About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Valerie Vaz) represents you, and all of the people who live in Walsall and Bloxwich, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Walsall and Bloxwich

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Walsall South

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @valerievazmp.bsky.social
• @Valerie_VazMP
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Valerie Vaz campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Health
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Education
• International Development
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Telephone Services
• Burma
• Internet
• Buildings
• Epilepsy

Currently held offices

• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 30 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Panel of Chairs (21 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (10 May 2023 to 18 May 2023)
• Member, Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee ( 8 Feb 2023 to 22 Feb 2023)
• Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee (16 Nov 2022 to 22 Nov 2022)
• Member, Shark Fins Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2022 to 16 Nov 2022)
• Member, Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 10 Feb 2022)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 17 May 2022)
• Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee ( 1 Dec 2021 to 14 Dec 2021)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (16 Jan 2020 to 8 Jun 2021)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (31 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (21 Nov 2016 to 9 May 2021)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (21 Nov 2016 to 9 May 2021)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 7 Oct 2016 to 9 May 2021)
• Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee ( 7 Mar 2016 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) ( 5 Nov 2015 to 26 Nov 2015)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (25 Jun 2015 to 11 Oct 2016)
• Member, House of Commons Governance Committee (16 Oct 2014 to 17 Dec 2014)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Employment Rights Bill Committee (6 out of 21)
• Chairman, Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Chairman, Product Regulation and Metrology Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Shark Fins Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• UK Infrastructure Bank Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Finance No. 2 Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (8 out of 14)
• NHS (Charitable Trusts Etc) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (3 out of 4)
• Criminal Justice and Courts Bill Committee (12 out of 13)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• PREVENTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FRAUD BILL Committee (1 out of 1)
• Crime and Courts Bill Committee (10 out of 13)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Backbench Business: Music Education — [Valerie Vaz in the Chair] 3 Jul 2025

  Order. Will the Minister wind up?

• Backbench Business: Music Education — [Valerie Vaz in the Chair] 3 Jul 2025

  Order. We will not get a chance for Mr Charalambous to wind up if the Minister has not finished. Has she finished?

• Backbench Business: Music Education — [Valerie Vaz in the Chair] 3 Jul 2025

  The hon. Member has failed to take the opportunity to give us a verse of “Kumbaya”.

More of Valerie Vaz’s recent appearances