In Parliament - 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

Syria: Overseas Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the proposed reductions in official development assistance...

Syria: Politics and Government

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the political and security situation in Syria.

Syria: War Crimes

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic or political pressure the Government is putting on the Syrian regime to reduce the atrocities...

Syria: War Crimes

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the people responsible for atrocities in Syria are held to account.

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, what steps he is taking to minimise reductions in adult education opportunities by providers that are facing claw-back from their 2020-21 Adult...

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, on what evidence he based his decision to set the 2020-21 Adult Education Budget reconciliation threshold for grant funded providers at 90 per cent.

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, what equality impact assessment he has made of the decision to claw back adult education funding from 2020-21 Adult Education Budget grant-funded...

Further Education and Vocational Education: Assessments

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 plans his Department has to integrate increased levels of modular assessment in Further and Technical Education at (a) Level 3 and (b) lower levels.

Lifetime Skills Guarantee: Loans

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the flexible loan entitlement announced in January 2021 as part of the Lifetime Skills Guarantee will include maintenance support.

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, what assessment his Department has made of the impact that the introduction of an outcomes based funding model will have on educational opportunities...

Adult Skills and Lifelong Learning - [Christina Rees in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Toby Perkins made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Ms Rees. I thank the Committee for an excellent report, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) not just...

Greensill Capital

Commons debates

I have written to Ministers on behalf of businesses in Chesterfield—many other MPs have written too—and have waited months for a reply while a business was on the brink, yet Greensill...

Education After Covid-19

Battle of Barnet: 550th Anniversary

Toby Perkins made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

The Minister has announced many different pots of money. One of the things that really concerns us is that he will allocate money, but these chunks of money will not end up getting spent because...

Education After Covid-19

Battle of Barnet: 550th Anniversary

Toby Perkins made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

That is very kind; I appreciate it. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Rees—even more, now I know that you are feeling benevolent. I congratulate the hon. Member...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Member for that point; it is a really important one. The hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Tommy Sheppard) was saying earlier, “If they vote SNP, they know what...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

It is a matter for the UK Government. It would be one thing for the SNP to go into a general election campaign saying, “A vote for us is about independence,” but it is not the...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

I am not a mongrel. I am one of the few people speaking in the debate who does not have any Scottish blood, but I very much enjoyed the time that I spent campaigning in Scotland during the...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

We have heard criticism of the SNP for picking this subject for this debate, but at least this matter is the responsibility of the UK Parliament. Many of the issues that my hon. Friend is raising...

Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making a characteristically excellent speech. What he says about the timing of the referendum is something that polling is clear about. While the polling has moved up and down...

Levelling Up

Commons debates

The cat is out of the bag. I am amazed that the Minister is being quite as brazen as he is. A moment ago, my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) asked the Minister how we...

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