Speeches by Edwards.

“Following up on that point, do you think there is a negativity around it that has come from other practices? Obviously, if they are already used to the idea of dynamic pricing but did not call it that before, do you think a change in consumer attitude might need to take place?”

“Q12. Tamworth castle, which boasts 1,000 years of history, was recently added to the “Heritage at Risk” register following my campaign about its future. Despite needing repairs, it provides a unique and valuable learning environment, welcoming both the public and schools to learn about Tamworth’s rich history. Will the…”

“When do you expect to see a strategic summit between the Prime Minister and President von der Leyen? What are the outputs you would like to see from such a summit?”

“Great. You have talked a bit about the scoping conversations you have had; can you describe any of the potential barriers that you have identified in those conversations?”

“Lastly, I want to ask whether or not there is going to be a road map and, if there is going to be one, whether you can give further information about what that might look like when working with the EU on trying to advance some of these conversations?”

“I want to pick up on the discussion that you were having about free trade agreements and the slight shift away from them. We have just completed one of the many roundtable discussions and tours, and when we were having the discussion about trade, what was coming up a lot was the lack of clarity about why particular fre…”

“St Giles Hospice in my constituency has funding challenges like any other. One thing that staff mentioned to me was the sustainability of when they are contracted to do things. Is the Department considering the timing and not just the funding, to enable better planning and better staff planning?”

“I wish to raise the case of my constituent Mitch Middleton, who has refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma in his brain. Following radiotherapy, the cancer has returned and the NHS has given him six to 12 months to live. The treatment that he needs is called chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, and it …”

“Merry Christmas to you, Mr Speaker, and to your team and to colleagues across the House. My constituents have long felt the impacts of flooding, and many residents have been isolated in rural areas after a storm. I have recently produced a flooding report. Will the Minister meet me to discuss it, so that I can support …”

“Did you bring any additional workers in to work for Amazon during that period of time, so change the number of people who worked for the company during the time that you received the notification for recognition?”

“So they were allowed unfettered access. They could speak with them at any point, any time they wanted.”

“What about the internal apps, TV screens and noticeboards that you could make use of? Did you allow the GMB to make use of those as well, to make sure that it was a free and fair ballot?”

“You have touched on this a little bit, but I want to get a bit more detail on your approaches to industrial relations. Can you describe BAE versus JLR and give a bit of a flavour? Secondly, do you anticipate any change to your approaches due to the Bill?”

“Will you change your approaches? Can you describe your current approach to industrial relations and bring a bit of colour into that picture?”

“Would you describe it more as a partnership?”

“It is very nice to see you again, Amanda. We have both spent time outside Amazon. The pathway to get to recognition is a very long one, isn’t it? It takes years. On average, it takes two years or sometimes three years. You have been working on it that entire time, and so have your colleagues in the team, so you have ob…”

“There is a wider conversation to be had here about the level of unionisation across the workforce. In 1995, it was about 32%; that dropped to 22% in 2022. Should the reforms focus on the access, bargaining position or awareness of workers, or do we need a bigger conversation about the future of the UK’s industrial rela…”

“In 2023, Amazon made about $575 billion in global sales. That equates to it being the 25th largest economy, equivalent to Ireland or Argentina, so there is a lot of power there, and perhaps we might say a lot of imbalances. You mentioned wanting to operate a free and fair ballot, so I wanted to ask a few questions abou…”

“The question was specifically about expressing the views on the ballot, not about what you generally talk about in running the business day to day. Specifically, how many times did you meet employees to express the management’s views, and how did you express those views?”

“So you did not organise and invite them to any meetings directly.”