on immigration raids on South Asian restaurants |
3 April 2008 -Press Release Leicester EastMP Keith Vaz, Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee hascalled for an immediate halt on immigration raids being carried outon South Asian restaurants as they are having a devastating effecton Britain’s catering industry and threaten the countries positionas the cuisine capital of Europe. Mr Vaz and other Members ofParliament have r...
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| Vaz visits site of new double yellow lines at dangerous junction |
7 March 2008 -Press Release Leicester EastMP Keith Vaz will today visit the junction of Gipsy Lane andYorkshire Road, an accident blackspot to view the double yellowlines he has been campaigning for. He will be joined by CouncillorJoshi. The site, outside the Shri Guru Dashmesh Sahib Gurdwara haspreviously been troubling drivers due to the large volume of carsparked there. These parked cars h...
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| Vaz welcomes Sports Minister’s boost to use football facilities. |
17 January2008 - Press ReleaseLeicesterEast MP Keith Vaz has welcomes the visit of Sports Minister GerrySutcliffe MP to Leicester Bharat Football Club on Friday the18th of January at 12:30pm. Mr Vaz haslong championed the club as a means of accessing grassroot playersfor the future. For 12 yearsLeicester Bharat has provided facilities for local children inRushey Mead, now they stand to w...
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| Vaz calls on Fedex to release Leicester students’ parcel |
10 January2008 - Press Release The Rt HonKeith Vaz MP is calling on the shipping company Fedex to releasethe package it is holding in its Accra office. The package was sent by studentsof HamiltonCommunity Collegein Leicester as a Christmas gift to the Children’s Home ofHope orphanage in Ghana. Keith Vaz MPsaid: “The students of Hamilton Community College have spent a great...
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| Prime Minister Celebrates Diwali in Westminster |
14 November 2007- Press Release The Rt HonGordon Brown MP attended Diwali in Westminster this year, theseventh time that it has been celebrated in Parliament. HarrietHarman MP, Leader of the House of Commons and Geoff Hoon MP ChiefWhip also attended the event. During thecelebration the Prime Minister lit the ceremonial candle, acentrepiece to the celebration which liter...
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| Vaz delighted at Government inquiry into video games |
September 2007Leicester East MP Keith Vaz warmlywelcomes the Government’s decision to set up an inquiry into theimpact of violent videogames on children.
Mr Vaz said this was a culmination of a long campaign to try andget Ministers to be more forceful in thinking on this matter. Hisconstituent, teenager Stefan Pakeerah, was stabbed to death inscenes reminiscent of those in the video game ...
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| Vaz concerned with damage caused by Travellers |
6 June 2007 - PressReleaseLocal residents arefrustrated by the continual damage to Bellflower Roadcaused as aresult of Travellers moving to and from their campsite nextto HamiltonLake, in Hamilton,Leicester. The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MPand local Councillor Ramilla Shah will be joined by local residentsthis Friday at 11.45am to convey their anger at this situation. TheRoad has been littered and fen...
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| Press Release - Vaz joins residents to protest about lethal road |
10 May 2007 PRESS RELEASE
Office of Keith Vaz MP Vaz joins residents to protest about lethal road Residents are concerned about another fatal accident on Scraptoft Lane which occurred on Saturday 5 May 2007 at around 10.15pm. This is not the first fatal accident on this road and residents say that it won’t be the last if the council do not do something to stop speeding on this road. ...
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| Press Release - Vaz Celebrates at Local Nursery |
4 May 2007 PRESS RELEASE
Office of Keith Vaz MP Vaz Celebrates at Local Nursery Toddlers and staff at a Montessori Nursery in Leicester celebrated the centenary of Montessori nurseries with a balloon launch and tree planting ceremony on Friday 4 May. The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP joined the ranks of excited toddlers and teachers to cut the ribbon for the tree release the avalanche of balloons...
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| Press Release - Vaz to meet retailers concerning Uppingham Road Closure |
8 March 2007 PRESS RELEASE
Office of Keith Vaz MP Vaz to meet retailers concerning Uppingham Road Closure Uppingham Road is still closed a week after the fire on St Barnabus Road, to the anguish of retailers as they see a drop in revenue. The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP has called upon Leicester City Council to ensure that shopkeepers on Uppingham Road are fully compensated for their losses dur...
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| Press Release - Minister to meet with MPs over the Collapse of the BUSM Pension Scheme |
22 February 2007 Minister to meet with MPs over the Collapse of the BUSM Pension Scheme A meeting has been arranged between Pensions Minister James Purnell and MPs Sir Peter Soulsby MP, David Taylor MP and The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP concerning the Governments policy towards compensation in cases of Private pension scheme collapses. This follows the Judgement by the High Court last week that the...
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