We should send out the message that although we are taking steps to set up this accident investigation branch, it is not because of Some Enormous Crisis that needs to be addressed.

We would all deplore it if the Whips gossiped about our private lives - of course they never do that - but what if a Labour Member is about to be promoted to a ministerial post, and one of the Whips is aware of Some Enormous Crisis that is about to break in his personal life?