Information between 27th October 2025 - 6th November 2025
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28 Oct 2025 - China Spying Case - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 327 |
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28 Oct 2025 - Stamp Duty Land Tax - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 329 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 323 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 306 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 328 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 311 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 82 Noes - 314 |
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29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 103 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 153 Noes - 332 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 322 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 323 |
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27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 314 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 152 Noes - 337 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 284 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 151 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 280 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 150 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 153 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 155 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 285 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 152 |
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5 Nov 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context John Whitby voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 264 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 268 Noes - 80 |
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4 Nov 2025 - Supporting High Streets - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 321 |
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4 Nov 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context John Whitby voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 403 |
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Recycling: Standards
Asked by: John Whitby (Labour - Derbyshire Dales) Wednesday 5th November 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department plans to issue to Material Recovery Facilities to ensure consistent sorting standards. Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra does not plan to issue specific guidance on sorting requirements for Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs).
We are working with WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) and waste industry representatives to support MRF readiness for the Simpler Recycling requirements. We have engaged with MRF operators and local authorities through WRAP’s MRF Forum to identify challenges with MRF capacity, investment and upgrade timelines, and to work with the sector to identify interventions to support MRFs as they prepare for Simpler Recycling. WRAP is developing interventions to support local authorities with the procurement of new MRF contracts, determine the potential future composition of dry mixed recyclable waste streams and the associated financial implications.
Those MRF operators engaged with us are aware of their obligations and are working hard to upgrade their facilities to ensure they can separate the target materials as required by Simpler Recycling. |
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Personal Care Services: Off-payroll Working
Asked by: John Whitby (Labour - Derbyshire Dales) Thursday 30th October 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the rise in disguised employment in the hair and beauty sector. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) HMRC is committed to ensuring that the tax system operates fairly and efficiently and creates a level playing field for compliant businesses. Most businesses pay what they owe but a minority fail to register with HMRC or only declare a portion of their earnings.
HMRC is committed to tackling false self-employment and will investigate evidence suggesting businesses have misclassified individuals for tax purposes. In these cases, HMRC will take steps to ensure they pay the right Income Tax and National Insurance contributions.
HMRC recognises that some customers can find it hard to understand their tax obligations. HMRC is developing and testing new educational material specific to the hair and beauty sector to explain better the rent-a-chair model, making it easier for customers to get things right. |
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3rd November 2025
John Whitby (Labour - Derbyshire Dales) 8. Miscellaneous Derby City Councillor, (unpaid since 10 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1) Source |
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Monday 27th October John Whitby signed this EDM on Tuesday 18th November 2025 Buying community energy locally 57 signatures (Most recent: 19 Nov 2025)Tabled by: Abtisam Mohamed (Labour - Sheffield Central) That this House recognises the many social, economic and environmental benefits that community energy schemes create; notes that the number of such schemes would grow greatly if they were enabled to sell their clean power directly to households and businesses in their communities; welcomes the Minister for Energy Security and … |
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Tuesday 11th November John Whitby signed this EDM on Thursday 13th November 2025 50 signatures (Most recent: 17 Nov 2025) Tabled by: Peter Prinsley (Labour - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) That this House recognises the importance of the BBC in providing impartial and factual news coverage; supports the principle of an independent BBC free from the influence of Government; and urges renewed efforts to defend public service broadcasting in the face of current challenges and opposition. |
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4 Nov 2025, 5:43 p.m. - House of Commons "to this government's efforts. >> John Whitby is absolutely right. That is a very welcome and much " Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP (East Ham, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Oral Evidence - WWF UK, Aldersgate Group, and Global Solidarity Levies Task Force Secretariat Environmental Audit Committee Found: Sarah Gibson; Alison Griffiths; Chris Hinchliff; Dr Roz Savage; Blake Stephenson; Alison Taylor; John Whitby |
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Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Oral Evidence - Climate Change Committee Environmental Audit Committee Found: Sarah Gibson; Alison Griffiths; Chris Hinchliff; Dr Roz Savage; Blake Stephenson; Alison Taylor; John Whitby |
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Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Oral Evidence - Embassy of Brazil Environmental Audit Committee Found: Sarah Gibson; Alison Griffiths; Chris Hinchliff; Dr Roz Savage; Blake Stephenson; Alison Taylor; John Whitby |
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Tuesday 11th November 2025 9:30 a.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 12th November 2025 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The Seventh Carbon Budget At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Shaun Spiers - Executive Director at Green Alliance Professor Joeri Rogelj - Professor of Climate Science & Policy and Director of Research at Imperial College Business School and Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Mike Childs - Head of Science, Policy and Research at Friends of the Earth Sam Hunter Jones - Senior Lawyer at ClientEarth Professor Michael Grubb - Professor of Energy and Climate Change at UCL, and Strategy Director at Economics of Energy Innovation and Systems Transition View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 26th November 2025 4 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |