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

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Lady raises an important point. From what the Minister said, it sounds like a business will be eligible if the amount it owes in rent is the difference between going bust or not. Many...

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for talking about the fact that although we support the Bill in its narrow terms, it could have offered much more, and particularly grateful for her making the...

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

Commons debates

I welcome the Bill—it is important that action is taken, even if it is retrospective—but often the very fact that the rent had to be found will have had impacts on other parts of a...

Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

Commons debates

Will the Minister expand a little on how he expects the viability test to be met? It is obviously extremely important. During the pandemic, many businesses that applied for bounce-back loans and...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe - [Sir Charles Walker in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend on behalf of the people of Chesterfield. She is absolutely inspirational in the campaign that she is fighting, but I know it will mean something to her only when...

Armed Forces

Ministry of Defence

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

What recent assessment he has made of the strength of the armed forces.

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

It is an interesting point. The Government have said that there are too many qualifications. They have spoken about scrapping BTECs and are undermining them by saying that they are low-quality...

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman is so persistent that I will—very briefly.

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

Let me crack on. If I have time, I would be very happy to hear from the hon. Gentleman. The Government have indicated that they will seek to overturn Lord Baker’s amendment on careers...

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

It is a great pleasure to wind up for the Opposition after a good debate on this Bill, with some excellent speeches and important contributions from Members in all parts of the House. I repeat...

Coronavirus: Vaccination

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 guidance his Department is issuing to children who have received two doses of covid-19 vaccine who are planning to travel to the US...

East to West Chesterfield Cycle Route

Westminster Hall debates

I beg to move, That this House has considered East to West Chesterfield cycle route. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I welcome the Government scheme that will...

Universal Credit System Resilience: Covid-19

Work and Pensions

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

The Department for Work and Pensions makes substantial efforts to assure itself that people who are on universal credit and not in work are entitled to that payment, either because of the...

Smoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettes

Commons debates

My mother smoked herself to death and died of lung cancer at the age of 62, so no one needs to tell me how important it is that we do all we can to support people to give up smoking. I also know...

BTEC Qualifications

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

Clearly, it would have been sensible for the Government to have finished their evidence and understood the outcome of the policy before starting to undermine BTECs by announcing that they would...

Clause 1 - Extension of duty to provide careers guidance in schools

Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill

Toby Perkins made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Does the Minister agree that in order to meet the careers guidance needs of every child, we need to meet every child, and so every child should be entitled to face-to-face careers guidance...

Clause 1 - Extension of duty to provide careers guidance in schools

Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill

Toby Perkins made a speech in a committee scrutinising a proposed law

Agricultural Labour

Northern Ireland

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

It is all very well saying they are eligible to come in, but the industry is telling us that its ability to deliver the food needed, particularly for Christmas, is deeply jeopardised by the...

Agricultural Labour

Northern Ireland

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the availability of agricultural labour in Northern Ireland and its impact on the profitability and viability of that sector.

Topical Questions

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Toby Perkins made a speech in the House of Commons

I associate myself with the comments made by the Secretary of State. The great benefits that HS2 will bring to the east midlands and Yorkshire will be undermined if we do not get the increased...

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