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

Ukraine: UK Military Support

Commons debates

The Minister talks about the agility of the British Army, but do we not also need some agility in the thinking of Defence Ministers? It is clear that the integrated review was written with a very...

[1st day]

Debate on the Address

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

That is absolutely the case. Whether courts are not seeing people in time, or deciding not to send people to jail who they really should because jails are so overcrowded, or giving people shorter...

[1st day]

Debate on the Address

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

I would like to start by passing on the very best wishes of the people of Chesterfield to Her Majesty the Queen, who we were all very sad was unable to able to address us. It is the first time...

[1st day]

Debate on the Address

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

[1st day]

Debate on the Address

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Prime Minister give way?

[1st day]

Debate on the Address

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Prime Minister give way?

[1st day]

Debate on the Address

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Football Governance

Commons debates

Anyone who has spoken to directors and owners of either Chesterfield football club or Staveley Miners Welfare football club will be very much aware that while there may be monstrous profits in...

Ukraine Update

Commons debates

The Secretary of State is right to salute the bravery of the heroic Ukrainian forces and highlight the failures of the Russians, but that should not in any way allow us to become complacent about...

Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

Commons debates

I am grateful for what my right hon. and learned Friend said about the fact that we do not want Opposition Members to have a monopoly on truth. He makes a very important point, but does he agree...

Glasgow Climate Pact: Businesses

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Is it not the truth that business has learned that this Government are entirely inconsistent from one day to the next? The COP26 President talks about solar, but only a few years ago the...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State is right that we all want to get to the bottom of many important health matters, and we do not want what he described as personal affairs to get in the way of that. In...

Cancer Treatment Backlogs: Derbyshire and England

Health and Social Care

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

I asked specifically about Derbyshire, but I did not get an answer. Derbyshire clinical commissioning group has failed to reach any of the cancer referral targets for the most recent 12 months....

Cancer Treatment Backlogs: Derbyshire and England

Health and Social Care

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment he has made of the scale of the backlog in cancer treatments in (a) Derbyshire and (b) England.

Civil Proceedings

Commons debates

I want to speak briefly about the courts provisions. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Denton and Reddish (Andrew Gwynne), I do not have any particular issues—in fact, I welcome the...

Civil Proceedings

Commons debates

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Does he, like me, feel that the term “personal responsibility” would be slightly less nauseating if it did not come from a Prime Minister in...

Civil Proceedings

Commons debates

On behalf of the numerous immuno-suppressed people in Chesterfield and their families who have contacted me, I thank my hon. Friend for what he has just said. He is absolutely right that many of...

Civil Proceedings

Commons debates

The Minister has now turned to the subject I wanted to ask her about. She talks about our courts, but the reality is that they are in a terrible position. We are up to a record 708 days for the...

Clause 7 - Additional powers to approve technical education qualifications

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Last week’s spring statement showed that this Government have a Chancellor ill-equipped to tackle the size of the cost of living challenge in front of him. This week, the Skills and Post-16...

Clause 7 - Additional powers to approve technical education qualifications

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

The Minister refers to the consultation that the Government did on the defunding of BTECs and the twin-track approach. Am I right in saying that 86% of respondents to the Government’s own...

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