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

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...

BAME Students

Women and Equalities

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the comparative performance of BAME students in (a) further and higher education and (b) statutory education.

International Travel

Commons debates

The threat to the travel and tourism industry is very real. Just this week, I met constituents who normally work on aircraft but now have either been furloughed or in some cases made redundant...

Security of Ministers’ Offices and Communications

Commons debates

As parliament- arians, we all have sympathy for the Minister being sent here to respond to these questions without many of the answers to them. We had all expected that her boss would be here for...

Loss of Secret Documents

Commons debates

I think my right hon. Friend the Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) was absolutely right to contrast the exemplary professionalism of our forces on HMS Defender with this unfortunate...

Personal Credit: Self-employed People

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to the Minister for that answer. However, my experience with some self-employed people in my constituency is that, having been self-employed for several years and accepted support...

Personal Credit: Self-employed People

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of recent trends in personal credit availability for self-employed people.

Protecting Britain’s Steel Industry

Commons debates

The Minister is saying that this Government have the industry’s back, but the letter by UK Steel read out by my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) made it...

Protecting Britain’s Steel Industry

Commons debates

We have heard impassioned speeches on both side of the House from Members who represent steelmaking constituencies. I am really pleased that the motion from my hon. Friends also recognises the...

Apprenticeships

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

I am afraid the Minister just sounds like she is in denial. Between August and January, under-19 apprenticeship starts were 41% lower than they were in 2018-19. We keep telling the Government...

Economy Update

Commons debates

The impact of these restrictions on Britain’s pubs has been very tough indeed, but it has been even worse for nightclubs that have been unable to open at all. It seems entirely wrong to me...

Economy Update

Commons debates

Not just “hopeless”.

Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims

Commons debates

Opposition days are incredibly precious for the Opposition. There are so many things that our party could have chosen to debate, but I am really pleased, and I believe that it is of fundamental...

Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims

Commons debates

I wish the Secretary of State well with reducing wait times. That is what we all desperately want to see and that is why I am so pleased that we are having this debate. Will he therefore tell us...

Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims

Commons debates

My right hon. Friend is making an incredibly important point. There is no way that a party that has presided over the court backlog that we have—which has a huge impact on victims, who are...

Ajax Programme

Commons debates

Defence equipment is traditionally procured to do damage to our adversary, but I understand that the Ajax vehicle has been giving soldiers a risk of tinnitus and swollen joints if they were...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

We have seen in the past year unprecedented restrictions on our freedoms, for reasons that we in this place predominantly entirely understand—the pressure on our national health service and...

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