In Parliament - Michael Wheeler

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I work hard to represent the views of my constituents in Parliament. Below you’ll find a selection of my recent contributions in the House of Commons and other important forums where I’ve been working on behalf of our community.

Plastics: Recycling

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding UK recyclate from the Single Use Plastics Directive on...

Motor Vehicles: Recycling

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet with the UK plastics recycling industry to discuss the exclusion of UK recyclate from the End of Life...

Motor Vehicles: Recycling

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding UK recyclate from the End of Life Vehicles regulations...

Topical Questions

Michael Wheeler made a speech in the House of Commons

This Labour Government have ensured that, as of this month, workers in Worsley and Eccles and across the country get sick pay from day one, including low-paid workers. As chair of the USDAW...

Cost of Living: Worsley and Eccles

Michael Wheeler made a speech in the House of Commons

I strongly welcome the steps that the Government have taken to bring down my constituents’ energy bills from the start of this month. However, the effects of the war in Iran are now...

Cost of Living: Worsley and Eccles

Michael Wheeler made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps she has taken to help support people with the cost of living in Worsley and Eccles constituency.

Disability

Department for Work and Pensions

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered the potential merits of creating a dedicated disability rights enforcement body.

Disability

Women and Equalities

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the avenues available to disabled persons to (a) access and (b) enforce their rights as prescribed...

Digital Service Providers: Data Protection

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the data protection practices of overseas third-party...

NHS: Redundancy Pay

Department of Health and Social Care

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 115765, on NHS: Redundancy Pay, whether he will consider giving the NHS Staff Council...

Temporary Accommodation: Salford and Wigan

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan were assessed as owed homelessness duty, broken down into (i)...

Temporary Accommodation: Salford and Wigan

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households were living in temporary accommodation in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each year since 2020.

Private Rented Housing: Salford and Wigan

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dwellings in the private rented sector in (a) Salford and (b)...

Topical Questions

Energy Security and Net Zero

Michael Wheeler made a speech in the House of Commons

I welcome the upcoming drop next week in the energy price cap, which I know will help my constituents. With the Government’s focus on the cost of living, we are all concerned that events in...

NHS: Redundancy Pay

Department of Health and Social Care

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving the NHS Staff Council a mandate to negotiate NHS partial...

Cost of Living: Families

Michael Wheeler made a speech in the House of Commons

While cost of living pressures are affecting people across my constituency of Worsley and Eccles, young families face a perfect storm. Whether it is housing costs, expensive childcare or student...

Cost of Living: Families

Michael Wheeler made a speech in the House of Commons

What fiscal steps she has taken to help reduce the cost of living for families.

Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

Department for Work and Pensions

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing measures outside of the Pension Schemes Bill to protect the real terms...

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Drugs

Department of Health and Social Care

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2026 to Question 110592, whether his Department has made an estimate of the earliest date...

Question

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Michael Wheeler received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to ensure that communities are consulted on the use of Pride in Place...