SEND Provision 14 Mar 2024 Commons debates The hon. Member has secured a really important debate. One big problem that comes across strongly in Derbyshire is the lack of capacity within the local authority to do the assessment. Many... Read more →
Waterway Cleanliness 14 Mar 2024 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons It is clear from what we have heard that the Minister is here to tell us how well the Government and the water companies are doing. Meanwhile, out there in the real world, the recent “State... Read more →
Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) 11 Mar 2024 Commons debates This Budget demonstrates that this is a Government that exist for one reason and one reason only: if they did not exist, the Conservative party would have to face a general election. The only... Read more →
Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) 11 Mar 2024 Commons debates I would not want my hon. Friend to miss out the consultation on banning water bosses’ bonus, which was also nicked from us. Read more →
Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) 11 Mar 2024 Commons debates Twenty-five MPs who will not be extolling how wonderful it was are the New Conservatives. The 25 Conservative MPs who support that organisation said: “We cannot pretend any longer that... Read more →
Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) 11 Mar 2024 Commons debates The Minister is talking about the state of the nation’s finances in 2010, and at that point we had a national debt of £1 trillion. We now have a national debt of £2.6 trillion.... Read more →
Apprenticeship Levy: Trends 11 Mar 2024 Education Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons I can understand why the Minister does not refer to the trends, because he knows that level 2 apprenticeships are way down. The Government’s reforms have seen level 2 apprenticeship starts... Read more →
Apprenticeship Levy: Trends 11 Mar 2024 Education Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons What assessment she has made of trends in the number of level 2 and 3 apprenticeship starts since the apprenticeship levy was introduced. Read more →
South West Water 05 Mar 2024 Westminster Hall debates The Minister mentioned something that some of his colleagues have referred to. Self-monitoring was either a big problem, in which case I do not know why the Government have not got rid of it in... Read more →
South West Water 05 Mar 2024 Westminster Hall debates It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Henderson. I congratulate the hon. Member for East Devon (Simon Jupp) on securing this debate. I have spent many summer holidays in... Read more →
South West Water 05 Mar 2024 Westminster Hall debates I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but she has mentioned many times this “campaign group”. I assume she means Surfers Against Sewage, but can she be clear for the record whom she... Read more →
Local Government Finance: Potholes 04 Mar 2024 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons GoCompare’s recent pothole report described the potholes in Tory-run Derbyshire as the very worst in England. The Conservative council leader was clear in his view that it is funding... Read more →
Local Government Finance: Potholes 04 Mar 2024 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons If he will make a comparative assessment of trends in (a) the level of local government financial settlements and (b) the number of cars damaged as a result of potholes in the last 10 years. Read more →
Schools: Ventilation 01 Mar 2024 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 her Department issues guidance for schools on maintaining safe CO2 levels in classrooms. Read more →
Business: Floods 28 Feb 2024 Department for Business and Trade Toby Perkins received a response to a question they put to the government To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the guidance sent by the Director of the Grant Delivery Directorate to councils on 10 November 2023, with the subject Flood... Read more →
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Chesterfield 28 Feb 2024 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, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of appointments for adults to receive a full diagnostic... Read more →
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Mental Health Services 28 Feb 2024 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, what data her Department holds on the average waiting time for adults to receive a full diagnostic assessment for ADHD in each... Read more →
Points of Order 28 Feb 2024 Commons debates On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I want to clarify the record because something I said in the House yesterday was not, it turns out, on further investigation, entirely accurate. I have... Read more →