Toby Perkins MP
@tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social
Labour MP for Chesterfield 2010-
Chair Environmental Audit Committee
#Spireites #SUFC #BritishTennis
Chair Environmental Audit Committee
#Spireites #SUFC #BritishTennis
My Great grandfather served with the Royal Naval division in Ypres, Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
Lovely to see this dedication and the moving words of Sir Winston.
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/no...
Lovely to see this dedication and the moving words of Sir Winston.
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/no...
Magnificent monument to ‘remarkable’ WW1 naval warriors rededicated in London
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November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My Great grandfather served with the Royal Naval division in Ypres, Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
Lovely to see this dedication and the moving words of Sir Winston.
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/no...
Lovely to see this dedication and the moving words of Sir Winston.
www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/no...
I think it gets bigger every year!
Amazing turnout for #chesterfield #remembranceday service.
Some shots from another memorable day.
Excellent and thought provoking address from Vicar of Chesterfield Patrick Colman.
Amazing turnout for #chesterfield #remembranceday service.
Some shots from another memorable day.
Excellent and thought provoking address from Vicar of Chesterfield Patrick Colman.
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I think it gets bigger every year!
Amazing turnout for #chesterfield #remembranceday service.
Some shots from another memorable day.
Excellent and thought provoking address from Vicar of Chesterfield Patrick Colman.
Amazing turnout for #chesterfield #remembranceday service.
Some shots from another memorable day.
Excellent and thought provoking address from Vicar of Chesterfield Patrick Colman.
Another excellent night of dance with the Karthak Rockers at @AsianAssociati1 Diwali celebration tonight.
Had a fusion of Indian and Irish dancing to end an outstanding evening.
Well done all!
Had a fusion of Indian and Irish dancing to end an outstanding evening.
Well done all!
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Another excellent night of dance with the Karthak Rockers at @AsianAssociati1 Diwali celebration tonight.
Had a fusion of Indian and Irish dancing to end an outstanding evening.
Well done all!
Had a fusion of Indian and Irish dancing to end an outstanding evening.
Well done all!
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@tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social is right to call for stronger Biodiversity Net Gain👇
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We're calling for the scheme to be given increased ambition, loopholes to be closed & more monitoring & enforcement resources to ensure the scheme delivers for nature & building🏡
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We're calling for the scheme to be given increased ambition, loopholes to be closed & more monitoring & enforcement resources to ensure the scheme delivers for nature & building🏡
Toby Perkins: 'Biodiversity net gain should be strengthened not scrapped' - LabourList
Environmental Audit Committee Chair Toby Perkins argues that scrapping biodiversity net gain would be bad for nature, business and for good housebuilding.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
@tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social is right to call for stronger Biodiversity Net Gain👇
labourlist.org/2025/10/biod...
We're calling for the scheme to be given increased ambition, loopholes to be closed & more monitoring & enforcement resources to ensure the scheme delivers for nature & building🏡
labourlist.org/2025/10/biod...
We're calling for the scheme to be given increased ambition, loopholes to be closed & more monitoring & enforcement resources to ensure the scheme delivers for nature & building🏡
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Thanks @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social for taking time at #Lab25 to meet us. We discussed the importance of ensuring that earlier leukaemia diagnosis is prioritised across the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social for taking time at #Lab25 to meet us. We discussed the importance of ensuring that earlier leukaemia diagnosis is prioritised across the NHS.
I met with @breastcancernow.bsky.social at the launch of their new report and learnt more about the urgent changes needed to ensure people living with incurable secondary breast cancer can access new treatments to give them #MoreTimeToLive
July 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I met with @breastcancernow.bsky.social at the launch of their new report and learnt more about the urgent changes needed to ensure people living with incurable secondary breast cancer can access new treatments to give them #MoreTimeToLive
This weekend is the fabulous @ashgatehospice.bsky.social sparkle walk. This year Amanda and I will be joining the thousands of others at this great event. If you'd like to donate to a fabulous cause, please click on the link below.
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Toby and Amanda walk the Sparkle Night Walk for Ashgate Hospice
Help Toby Perkins raise money to support Ashgate Hospice
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June 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This weekend is the fabulous @ashgatehospice.bsky.social sparkle walk. This year Amanda and I will be joining the thousands of others at this great event. If you'd like to donate to a fabulous cause, please click on the link below.
justgiving.com/page/toby-pe...
justgiving.com/page/toby-pe...
My statement on Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
June 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My statement on Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
As always Feargal Sharkey is great value in this podcast on water industry, Cunliffe report and Thames in particular.
Also great contributions from select committee chairs Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Alastair Carmichael.
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Also great contributions from select committee chairs Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Alastair Carmichael.
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Committee Corridor: Feargal Sharkey on the UK’s water woes
Is our water system broken? The latest episode of Committee Corridor, out today, sees host Toby Perkins MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, sit down with leading water campaigner Feargal S...
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June 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As always Feargal Sharkey is great value in this podcast on water industry, Cunliffe report and Thames in particular.
Also great contributions from select committee chairs Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Alastair Carmichael.
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Also great contributions from select committee chairs Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Alastair Carmichael.
www.parliament.uk/business/com...
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“We live in a country where there is not a single river that is not polluted”
On Committee Corridor, Feargal Sharkey and @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social unpack the issues of our waterways, and select committee efforts to hold the sector to account.
Listen wherever you get podcasts 🎧
On Committee Corridor, Feargal Sharkey and @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social unpack the issues of our waterways, and select committee efforts to hold the sector to account.
Listen wherever you get podcasts 🎧
June 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
“We live in a country where there is not a single river that is not polluted”
On Committee Corridor, Feargal Sharkey and @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social unpack the issues of our waterways, and select committee efforts to hold the sector to account.
Listen wherever you get podcasts 🎧
On Committee Corridor, Feargal Sharkey and @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social unpack the issues of our waterways, and select committee efforts to hold the sector to account.
Listen wherever you get podcasts 🎧
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There is still a lot to do but all in all a very positive meeting and one that we hope that in time will make a difference for our patients now and in the future!
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May 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
There is still a lot to do but all in all a very positive meeting and one that we hope that in time will make a difference for our patients now and in the future!
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The meeting was organised with the help of @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social and on the day we were delighted to find that MPs from right across Derbyshire came to the meeting.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The meeting was organised with the help of @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social and on the day we were delighted to find that MPs from right across Derbyshire came to the meeting.
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Our Chief Executive @ashgateba.bsky.social and Deputy Chief Executive @mattcorbishley.bsky.social were invited to the Houses of Parliament earlier this week to talk about the need for fair funding from the NHS for Ashgate.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Our Chief Executive @ashgateba.bsky.social and Deputy Chief Executive @mattcorbishley.bsky.social were invited to the Houses of Parliament earlier this week to talk about the need for fair funding from the NHS for Ashgate.
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Committee Corridor, the podcast from the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Select Committees, is back! This time featuring EAC Chair, @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social 📢
Don’t miss Episode 3, Season 5 – out Thursday 22 May 🎧
Don’t miss Episode 3, Season 5 – out Thursday 22 May 🎧
May 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Committee Corridor, the podcast from the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Select Committees, is back! This time featuring EAC Chair, @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social 📢
Don’t miss Episode 3, Season 5 – out Thursday 22 May 🎧
Don’t miss Episode 3, Season 5 – out Thursday 22 May 🎧
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In the House of Commons today, our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social spoke about the Committee's report on the role of natural capital in the UK’s green economy.
Read the report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read the report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
May 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In the House of Commons today, our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social spoke about the Committee's report on the role of natural capital in the UK’s green economy.
Read the report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Read the report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
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Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social reacts to @thecccuk.bsky.social's climate adaption report which found the UK's preparations for climate change to be inadequate and disjointed.
Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
May 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp.bsky.social reacts to @thecccuk.bsky.social's climate adaption report which found the UK's preparations for climate change to be inadequate and disjointed.
Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Good to join EastMidsLabour candidate for Linacre and Loundsley Green division Elizabth Smith, out meeting voters in Somersall Park area
April 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Good to join EastMidsLabour candidate for Linacre and Loundsley Green division Elizabth Smith, out meeting voters in Somersall Park area
Another Chesterfield morning, another Brampton cafe visit!
The new Amanda's cafe at the Monkey Park on Clifton Street is back in business.
A lovely cuppa and a naughty breakfast cob set me up for the day.
Get along and join them for tasty cakes too.
The new Amanda's cafe at the Monkey Park on Clifton Street is back in business.
A lovely cuppa and a naughty breakfast cob set me up for the day.
Get along and join them for tasty cakes too.
April 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another Chesterfield morning, another Brampton cafe visit!
The new Amanda's cafe at the Monkey Park on Clifton Street is back in business.
A lovely cuppa and a naughty breakfast cob set me up for the day.
Get along and join them for tasty cakes too.
The new Amanda's cafe at the Monkey Park on Clifton Street is back in business.
A lovely cuppa and a naughty breakfast cob set me up for the day.
Get along and join them for tasty cakes too.
WATCH- Select Committees rightly spend great deal of time hearing from staleholders and experts.
Last week @commonseac.parliament.uk heard from great group of sixth formers from across the country who will be affected by housing growth and impact on nature.
Hear what they had to say, here:
Last week @commonseac.parliament.uk heard from great group of sixth formers from across the country who will be affected by housing growth and impact on nature.
Hear what they had to say, here:
Last week, we hosted sixth form and college students in parliament to give their views on balancing the housing, nature and climate crises.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
April 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
WATCH- Select Committees rightly spend great deal of time hearing from staleholders and experts.
Last week @commonseac.parliament.uk heard from great group of sixth formers from across the country who will be affected by housing growth and impact on nature.
Hear what they had to say, here:
Last week @commonseac.parliament.uk heard from great group of sixth formers from across the country who will be affected by housing growth and impact on nature.
Hear what they had to say, here:
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Our statement on the unacceptable deportation of Abtisam Mohamed MP and Yuan Yang MP.
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April 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Our statement on the unacceptable deportation of Abtisam Mohamed MP and Yuan Yang MP.
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Through select committees many MPs on all sides do work together.
Committee Corridor is a podcast highlighting this work.
The first episode in this parliament highlights the work of Defence Sel Comm on women in Armed Forces with @Meg_HillierMP @TanDhesi www.parliament.uk/business/com...
Committee Corridor is a podcast highlighting this work.
The first episode in this parliament highlights the work of Defence Sel Comm on women in Armed Forces with @Meg_HillierMP @TanDhesi www.parliament.uk/business/com...
Committee Corridor podcast
Listen and subscribe to the Committee Corridor podcast from UK Parliament.
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March 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Through select committees many MPs on all sides do work together.
Committee Corridor is a podcast highlighting this work.
The first episode in this parliament highlights the work of Defence Sel Comm on women in Armed Forces with @Meg_HillierMP @TanDhesi www.parliament.uk/business/com...
Committee Corridor is a podcast highlighting this work.
The first episode in this parliament highlights the work of Defence Sel Comm on women in Armed Forces with @Meg_HillierMP @TanDhesi www.parliament.uk/business/com...
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I am pleased that the Flooding Minister has agreed to visit Chesterfield to look at local flood prevention projects.
Ahead of her visit to Chesterfield I raised the importance of flood repairs and prevention on the economy.
youtu.be/DpDnHN1auGc
I am pleased that the Flooding Minister has agreed to visit Chesterfield to look at local flood prevention projects.
Ahead of her visit to Chesterfield I raised the importance of flood repairs and prevention on the economy.
youtu.be/DpDnHN1auGc
Toby Perkins MP's question to the Flooding Minister
YouTube video by Toby Perkins MP
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March 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I am pleased that the Flooding Minister has agreed to visit Chesterfield to look at local flood prevention projects.
Ahead of her visit to Chesterfield I raised the importance of flood repairs and prevention on the economy.
youtu.be/DpDnHN1auGc
I am pleased that the Flooding Minister has agreed to visit Chesterfield to look at local flood prevention projects.
Ahead of her visit to Chesterfield I raised the importance of flood repairs and prevention on the economy.
youtu.be/DpDnHN1auGc
Great to attend the launch of Stagecoach Yorkshire's fleet of 57 new electric busses that will be in action across Chesterfield.
March 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Great to attend the launch of Stagecoach Yorkshire's fleet of 57 new electric busses that will be in action across Chesterfield.
Good to meet modular building designer and manufacturer Modular 500 in Sheepbridge, will be taking up issue of inconsistency of police escort for wide loads across forces with @ukhomeoffice.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Good to meet modular building designer and manufacturer Modular 500 in Sheepbridge, will be taking up issue of inconsistency of police escort for wide loads across forces with @ukhomeoffice.bsky.social
Great visit to learn how Yorkshire Water can power their sewage treatment works at Old Whittington through generating power from methane byproduct from sewage waste.
March 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Great visit to learn how Yorkshire Water can power their sewage treatment works at Old Whittington through generating power from methane byproduct from sewage waste.