United Kingdom parliament

Toby Perkins

Member of Parliament · Labour

Transcripts of what Toby Perkins said in Parliament, sitting by sitting. Only speeches whose speaker is confirmed are shown.

20 sittings with a confirmed speech

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Latest speeches

  1. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee · House of Commons · 15 September 2026

    • On-scene partnerships, controlled burning practice and climate adaptation policy

      “Toby, thank you. Minister, climate adaptation has possibly been the less fashionable cousin of climate mitigation under this government and previous ones. Now, you'll be aware that National Adaptation Plan 3 under the previous government was described by the Climate…”
      Watch from 1:58:54

    • On-scene partnerships, controlled burning practice and climate adaptation policy

      “And I mean, we've heard several stakeholders suggesting that under ELMs, wildfire resilience should be recognised as a public good. Will it be? You'd encourage applications in that regard. The Climate Change Committee highlighted data gaps on wildfire risk to…”
      Watch from 2:04:15

    • On-scene partnerships, controlled burning practice and climate adaptation policy

      “And finally, I mean, I think many people will welcome the sense that there is a greater sense of priority on this. But if your department's going to be playing a key role in assisting this greater resilience, do you…”
      Watch from 2:06:57

  2. Environmental Audit Committee · House of Commons · 14 September 2026

    • Speech

      “Order, order. Well, welcome everybody to the latest meeting of the Environmental Audit Committee as part of our look into the issue of air quality. Delighted to say that today we will have two panels that are based on government's…”
      Watch from 0:02

    • Opening of hearing and scope of inquiry

      “Welcome to the three of you. And we will later be hearing from the Department for Transport and the Department for the Environment. I would say at this point that we did also have been attempting for the last month…”
      Watch from 0:40

    • Health panel introductions and departmental roles

      “Excellent. Thank you very much. And Diana, if I could start with you, obviously your department, if you like, has responsibility for the results of air pollution. We know the very substantial health impacts that come as a result of…”
      Watch from 2:36
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  3. House of Commons · House of Commons · 8 September 2026

    • Urgent Question: Falkland Islands sovereignty

      “Thank you very much indeed, Madam Deputy Speaker. The honorable gentleman from Bicester and Woodstock is absolutely right to say that what is behind this is the deep unpopularity of President Milei. It's not anything actually that the UK has…”
      Watch from 1:36:09

  4. House of Commons · House of Commons · 7 September 2026

    • Closing of reorganisation statement: Commitment to rapid review

      “Thank you very much Madam Deputy Speaker. In Chesterfield there will be unmitigated despair at the statement we've heard today from my right honourable friend and that for those authorities that she is doing a review into the 14 that…”
      Watch from 2:09:54

  5. Westminster Hall · House of Commons · 3 September 2026

    • Short contributions: local biodiversity, securitisation and urgency

      “Thank you very much, Sir Desmond. I appreciate serving under your chairmanship. Congratulations to the honorable gentleman. Today is an incredibly important opportunity to highlight this national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, on ecosystem collapse and national security, in…”
      Watch from 2:06:05

  6. House of Commons · House of Commons · 3 September 2026

    • Urgent question: Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields

      “Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. The government is right to take its time and make sure it gets this right. We've seen what happens when the previous government didn't do the work that's needed. This is a delicately balanced…”
      Watch from 1:14:01

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