Employment Rights Bill

Debate between Michael Wheeler and Sam Rushworth

Consideration of Lords amendments
Monday 15th September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Sam Rushworth]

It will not surprise my hon. Friend to hear that I completely agree with that assessment. They are clearly not on the side of my constituents or the people I am talking about, who just do not feel that they can assert their rights. Too many feel completely powerless, so it is right that we put the onus where it is. I will vote against the attempts in the Lords to water down that part of the Bill.

[Michael Wheeler]

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?

[Sam Rushworth]

There is a difference. My hon. Friend is an expert in this field, having come to us from USDAW, and I know that those who worked on the Bill will have thought this through carefully. It certainly chimes with my experience. People should not need to have to request and assert their rights; they should be given those rights. That is what this Government are doing.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Michael Wheeler and Sam Rushworth

Thursday 13th February 2025 Commons Chamber

[Sam Rushworth (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)]

3. What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services.

[Michael Wheeler (Worsley and Eccles) (Lab)]

13. What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services.