Victoria Collins MP

🔶 Lib Dem MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted 🧪 Spokes for Science, Innovation and Technology | Lib Dem VP
V. Collins, Audley House, Berkhamsted, HP4 1EH

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

It was an absolute honour to lay a wreath at the Remembrance Service 🙏https://t.co/oei65dwqlC

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Very proud to co-sponsor this bill that Josh is leading on! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Josh Babarinde OBE MP @JoshBabarinde]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 You don’t have to be White to be English

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Today justice was finally served. It is thanks to the women who were brave enough to come forward that a sexual predator and rapist is now behind bars.

But the work isn’t done. Some of the arguments used to undermine these women’s credibility were truly shocking and bordered on victim-blaming. The Government must put a legal duty on judges to direct juries whenever rape myths are raised in court.

If we want to increase the number of rapes that lead to sentences, victims need to know they are safe in any courtroom.

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Well done Berko FC in the FA cup!
Me and the Mayor of Berko believe you were robbed! You're winners to us! 🏆

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Best of luck to Berko FC in the FA cup match!!!

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

We will remember them 🙏🏻

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

🎆🎆🎆 Thank you to all our fantastic community fireworks across Tring, Harpenden, Berkhamsted, Wheathampstead, Redbourn and so many more raising money for great causes!

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Have you been into And Quirky in Berko recently recently to see the great cards that they have?

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

📮 Jersey Farm and Sandridge residents are not getting the postal service they deserve. Missed appointments, legal letters turning up late, and not getting mail for weeks is awful.

✍️ Sign my petition, which urges the Government to ensure that local postal services in Jersey Farm, Sandridge, and the surrounding areas are properly resourced; that Ofcom ensures more transparent local reporting of delivery performance and complaints data at postcode district level; and that Royal Mail better supports the postal workers who deliver this essential service.

👉 https://t.co/ddiVCATEh7

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

The US midterm results, alongside the turmoil in AI stocks, are a reminder that imposing data centres and AI infrastructure on communities, while allowing the benefits to flow elsewhere, risks storing up serious problems. The Liberal Democrats recognise that digital infrastructure is essential if we are to seize the opportunities of the AI age.

But development must happen with communities, not to them. Developers seeking to build data centres must meet high standards of community benefit, including guarantees on local jobs and skills, access to clean energy without driving up costs or harming existing residents, and commitments to capture and recycle waste heat through local heat networks.

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

... and the making up after Teddy's biscuit plan failed.

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I made a new friend in the office... and evidence of why Teddy was so keen to be friends. 🐶🍪

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Thanks so much to Sarah and Zia who came to Parliament to talk about Good Business Matters.

The impact of business can be far reaching for good and for bad. As we face multiple challenges and crises, harnessing that power for our people and the planet is good for society and good for business.

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

People in Tring talk about anti-social behaviour. Residents in Harpenden have turned to private security. Anna in Berkhamsted says she hasn’t seen a police officer in years.

Tackling online crime and community policing go hand in hand. Last week in Parliament I called for a proper Online Crime Agency, funded by Big Tech, so we can properly fund and resource community policing too.

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

It was great to speak yesterday at the UKAI Summit alongside @mattwarman and @ChrisO_Brien about our digital sovereignty, why we need clear rules that build public trust, back British innovation and put power in people's hands.

AI is already changing how people work and live, and everyone should have a say in what comes next.

@UKAIofficial thanks for having me and for a great summit!

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

If you haven't seen it yet, go and see The Social Reckoning. 🎬

It tells the true story of the Facebook whistleblower who proved the company knew its apps were creating division and harming teenagers, and carried on anyway. Profit first. People second. It is what parents up and down the country have been telling us for years.

What was even more incredible was the panel after the screening. Sarah Wynn-Williams, who saw it from inside Facebook and wrote Careless People. Carole Cadwalladr, who exposed Cambridge Analytica. Roger McNamee, the early investor who went on to write Zucked. Ava Lee from People vs Big Tech. And Maria Ressa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to the platforms and the powerful. 👏

These are the people doing the hard work of holding the tech giants to account.

The work I've done with colleagues to push the government into action on online safety is the tip of the iceberg compared to the years of work they've done taking on big tech. It was a powerful reminder that we need to hold big tech to account and that we must learn lessons from this as the pace of technology only accelerates.

#TheSocialReckoning #OnlineSafety #SaferScreens

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

I’m delighted to be speaking at the @UKAI Sovereign AI Summit on 2 November 2026 at The Oval, London. 🚀
Bringing together leaders from across the UK’s AI ecosystem, the Summit will explore how we can strengthen Britain’s sovereign AI capabilities, drive innovation and investment, and build a thriving, globally competitive AI sector.
I've been long campaigning on a digital sovereign strategy that keeps Britain looking outward. I’m looking forward to joining the conversation and connecting with fellow innovators, businesses, policymakers and investors to help shape the future of British AI.
:date: 2 November 2026
:round_pushpin: The Oval, London
Find out more and register here : 👉https://t.co/nJ6wt2Wubp
#UKAI #SovereignAI #BritishAI #AI

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Our farmers aren���t just struggling. This is a crisis moment.

One farmer in Sandridge says, amongst other things, that he’s closing his doors because he feels the Government isn’t listening. Extreme weather has cut Guy and Susannah’s harvest in Great Gaddesden so badly that it adds up to 6.6 million fewer bowls of porridge.

In Wednesday's Lib Dem debate on support for farmers, I told the Government it has to listen. This isn’t only about farmers. It’s about our food security too.

[Victoria Collins MP @TweetingCollins]

Tring recently hosted one of the best events for entrepreneurs in the country. 🚀
IdeasFest brings founders, investors and big thinkers together for two days of ideas, connections and innovation. And it happens right here in our constituency.
I spent my time talking to people who have taken a risk and built something from nothing. Businesses like these are the backbone of our area and our country. They create jobs and keep our high streets alive.
But too many founders tell me the same thing: the system is stacked against them. Business rates that punish anyone with a shop front. Funding that dries up the moment you leave London or want to scale. Red tape that eats weekends.
The Lib Dems want to fix that. Proper business rates reform, easier access to finance outside the capital, and a government that backs builders, not just big corporations.
This is what I've kept in mind for the budget and beyond.
Huge thanks to the IdeasFest team for putting Tring on the map. 👏
Tags: @IdeasFest @Champneys Tring