In Parliament - Toby Perkins Labour MP - Toby Perkins MP

Toby in Parliament

My recent contributions in Parliament can be found below. All of my contributions in Parliament, since I was elected in 2010, can be found here

Violence Against Women and Girls: Police Response

Commons debates

The Minister is obviously right to say that every woman murdered is an appalling tragedy, but it is particularly agonising when women are murdered when there were opportunities to protect them...

Schools: Finance

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the lowest average funding per pupil is for each local authority in England for (a) secondary academies, (b) secondary local authority maintained...

Schools: Finance

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil is for each local authority in England by (a) secondary academies, (b) secondary local authority maintained...

Further Education: Public Bodies

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of colleges in discharging their legal duty under section 45 of the Education Act 1997.

Further Education: Public Bodies

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what body is responsible for assessing whether colleges have failed in their legal duty under section 45 of the Education Act 1997.

Adult Education: Finance

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was clawed back from the adult education budget of each further education college in England in 2021.

Covid-19 Vaccinations: 12 to 15-year-olds

Commons debates

I have great sympathy for the Minister for having to come here to try to respond to the latest musings from the Prime Minister’s mind. I believe he is saying that when this morning the...

East Midlands Economy - [Sir David Amess in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is right about the uniformity of view that the east midlands has had a poor deal from this Government. We expect, during such debates, for Labour MPs to be critical of the...

East Midlands Economy - [Sir David Amess in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

We haven’t got many—that is the point.

East Midlands Economy - [Sir David Amess in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I totally agree with what the hon. Lady is saying. Is not the point I just made the reality? Areas such as the west midlands and the north-east are politically competitive. Here, the Tory party...

East Midlands Economy - [Sir David Amess in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the hon. Member for Mansfield (Ben Bradley) for securing the debate because it is an incredibly important one. I enjoyed the case he made for the need for investment and focusing...

East Midlands Economy - [Sir David Amess in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He is making a powerful case about the need for investment, but that case is fundamentally undermined by the Government’s constant...

BTEC Qualifications

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Some 230,000 students have just studied BTEC level 3 qualifications. For the Minister to stand there, as she just has, and dismiss those qualifications as poor quality will disgust those students...

Afghanistan

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. You have put in place a three-minute time limit. Every time Members from certain parties get to the end of their speeches, they add on another minute by...

Afghanistan

Commons debates

Today is a tragic and shameful day for western Governments. But I also think that it is a day on which we have seen Parliament at its best. We have heard some wonderful speeches and the debate...

Afghanistan

Commons debates

My right hon. and learned Friend speaks about the lack of ambition and urgency, and that summarises everything about the Government’s approach to this crisis and many others. Is it not...

International Travel Rules

Commons debates

In April, the rate in Britain was very low and the rate in southern Asia was very high, yet there were no restrictions on people coming from southern Asia, leading to the Johnson variant taking...

Apprentices

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been created as a result of the government’s apprenticeship incentive scheme, by region.

Apprentices

Department for Education

Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships were created, by region, in the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019–20 academic years.

BAME Students

Women and Equalities

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

I am very pleased to hear that, but the reality in terms of the results is that those policies are not working. Most black and ethnic minority groups improve educational attainment relative to...

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