Prior to her election to parliament, Toppe served as the Centre Party's sole representative in the Bergen city council since 2001.

Toppe added to this criticism in early March 2022, saying it was "unfortunate" for the municipality to send their own citizens to the nearby town of Hammerfest.

Her concerns notably stemmed from the fact that many women now take a longer period of leave without pay and pensionable income.

Her fellow minister, Anette Trettebergstuen, expressed disagreement with her, a sentiment also shared by Grunde Almeland of the Liberal Party and chair of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs.

[14] On 5 September, Toppe issued an apology to parents who had been wrongly reported by schools to the Child Welfare Services and called it "what they've been through, was a massive mistake".

[16] In October, Toppe called for child welfare services activist Rune Fardal to delete videos of vulnerable children on the internet.

[17] On 25 October, she expressed that angry consumers and branch norms could assist retail shop companies in the fight against shrink inflation.

Toppe agreed with their sentiment, but argued that the government had already put important measures for children's interests, including in the new state budget.

[23] In June, Toppe issued an apology to the families whose lives were affected by the child welfare services breaching human rights in 15 cases.

[26] In November, Toppe opened up for increasing the age of responsibility for refugee children between 15 and 18 to fall under the jurisdiction of the child welfare services.

[29] In March, both Toppe and education minister Kari Nessa Nordtun met with Russ service providers to discuss their role in affecting students.

Toppe highlighted that they had put weight behind exclusion and degeneration, and how these factors affect school performance and test results.

[30] Since the Støre government assumed office in 2021, they have actively worked to phase out private actors in the child services sector.

The opposition, notably the Conservative and Progress parties, criticised the government in July for "symbol policies" affecting children's wellbeing.

Toppe defended the government's decision, noting that they will continue to place crisis ridden children in temporary care at other institutions until commercial ones can be sorted.

[31] Health minister Jan Christian Vestre presented the government's new abortion law in August, which would seek to extend the period from 12 to 18 weeks.

She also emphasised the importance of the child welfare services' responsibility to make proper evaluations and ensure the legal security for both children and their families.

[34] In January, Toppe received the report from a commission set down in 2023 to investigate potential illegal adoptions from Colombia and Ecuador.