Speeches by Fookes.

“Vicki, should employers be encouraged to adopt flexible policies to suit individual circumstances?”

“Is there a risk that if you have a prescribed statutory leave period it could potentially dissuade employers from adopting better policies?”

“Thank you for all your answers so far, panel, it is really enlightening. Moving on a little now, if we may, to the areas around statutory reform and what we want to change there. Jessica, this question is for you. In their Women’s Health Strategy, the last Government said they would look at what more could be done to s…”

“Should the NHS be doing more on research and prevention here? That is probably for Jessica, or perhaps one of the others might want to take it?”

“What should the Government be doing? Do you think we need to see a change to the Employment Rights Bill, for example, to include pregnancy loss and baby loss?”

“Yes? Okay, thank you. That is really important.”

“Would anyone else like to comment? Vicki?”

“The Secretary of State will know that my constituency has some of the mightiest and most beautiful rivers, including the Wye, the Usk and the Monnow. But having those incredible rivers means that we are really at risk of flooding. Yesterday we had two severe flood warnings. They have been downgraded today, but there ar…”

“21. What steps she is taking to improve transport infrastructure.”

“I welcome the Government’s recommitment to improving public transport and rail infrastructure across Britain. In Monmouthshire, we are eagerly awaiting the innovative Magor walkway station, which will reduce M4 congestion, improve public transport and, most importantly, help us in our mission to bring economic growth a…”

“It is clear from today’s session and to those of us who have worked in this space that violence against women and girls is an epidemic. I was really pleased to hear the representative from the police earlier say that it deserves the same attention as terrorism. We must absolutely change our culture to deal with it. One…”

“The Molly Rose Foundation said that Ofcom’s approach to sextortion is disappointing and will do little. Does the Online Safety Act extend the necessary powers to Ofcom to force social media companies to act?”

“This has partly been brought to light by a campaign called Fearless, which has been launched recently, which I am sure you know—”

“While you are looking it up: this is very topical, because—”

“Moving on to the subject of sextortion—I am not sure who is most appropriate to ask, but perhaps Jess—what are the Government going to do to tackle the threat of sextortion by those operating overseas?”

“There is such a huge amount of these images, and online abuse is such a huge area, that it may be that is what is needed.”

“One of the earlier witnesses talked about an online safety commissioner. Do you both think we should have one of them? She used the example of Australia.”

“We have heard of one group of victims being offered £100 each. Is that sufficient redress?”

“Yes, we could—we should as a Committee; I am sure we will. Will the Government consider implementing new civil law legislation for a statutory regime on NCII to improve victims’ access to redress and support?”

“So they will have to take it down. Will you consider a stay-down amendment to the Online Safety Act so that, once an item of content is removed, all further cases of its being uploaded will also automatically need to be removed, without further moderation?”