In Parliament - Mick Whitley MP

Clause 1 - Minimum service levels for certain strikes

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Mick Whitley made a speech in the House of Commons

I begin by declaring an interest as a proud and long-standing member of Unite the union. I rise to speak in support of amendments 91 and 92, which stand in my name and that of my hon. Friend the...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you, Ms McVey. I thank Members for their thoughtful and varied contributions. I let the Minister know that I will soon be joining colleagues to scrutinise the Procurement Bill in Committee....

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I think it was three Prime Ministers ago when the Prime Minister came to Birkenhead and announced the 50-year plan for shipping. The Ministry of Defence awarded a contract to build fleet supply...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Yes, and the Minister should address that question in his response. In summary, we cannot continue with a system under which one in six procurement contracts over a five-year period was found by...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. The Government must be aware that the supply chains are too long. Instead of offshoring, they need to inshore. Public money has been wasted on an industrial...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Yes, I do agree with the right hon. Gentleman. In December 2020, the Cabinet Office published a social value model that said there should be a requirement on Government Departments to evaluate...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention; I am just about to cover that point. Only by including a social value calculation can we ensure that every contract is transparent, and that its...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The hon. Lady makes a good point, which I will cover a bit later. Team Resolute is led by a Spanish ship company called Navantia, which is guaranteed to get at least 40% of the work, worth about...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Public procurement is for all, not just the Government or privateers. This is all about social value. The fact that a vital local employer in Birkenhead, a deprived constituency, was at the mercy...

Public Procurement Processes - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered reform of public procurement processes. It is a great privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey, and I am grateful to Members for...

Bus Services: Disability

Department for Transport

Mick Whitley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to installing audio-visual equipment on buses in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland...

Bus Services: Disability

Department for Transport

Mick Whitley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of new buses registered since 2017 that did not have (a) next stop, (b) final destination and (c)...

Topical Questions

Work and Pensions

Mick Whitley made a speech in the House of Commons

Last week, the Prime Minister became the second holder of his office to have been found to have broken the law while serving in No. 10. He has now been issued with a fixed penalty notice, his...

Topical Questions

Mick Whitley made a speech in the House of Commons

Cuts to local bus services have left some of the most deprived communities in my constituency, including the Beechwood and Noctorum estates, effectively cut off from the wider Wirral at evenings...

New Clause 1 - “Assimilated law”

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Mick Whitley made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Member has made a good point. There is no doubt that this will cause an absolute divergence. It is ironic that a party that has so often argued that power should reside in this House and...

New Clause 1 - “Assimilated law”

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Mick Whitley made a speech in the House of Commons

Less than 48 hours after we stood in this House to defend the right to strike, my hon. Friends and I find ourselves once more having to stand up to protect our constituents’ most basic...

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Commons debates

I join many of my hon. Friends in declaring an interest in the register. I am proud to be a member of Unite the union and to have spent more than 54 years of my life in the labour movement,...

Asylum: Standards

Mick Whitley received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken (a) to process asylum claims and (b) between asylum claims and (i) interviews...

Industrial Action

Commons debates

The measures outlined today represent a profound attack on the right of key workers with whom the Government are still in active negotiation. The Government’s strategy is clear: when they...

Procurement Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I commend my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Samantha Dixon). I hope her nerves have settled after an excellent speech. I thank all my hon. Friends for their eloquent contributions...