Speeches by Jardine.

“A considerable number of parents in my constituency have written to me concerned about their children’s safety and online dangers. They welcome the Government’s consultation but are concerned about the timing, and they would like reassurances about how quickly the matter will be dealt with. In the meantime, does the Se…”

“I simply repeat that the House, surely, has a right to know when we are going to get the report. The ISC said that it was unhappy with the amount of WhatsApp messaging being used by the Government. The image being created among the public is that of a Government who are avoiding the issue and are incompetent, and that …”

“I welcome the statement because the issues that the Minister raises, particularly the antisemitism that we have seen grow exponentially and frighteningly in this country, and issues with the Chinese embassy, which are particularly relevant in my constituency, are concerns that we hear from our constituents all the time…”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell). As I listened to His Majesty the King today, there was one part in his speech that reminded me of the Queen’s Speech in 2017, when I was first elected. The then Government promised that their priority would be “to secure the best possible de…”

“Happy St George’s day. Yesterday, in the statement, the Paymaster General was kind enough to say that he would look into the case of one of my constituents who is afraid that she will lose her house because she has no income and cannot get access to her civil service pension. However, I have several other affected cons…”

“15. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of the civil service pension scheme.”

“I am sorry to keep harping on about this but perhaps there is a material difference between wanting to grow and encourage female entrepreneurship and seeing it as part of the actual strategy, which I get, but not seeing that perhaps there is a greater need to focus more on female entrepreneurs than the rest of the econ…”

“I apologise if I am misunderstanding what you mean and say, but I am hearing you talk about this big macroeconomic problem while a separate challenge is that there is a problem and there are women. Should the awareness of women entrepreneurs, the possibilities for them, and the possibilities for investment not be part …”

“What focus is there on support for businesses outside the sectors in the industrial strategy, for example in beauty or femtech?”

“Let me ask that again. Is it the decision making about who is invested in that is the problem?”

“I appreciate you have it absolutely crystal clear but what bothers me is that yet again we are identifying the problem but we are not coming up with a solution. We are looking at it and saying, “That’s a problem; we have to overcome that.” How do we overcome it?”

“Entrepreneurs in femtech and women’s health can face significant levels of sexism and discrimination. What will the Government do, first, to tackle the systemic shadow banning of women’s health products on social media and, secondly, to address the discrimination these entrepreneurs face from the finance sector?”

“Exactly.”

“I am delighted to hear the determination with which the Minister intends to approach this and the messages he is sending to Capita, because like many others, I have a mailbox full of civil service pensioners unable to access their funds, many of them in hardship. One woman at the moment fears she may lose her home simp…”

“In our inquiry some witnesses spoke about exactly the opposite: the need for targeted female-focused accelerators in high-growth sectors where women are underrepresented. What are you doing to actually meet that need for targeted support?”

“Ministers, we have talked a lot about systemic change but what specifically are the Government doing to address the widening gender investment gap we see in high-growth sectors such as AI?”

“Can I just say how informative this has been? I have learned that I am an older worker who has had a labyrinth or squiggly career.”

“Zoe, was there anything you wanted to add?”

“Moving on to disability, how can EDI practice best support disabled people’s recruitment, retention and progression at work?”

“I was going to come on to flexibility. There was a cultural shift towards flexible working during and after covid, which a lot of us presumed would benefit disabled people in the labour market. From what you are saying, that has not emerged in the way that we expected. Peter, why has that not yet had a substantial impa…”