In Parliament

Deputy PM backs local MP on Oxford gang sentences

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has backed a call by Margot James, MP for Stourbridge, for the courts to impose the severest-possible penalties against the Oxford gang that exploited young and vulnerable girls.

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MP welcomes moves to shorten deportation process

Following the Home Secretary’s statement to the House of Commons on the case of Abu Qatada, Margot James welcomes moves to reduce the layers of appeal available to foreign criminals fighting deportation.

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Margot James calls for more girls to choose a career in engineering

Margot James questions the Government about what can be done to increase the number of girls choosing a career in engineering.

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Select Committee

The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee met on 21st May to take further evidence on Apprenticeships

Evidence was heard from Paul Coxhead, Chief Executive of Logistics Apprenticeship Training Agency in the West Midlands and John Hayes MP, the Minister of State for Further Education.

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The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee met on 17th May to take evidence on the Post Office Network Transformation

Evidence was heard from Paula Vennells, Chief Executive, Post Office Ltd, and George Thomson, General Secretary, National Federation of Sub Postmasters.

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BIS Select Committee meeting summary - 26th April 2012

The Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee met on 26th April to take further evidence on apprenticeships.

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Proud of Stourbridge

Margot James welcomes PM comments on Dudley dementia care

Margot James has welcomed the Prime Minister’s comments on Dudley’s approach to caring for people with dementia.

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MP congratulates community organization on lottery funding success

Margot James has congratulated Apni Zaroorat Community Network, a community organization in Stourbridge, on receiving £10,000 in funding from the Big Lottery Fund.

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MP congratulates charity on funding for youth engagement

Margot James has congratulated Leaps and Bounds Trust Ltd, a Stourbridge community organisation, on receiving £9,800 in funding from the Big Lottery Fund.

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Margot James congratulates Stourbridge Rotary Club on 80th Anniversary

7th June 2012

Margot James attended a special lunch at Hagley Golf and Country Club on Wednesday 6th June to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Stourbridge Rotary Club.

As part of the celebrations, Rotarians from the twinned group in Sturbridge, Massachusetts flew from the USA to mark the occasion for their 30th anniversary.

Margot said “I would like to give my heartfelt congratulations to all members of both Stourbridge and Sturbridge Rotary Clubs on their respective 80th and 30th Anniversaries. I feel immensely privileged to have been invited as guest speaker for the occasion and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with rotary members from both sides of the Atlantic, to whom I wish many more years of success to come”

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