Virendra Sharma MP

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Virendra

Recent News...

• 28.02.2013 Gender Foeticide Event

  

  Yesterday I spoke at ‘Where Have all The Girls Gone’, an event held at the University of London and hosted by the Sikh Human Rights Group. The event was held to enable the issue of female foeticide, an issue within the UK as well as within India to be addressed...

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• The Kesri Lehar Petition for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in India

  In the House of Commons today, I spoke in the debate on the Kesri Lehar Petition. This petition calls for the Indian Government to sign and ratify the Rome Statute of the International Crime Court to end capital punishment. This is obviously an important human rights issue close to the...

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• 28.02.2013 Calling for fairer Asylum Support for Children and Young People

  Yesterday, in the House of Commons, I called for the Government to offer asylum seeking families better support in this country. The current system is particularly unfair for children and parents with a disability. Earlier this year, I participated in a cross-party inquiry on Asylum support and with...

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• 18.02.2013 National Autistic Society reception for Black and Ethnic Minority Communities

  

  I joined The National Autistic Society last week for a reception on Autism in black and ethnic minority (BME) communities. The project aimed to increase awareness of some of the issues facing families with autism from BME communities and explore any additional barriers to accessing the right support. I made...

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• 18.02.2013 My Next Coffee Morning

  Please join me for my next coffee morning at St John’s Church, Road, Southall UB2 4DH between 10am-12pm on Saturday 23 March 2013. It is an opportunity to meet, raise and issue or just have a chat. Please note if you have a personal casework matter you’d like...

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