Speeches by Wheeler.

“Throughout the year I have been working with residents in Astley in my constituency. Four large warehouses, each measuring up to 60 feet high, are being built close to hundreds of houses and a primary school. Although they have planning consent from the local authority, residents are rightly concerned that the consulta…”

“We are coming back to the earlier debate that was slightly curtailed while we took a detour through Claire’s questions. If there were to be published call lists, do you see any potential downsides? I know there is a concern about a potential risk of the Chamber being sparsely populated if Members knew exactly when they…”

“To pick up on something you touched on, I think there is broad agreement around aims, and the desire not to see an empty Chamber or to damage the quality of debate. You touched on how, currently, it is governed by convention, and the enforcement of those conventions relies—possibly quite heavily—on the discretion of th…”

“I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and to my proud membership of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and the GMB. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (Justin Madders), who has just popped out for some well-earned tea, f…”

“I fully agree with my hon. Friend that the probation period is the core of the answer to the question from the hon. Member for Bridgwater (Sir Ashley Fox). Does my hon. Friend agree that a large part of the fear we see is due to scaremongering and misinformation spread by Opposition Members?”

“On accessing the rights in the Bill, does my hon. Friend agree that, for people going about their busy daily lives at work and possibly struggling to make ends meet, there is a fundamental difference between a right to a contract with guaranteed hours and a right to request one?”

“Last week I had the privilege of visiting the outstanding Red Watch at Eccles fire station, where officers’ professionalism and dedication were plain to see as they talked me through their lifesaving work. The station is home to one of only two specialist water incident units across Greater Manchester, which can often …”

“With the existence of both—or as it is, principles in practice—are there any examples of where the codification has ended up in conflict with a principle, with friction between the two?”

“Drilling down into this, Mr Philip, although I appreciate that the answer might be the same, my understanding is that the SRA has both principles—you have described the move towards principles—and rules in place for certain aspects. How does that work in practice? Do they carry the same importance in regulatory complia…”

“Alongside the Government’s actions on increasing the provision of affordable, available and accessible childcare, I strongly welcome this review as a real step forward. Does the Minister agree that, for many, the complexities of the system form a real barrier to accessing it, and that for low-paid workers in particular…”

“My constituents regularly contact me about the need to improve dementia care. I remember the impact that dementia had on my grandparents and my family, so I sympathise profoundly with everyone impacted by it. I was therefore delighted when my constituent Joy Watson was awarded the British empire medal in the King’s bir…”

“Across my constituency, grassroots sports clubs do an incredible job of promoting physical and mental wellbeing. Eccles RFC does wonderful work to deliver parity for its girls’ team, ensuring that rugby is an open and inclusive sport, and Boothstown FC has done a fantastic to enable boys and girls to benefit from footb…”

“I welcome my hon. Friend’s intervention, but I do not need to interrupt my speech, because I am about to deal with exactly that point. New clause 48 would create a specific offence along similar lines to cover delivery workers, which is incredibly welcome. These workers deserve protection just as much as in-store staff…”

“I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and my membership of the trade union USDAW. I rise to support new clause 48, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Knowsley (Anneliese Midgley). Before becoming a Member of Parliament, I was proud to campaign for many years alongside retai…”

“Picking up on the third category that you defined, where there is no conflict of interest or conflict with the primary role of being an MP, how do you envisage MPs being able to evidence that there is no conflict?”

“To drill down further—but to flip the question—how do you think the Standards Commissioner and the House in general should look at and judge whether an MP is treating their parliamentary role as their primary job?”

“Forgive us—we do have to test and probe the line, because you can be sure that the line would be tested and probed if it became one.”

“Slightly more broadly, if we went down this path, is there a risk that this particular exemption would lead to a wide range of activities not being subject to indicative limits?”

“So there could well be a cumulative aspect as well?”

“I want to look specifically at named day questions, because our most recent set of statistics shows that they are forming a lower percentage of the overall number of questions, yet the drop-off in the number hitting their named day has been more significant. Despite the fact that they are a lower percentage, the drop-o…”