Zero Hours Contracts Bill

Toby Perkins Excerpts

Friday 21st November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Philip Davies]

That is probably true.

[Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab)]

The hon. Gentleman was complaining about the direction in which his party is moving, so I wondered in which party’s direction he was moving.

[Philip Davies]

I am not moving in any direction. As I have for the past 10 years, I am staying where I am in every possible regard. I do not move my views and policies based on what the latest opinion poll says or what the other parties might say. If there is one thing the people might be able to agree about it is that I stick to what I believe in, no matter how popular or unpopular it is or whatever the passing trend or fad. I stick up for what I believe in, which is something I have in common with the hon. Member for Gateshead. He does much the same.

In the limited time left, I want to pick up on one more point. It was unfortunate, as I do not think the hon. Gentleman intended to say this, but he seemed to indicate that zero-hours contracts were linked to quality of care.