Information between 26th March 2025 - 25th April 2025
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26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 303 |
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 72 Noes - 304 |
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 137 Noes - 304 |
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler 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 - 366 Noes - 41 |
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 307 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 104 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 305 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 302 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 167 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 170 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 62 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 306 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler 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 - 302 Noes - 167 |
31 Mar 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 164 |
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 303 Noes - 110 |
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 293 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 110 Noes - 302 |
2 Apr 2025 - Onshore Wind and Solar Generation - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 299 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 100 |
2 Apr 2025 - Energy Conservation - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 288 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 349 Noes - 14 |
2 Apr 2025 - Driving Licences: Zero Emission Vehicles - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 101 |
24 Apr 2025 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 212 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 230 |
24 Apr 2025 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 210 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 212 |
23 Apr 2025 - Sewage - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 69 |
23 Apr 2025 - Sewage - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 302 |
23 Apr 2025 - Hospitals - View Vote Context Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 307 |
Speeches |
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Michael Wheeler speeches from: School-based Nursery Capital Grants
Michael Wheeler contributed 1 speech (120 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development |
Michael Wheeler speeches from: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
Michael Wheeler contributed 8 speeches (888 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
Written Answers |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Patient Choice Schemes
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles) Monday 31st March 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the (a) consultation on NHS Right to Choose ADHD changes and (b) use of feedback from that consultation. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds. The abolition of NHS England will strip out the unnecessary bureaucracy and cut the duplication that comes from having two organisations doing the same job; we will empower staff to focus on delivering better care for patients, driving productivity up and getting waiting times down. |
Hydrogen: National Grid
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to integrate hydrogen into the National Grid. Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) Blending low carbon hydrogen into the existing gas networks may have value, in certain circumstances, to support the early development of the hydrogen economy and the wider energy system.
The Government remains committed to assessing the case for hydrogen blending into the gas transmission network. This work aims to gather evidence on the feasibility, costs and benefits of hydrogen blending. |
Asylum: Applications
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles) Tuesday 1st April 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average waiting time for asylum decisions; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce the average time. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office) The average time taken to process a substantive decision is not currently available from published data, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost. However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of asylum claims awaiting an initial decision by duration. This data can be found at table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum and resettlement summary tables’. Additionally, data on the percentage of applications processed within 6 months is published in table ASY_01 of the ‘Immigration and Protection’ data of the Migration Transparency Data collection. We are restoring order to the asylum system so that every part – border security, case processing, appeals and returns – operate swiftly. As a result, asylum decision making increased by 52% in the last three months of 2024. The Home Office continues to take action to speed up asylum processing whilst maintaining the integrity of the system. |
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles) Thursday 3rd April 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Salford City Council and (b) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.for road maintenance in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26. Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Both Salford City Council and Wigan Metropolitan Borough are constituent members of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). During 2024/25, the Government allocated funds to GMCA through its City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), which includes consolidated funding for highway maintenance funding for all its constituent authorities. In addition to this funding, during 2024/25 GMCA received a £4.4 million funding uplift as part of the previous Government’s Network North plan.
For 2025/26, GMCA will receive an Integrated Settlement from the Government, into which CRSTS will be consolidated. In addition to this funding, GMCA will receive an additional £14.8 million from the highway maintenance funding uplift announced in this Government’s 2024 Budget.
Funding allocations for CRSTS and highway maintenance are published on gov.uk. |
Sick Leave and Statutory Sick Pay
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles) Tuesday 8th April 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 7.2 to 7.4 of her Department’s publication entitled Final stage impact assessment: Improve access to Statutory Sick Pay by removing the Lower Earnings Limit and removing the waiting period, published on 21 October 2024, what estimate she has made of the proportion of sickness absences that last at least four weeks; and what average length of sickness absence was estimated to calculate the annual cost of Statutory Sick Pay for businesses. Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) There is no administrative data collected or recorded when an employee takes a sickness absence. The best evidence available uses findings from the Employee Survey (Employee research Phase 2: Sickness absence and return to work. Quantitative and qualitative research: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64108286d3bf7f02f6e38078/employee-research-phase-2-sickness-absence-and-return-to-work-quantitative-qualitative.pdf.)
The survey showed that 64% of respondents had no sickness absence. Of those that do have a sickness absence, 13% of those who have a sickness absence reported an absence of more than 3 weeks. The majority of sickness absences were for up to a week (57%) followed by between 1 to 2 weeks (20%), and between 2 to 3 weeks (10%). These figures demonstrate that when workers took sickness absence, it was usually for a short period of time.
Of those who have had a sickness absence, many would receive Occupational Sick Pay. The Employee Survey findings suggest 57% of employees said they would receive OSP, while a further 9% said they would receive some combination of both SSP and OSP. 26% would receive SSP, while the remaining 8% do not know.
The estimated cost to business of SSP reforms is derived from a simulation model that incorporates raw sickness absence data from the DWP Employee Survey 2023 alongside characteristic information from the Family Resources Survey. (Family Resources Survey: financial year 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK) |
Relationships and Sex Education
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Preparing for Healthy Relationships toolkit developed by the Mayor of London to address violence against women and girls; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of rolling the toolkit out nationally. Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education) The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. Education has a crucial role to play in preventing and tackling harmful behaviour, helping children and young people to develop empathy, boundaries and respect for difference. Through compulsory relationships education, all pupils will learn how to form positive and respectful relationships and develop an understanding of the concepts and laws around sexual harassment and sexual violence. The department is reviewing the statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum, and as part of this review we are looking at how to ensure that the guidance equips pupils, starting in primary, to form healthy and respectful relationships. We are analysing consultation responses, talking to stakeholders and considering relevant evidence to determine how this can fully complement our wider actions to tackle VAWG. Ministers have been clear that the RSHE guidance must support schools to tackle misogynistic attitudes and help students gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop healthy relationships. We are currently considering how best to support teachers to deliver high-quality RSHE and are aware of many of the programmes and toolkits already in place, including the Healthy Relationships toolkit developed by Tender and launched by the Mayor of London, which we understand is free for schools to use if they wish. As with other curriculum subjects, the department does not advise schools on which resources, external speakers or organisations to use, not least because schools operate in a variety of different contexts and have both the expertise and knowledge that makes them best placed to make these decisions. The department does not endorse or promote third-party resources to schools. |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
233 speeches (32,168 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) Members for Worsley and Eccles (Michael Wheeler), for Bathgate and Linlithgow (Kirsteen Sullivan) and - Link to Speech 2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough) Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles (Michael Wheeler) pointed out, this is a fast-moving environment - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Mr Nigel Evans, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, and Baroness Laing of Elderslie Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee Found: Kelly Foy; Tracy Gilbert; Richard Holden; Gurinder Singh Josan; Joy Morrissey; Lee Pitcher; Michael Wheeler |
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Natascha Engel, and Baroness Primarolo Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee Found: Kelly Foy; Tracy Gilbert; Richard Holden; Gurinder Singh Josan; Joy Morrissey; Lee Pitcher; Michael Wheeler |
Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Michael Wheeler MP relating to Royal Mail deliveries, 20 March 2025 Business and Trade Committee Found: Letter from Michael Wheeler MP relating to Royal Mail deliveries, 20 March 2025 Correspondence |
Calendar |
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Elections within the House of Commons At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Natascha Engel The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Nigel Evans The Rt Hon. the Baroness Laing of Elderslie DBE The Rt Hon. the Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Elections within the House of Commons At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Natascha Engel The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Nigel Evans The Rt Hon. the Baroness Laing of Elderslie DBE The Rt Hon. the Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Karin Smyth MP - Minister of State at Department of Health and Social Care View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 At 3:00pm: Oral evidence Karin Smyth MP - Minister of State at Department of Health and Social Care Tom Riordan CBE - Second Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 View calendar - Add to calendar |
Wednesday 14th May 2025 2:30 p.m. Procedure Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 13th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:15am: Oral evidence Cristina Nicolotti Squires - Group Director for Broadcasting and Media at Ofcom Kate Davies - Public Policy Director at Ofcom View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m. Committee on Standards - Oral evidence Subject: Outside employment and interests At 10:30am: Oral evidence Sebastian Enser Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at LBC Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC At 11:30am: Oral evidence Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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28 Apr 2025
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 Procedure Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions Written questions (WPQs) allow MPs to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. The cross-Whitehall performance standard is 85% for timely provision of written answers, where responses are deemed ‘on time’ for Ordinary Questions if they are provided within five working days of being tabled, and deemed ‘on time’ for Named Day questions if answers are provided by the specified date. Since 2010, the Procedure Committee has been routinely engaged in the monitoring of Government responses to WPQs. The Committee is currently analysing departments’ performance in responding to WPQs during the 2024-25 Session, and will produce its report in due course. |