Sir Charles Walker repeats his call for the UK Government to introduce a nasal vaccine as there have been high levels of efficacy proven in trials.
Sir Charles Walker tables amendments to the Health and Care Bill to change all general references to health to “mental health and physical health” to reflect the need for parity between mental and physical health as “there is no physical health without good mental health, and good mental health means good physical health”.
Speaking in the debate on strengthening standards in public life, Sir Charles Walker condemns those who use the debate as an opportunity to push their political agenda by labelling the House of Commons as “a cesspit and full of sleaze” and revelling in making MPs’ and Parliament’s standing even worse.
Sir Charles Walker chaired a packed debate in Westminster Hall to consider the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and the other British dual nationals being held in Iran and announced at the outset that the usual sub judice rule will not apply in order to allow full reference to those proceedings as they concern issues of national importance.
Intervening in a Westminster Hall debate in advance of the publication of the Government’s new Tobacco Control Plan, Sir Charles Walker highlights that the challenge is to move people addicted nicotine to less harmful forms of delivering the drug.
Following an Urgent Question on the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme, Sir Charles Walker raises concerns about Afghan nationals in countries outside Afghanistan who qualify for UK settlement and are in need of support to ensure a safe route to the UK.