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

Topical Questions

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

It has come as a hammer blow for non-league clubs such as Chesterfield in the national league to discover that having taken on all the players, and facing all the costs that are normally...

Further 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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 7 September 2020, Official Report, column 349, on...

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 83753, on Coronavirus: Chesterfield, tabled on 1 September 2020 by the hon. Member for Chesterfield.

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 83754, on Coronavirus: Chesterfield, tabled on 1 September 2020 by the hon. Member for Chesterfield.

Further Education College Finances

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

The Government’s own commissioner for further education has warned that as many as 40 colleges are currently at risk of running out of cash, and despite the measures that the Minister has...

Business of the House

Commons debates

The people of Chesterfield are concerned that HS2 has put in an objection to the recent planning application by the Chesterfield Canal Trust, describing the two projects as currently...

Covid-19 Testing

Health and Social Care

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Alongside the need to increase capacity, there is a real need to make sure that what is already there is working properly. In Chesterfield, I have had many people contact me over the summer to...

Covid-19 Testing

Health and Social Care

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of covid-19 test availability.

Counter-Daesh Update

Commons debates

I echo the Secretary of State’s tribute to the professionalism and commitment of our armed forces. I also wish to reinforce the point made by the hon. Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke...

Business of the House

Commons debates

The Government sat on the Dame Mary Ney review into funding oversight of our further education colleges for nine months. The written statement that the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills...

British Overseas Troops: Civil Liability Claims

Commons debates

The Minister now says that he is willing to relook at all aspects of the Bill, which is precisely what my right hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) asked him to do half...

British Overseas Troops: Civil Liability Claims

Commons debates

What about the questions?

Planning Permission

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Toby Perkins 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 planning applications have been referred to him due to non-determination by a local authority in each year...

Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of bicycle repair shops who are SMEs that will be able to accept Fix Your Bike vouchers.

Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of bicycle shops that will have the £2 million public liability insurance that is required for them to...

Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when people will be able to apply for Fix Your Bike vouchers.

Covid-19 Testing: Care Sector

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Some 1,431 people were discharged from Scottish hospitals into care homes by the Scottish Government. In Scotland, the proportion of care home deaths is much higher than that in England, where it...

Covid-19 Testing: Care Sector

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

If he will publish a comparative assessment of the availability of covid-19 testing for (a) care home residents, (b) home care recipients and (c) care home staff in Scotland and England.

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, what proportion of new apprenticeship starts were for (a) level 2, (b) level 3, (c) level 4 and (d) level 5 and above in each month of each year since...

Further Education: Insolvency

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which further education colleges are in education administration as at 24 June 2020; when those colleges were placed into education administration;...