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Division Votes
23 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 284 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 286
23 Feb 2026 - Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 282 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 361 Noes - 84
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 276 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 280
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 271 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 156 Noes - 273
23 Feb 2026 - Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 270 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 272
24 Feb 2026 - Online Harm: Child Protection - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 69 Noes - 279
2 Mar 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context Toby Perkins voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410

Speeches
Toby Perkins speeches from: Energy Markets Toby Perkins contributed 1 speech (185 words) Thursday 5th March 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Toby Perkins speeches from: Spring Forecast Toby Perkins contributed 1 speech (117 words) Tuesday 3rd March 2026 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury
Toby Perkins speeches from: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Toby Perkins contributed 6 speeches (1,210 words) Consideration of Lords amendments Tuesday 3rd March 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport
Toby Perkins speeches from: Oral Answers to Questions Toby Perkins contributed 1 speech (2 words) Wednesday 25th February 2026 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office
Toby Perkins speeches from: Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving Toby Perkins contributed 1 speech (55 words) Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development
Toby Perkins speeches from: Local Government Reorganisation Toby Perkins contributed 1 speech (123 words) Monday 23rd February 2026 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written Answers
Growth and Skills Levy Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield) Monday 2nd March 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help that the Growth and Skills Levy increases levels of apprenticeship start numbers. Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) This government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy which will deliver greater flexibility to employers and more opportunities for young people in England and support the industrial strategy. In August 2025, we introduced new foundation apprenticeships to give young people a route into careers in critical sectors, enabling them to earn a wage while developing vital skills. They are underpinned by additional funding for employers of up to £2,000 to contribute to the extra costs of supporting someone at the beginning of their career. We are investing an additional £725 million to deliver the next phase of the growth and skills levy and meet our ambition to support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships. We will expand foundation apprenticeships into sectors that traditionally recruit young people, launch a pilot with Mayoral Strategic Authorities to better connect young people to local apprenticeship opportunities, and fully fund SME apprenticeships for eligible 16–24-year-olds from the next academic year. From April 2026, employers will also be able to access short, flexible training courses to help respond quickly to evolving skills needs. The first wave of these courses will be called apprenticeship units and they will be available in critical skills areas such as artificial intelligence, digital and engineering.
Growth and Skills Levy Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield) Monday 2nd March 2026 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on implementing the Growth and Skills Levy; and when can businesses expect to see changes come into effect. Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) This government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy which will deliver greater flexibility to employers and more opportunities for young people in England and support the industrial strategy. In August 2025, we introduced new foundation apprenticeships to give young people a route into careers in critical sectors, enabling them to earn a wage while developing vital skills. They are underpinned by additional funding for employers of up to £2,000 to contribute to the extra costs of supporting someone at the beginning of their career. We are investing an additional £725 million to deliver the next phase of the growth and skills levy and meet our ambition to support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships. We will expand foundation apprenticeships into sectors that traditionally recruit young people, launch a pilot with Mayoral Strategic Authorities to better connect young people to local apprenticeship opportunities, and fully fund SME apprenticeships for eligible 16–24-year-olds from the next academic year. From April 2026, employers will also be able to access short, flexible training courses to help respond quickly to evolving skills needs. The first wave of these courses will be called apprenticeship units and they will be available in critical skills areas such as artificial intelligence, digital and engineering.

Written Answers

Growth and Skills Levy
Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)
Monday 2nd March 2026

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help that the Growth and Skills Levy increases levels of apprenticeship start numbers.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

This government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy which will deliver greater flexibility to employers and more opportunities for young people in England and support the industrial strategy.

In August 2025, we introduced new foundation apprenticeships to give young people a route into careers in critical sectors, enabling them to earn a wage while developing vital skills. They are underpinned by additional funding for employers of up to £2,000 to contribute to the extra costs of supporting someone at the beginning of their career.

We are investing an additional £725 million to deliver the next phase of the growth and skills levy and meet our ambition to support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships. We will expand foundation apprenticeships into sectors that traditionally recruit young people, launch a pilot with Mayoral Strategic Authorities to better connect young people to local apprenticeship opportunities, and fully fund SME apprenticeships for eligible 16–24-year-olds from the next academic year.

From April 2026, employers will also be able to access short, flexible training courses to help respond quickly to evolving skills needs. The first wave of these courses will be called apprenticeship units and they will be available in critical skills areas such as artificial intelligence, digital and engineering.

Growth and Skills Levy
Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)
Monday 2nd March 2026

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on implementing the Growth and Skills Levy; and when can businesses expect to see changes come into effect.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

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23 Feb 2026, 6:41 p.m. - House of Commons "way. >> Toby Perkins. >> Thank you very much, Deputy " Rt Hon Steve Reed MP, The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Streatham and Croydon North, Labour ) - View Video - View Transcript
5 Mar 2026, 1:14 p.m. - House of Commons " Toby Perkins. >> Madam Deputy Speaker. My right hon. Friend is absolutely right to expose the utter folly of " Mr Toby Perkins MP (Chesterfield, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Report - 8th Report - The Seventh Carbon Budget Environmental Audit Committee Found: Current membership Mr Toby Perkins (Labour; Chesterfield) (Chair) Olivia Blake (Labour; Sheffield Hallam
Friday 27th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in response to the committees letter relating to Data Centres and the Seventh Carbon Budget, 20 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee Found: Secretary of State Department for Energy Security & Net Zero 55 Whitehall London SW1A 2HP Toby Perkins
Thursday 26th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on Environmental sustainability and housing growth, 25 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee Found: Yours sincerely, Mr Toby Perkins MP Chair, Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 26th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in response to the Environmental Audit Committee, the International Development Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee relating to The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) and International Climate Finance (ICF), 12 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee Found: 1 HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ The Rt Hon Dame Emily Thornberry MP Toby Perkins
Wednesday 25th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the judicial review claim on Gatwick noise emissions, dated 19 February 2026 Transport Committee Found: I have copied this letter to Toby Perkins MP , Chair of Environmental Audit Committee, Bill Esterson
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Nigel Topping CMG, relating to Oral Evidence given to the Environmental Audit Committee, 7 January Environmental Audit Committee Found: Climate Change Committee 10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 4PU theccc.org.uk Toby Perkins

Deposited Papers
Thursday 26th February 2026 Department for Transport Source Page: Letter dated 19/02/2026 from Heidi Alexander MP to Ruth Cadbury MP regarding: Judicial review claim - R (on the application of Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions) v Secretary of State for Transport (AC-2025-LON-003837). 3p. Document: 20260219_Rt_Hon_Heidi_Alexander_MP_to_Ruth_Cadbury_MP.pdf (PDF) Found: I have copied this letter to Toby Perkins MP , Chair of Environmental Audit Committee, Bill Esterson

Deposited Papers

Thursday 26th February 2026
Department for Transport

Source Page: Letter dated 19/02/2026 from Heidi Alexander MP to Ruth Cadbury MP regarding: Judicial review claim - R (on the application of Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions) v Secretary of State for Transport (AC-2025-LON-003837). 3p.
Document: 20260219_Rt_Hon_Heidi_Alexander_MP_to_Ruth_Cadbury_MP.pdf (PDF)

Found: I have copied this letter to Toby Perkins MP , Chair of Environmental Audit Committee, Bill Esterson

Toby Perkins - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 4th March 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Peatlands: natural and environmental benefits and impacts At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Ms Sally Nex - Advocate at The Peat-free Partnership David Denny - Director of Research & Knowledge Transfer at Horticultural Trades Association Mr Andrew Gilruth - Chief Executive at Moorland Association At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Gabrielle Edwards - Deputy Director of Access, Landscape, Peatland and Soils at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Alan Law - Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, Natural England at Natural England Craig Rockliff - Head of Biodiversity Data, Nature Regulation & Peatland at Environment Agency View calendar - Add to calendar
Tuesday 10th March 2026 1:30 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Environmental protection policies of DEFRA At 1:45pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Emma Reynolds MP - Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sally Randall - Director General - Environment Group at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs David Hill - Director General for Strategy and Water at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 11th March 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Ancient woodlands At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Dr Keith Kirby - Visiting Researcher at University of Oxford Katharine Flach - Biodiversity Data Officer at Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre Nick Philips - Principal Policy Advocate for forestry at Woodland Trust At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Dr Andrew Weatherall - Fellow at Institute of Chartered Foresters Ian Tubby - Head of Policy and Advice at Forestry Commission Steve Knight - independent forester & ecologist consultant at Confederation of Forest Industries - Confor View calendar - Add to calendar
Wednesday 18th March 2026 2 p.m. Environmental Audit Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Air Pollution in England At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Professor Martin Clift - Professor of Particle Toxicology and Advanced Human In Vitro Systems at Swansea University Medical School Sarah Legge CEnv, MIES, MIAQM - Vice Chair at Environmental Policy Implementation Community (EPIC) At 3:30pm: Oral evidence Larissa Lockwood - Director of Policy and Campaigns at Global Action Plan Matt Towner - Director of Programmes at Impact on Urban Health Ruth Chambers OBE - Senior Fellow at Green Alliance View calendar - Add to calendar
Monday 23rd March 2026 2 p.m. Liaison Committee (Commons) - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Prime Minister At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP - (Prime Minister) View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Nigel Topping CMG, relating to Oral Evidence given to the Environmental Audit Committee, 7 January Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 29th January 2026 Written Evidence - Healthy Air Coalition EIP0001 - Revised Environmental Improvement Plan Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 5th February 2026 Written Evidence - National Farmers Union (NFU) EIP0002 - Revised Environmental Improvement Plan Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 26th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the Government response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on Environmental sustainability and housing growth, 25 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 26th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in response to the Environmental Audit Committee, the International Development Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee relating to The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) and International Climate Finance (ICF), 12 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Friday 27th February 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero in response to the committees letter relating to Data Centres and the Seventh Carbon Budget, 20 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Report - 8th Report - The Seventh Carbon Budget Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Written Evidence - Environment Agency, and Environment Agency PFAS0134 - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Oral Evidence - The Peat-free Partnership, Horticultural Trades Association, and Moorland Association Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 4th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Natural England, and Environment Agency Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Affinity Water PFAS0135 - Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - The Institution of Civil Engineers SCB0076 - The Seventh Carbon Budget The Seventh Carbon Budget - Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Natural England WOOD0001 - Ancient woodlands Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Royal Forestry Society WOOD0002 - Ancient woodlands Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Written Evidence - Forestry and woodlands advisory committees WOOD0003 - Ancient woodlands Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning relating to the government response to the committee following the publication of the Environmental Sustainability and Housing Growth report, 4 March 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Margaret Mullane MP relating to the management of legacy land fill Parliamentary POST note, 29 January 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport relating to the government’s response to the committee Airport expansion and climate and nature targets, 24 February Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from Town and Country Planning Association relating to planning for flood risk and the current consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework, 25 February Environmental Audit Committee
Friday 13th March 2026 Special Report - 8th Special Report - Environmental sustainability and housing growth: Government Response Environmental Audit Committee
Friday 13th March 2026 Written Evidence - Behavioural Insights Team, and Smart Energy GB SCB0075 - The Seventh Carbon Budget The Seventh Carbon Budget - Environmental Audit Committee
Tuesday 10th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Oral Evidence - Institute of Chartered Foresters, Forestry Commission, and Confederation of Forest Industries - Confor Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 11th March 2026 Oral Evidence - University of Oxford, Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre, and Woodland Trust Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 19th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to her appearance in front of the committee on 10 March 2026, 18 March Environmental Audit Committee
Thursday 19th March 2026 Attendance statistics - Members' attendance 2024–26 (Environmental Audit Committee), as at 13 February 2026 Environmental Audit Committee
Wednesday 18th March 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to updates to the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement, 9 March 2026 Environmental Audit Committee

Select Committee Inquiry
27 Feb 2026 Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK Environmental Audit Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 6 Apr 2026) Data centres are regarded by ministers as being central to UK economic growth and were designated critical national infrastructure (CNI) in September 2024, offering them more legal protections. But their electricity consumption is expected to quadruple by 2030, according to the National Energy System Operator, raising concerns about their sustainability In their new inquiry, MPs will explore how growing AI use might accelerate the need for data centres and whether planning authorities will take account of their impact on the environment. They will also consider how new technologies could minimise their environmental impact and what lessons the UK could learn from other countries. Amongst the issues the Environmental Audit Committee’s new inquiry will examine will be how much energy and water data centres are likely to use, and how this could impact the Government’s net zero goals. Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee's online evidence submission portal.

Select Committee Inquiry

27 Feb 2026
Risks and opportunities to the sustainability of data centres in the UK
Environmental Audit Committee (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 6 Apr 2026)

Data centres are regarded by ministers as being central to UK economic growth and were designated critical national infrastructure (CNI) in September 2024, offering them more legal protections. But their electricity consumption is expected to quadruple by 2030, according to the National Energy System Operator, raising concerns about their sustainability

In their new inquiry, MPs will explore how growing AI use might accelerate the need for data centres and whether planning authorities will take account of their impact on the environment. They will also consider how new technologies could minimise their environmental impact and what lessons the UK could learn from other countries. Amongst the issues the Environmental Audit Committee’s new inquiry will examine will be how much energy and water data centres are likely to use, and how this could impact the Government’s net zero goals.

Read the call for evidence for more information about this inquiry, and to find out how to submit written evidence through the Committee's online evidence submission portal.