Speeches by Jardine.

“I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for bringing forward this urgent question. My constituents in South Queensferry, where we have a lifeboat, have written to me in great numbers to say that they are concerned about the coastguard service. The service in South Queensferry is …”

“The Government have stressed the importance of energy independence, sovereignty and security. How concerned are they that it is difficult to pin down, as we have tried to do, exactly how many, and what percentage, of the wind turbines in this country are produced in China, considering that a thousand of them were recen…”

“I welcome the statement, and whenever we have come to the Government, they have reacted quickly. Capita appeared to be moving quickly, but this week a woman I have been representing since March, and who has been pursuing Capita for more than a year over her husband’s death in service benefits, told me this week that—th…”

“The hon. Member talks about the responsibilities. Does he agree with what the coastguard in South Queensferry,in my area, has said—that at the stroke of a pen, the MCA has dispensed with all responsibilities to the CROs and put them in a vulnerable position?”

“I congratulate the Minister on the Bill, which has been a long time coming. I was in the Chamber in 2018 to hear the then Prime Minister, Theresa May, promise that there would be a conversion ban. It seems that it was almost impossible for the Conservative party to live up to that promise, and at last we have it coming…”

“I am sorry, but to get everyone in I will have to move on to the Front Benchers at 4 pm. Could you please stick to a formal time limit of four minutes each?”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to speak, even in this heat, although jackets can be removed.”

“Although only a few hon. Members want to speak, I wonder if we could limit speeches to around five minutes to get everybody in.”

“I welcome the statement and the Secretary of State’s tone, because it is important that we all acknowledge that we are dealing with young children and their safety is paramount. While many children will resolve the issues themselves, there is an important group of children for whom that will not be the case; they face …”

“Are there organisational changes that you think would help in outlining the judgment of how people progress? It sounds as if judo has a well-established organisational progression. Do you think other sports could learn from that?”

“Apologies for having to be elsewhere at the start of the meeting but thank you all for being here. I want to talk a wee bit about access to high-profile work. There has not been a lot of research, but it seems to indicate that there is not much career progression for women referees and officials. Do you think that fema…”

“Alison and Sian, is there anything either of you would like to add?”

“Earlier this week, in Westminster Hall, we had a debate on brain tumours, brain cancer, and the inequity of the service across the United Kingdom. The issue has been highlighted by my constituent Archie Goodburn, a Commonwealth swimmer who will compete in Glasgow next month. He got the treatment he needed only after I …”

“Leeds Beckett University highlighted that unless it is done carefully, you get perceptions of tokenism. Have you experienced that, or do you think sport is getting over it? We have now seen women refereeing international rugby matches. Are sports getting away from the perception of tokenism?”

“Watching coverage of the football in America, it may be difficult to believe that a great number of Scottish football fans were refused ESTAs—the electronic system for travel authorisation—at the last minute, after they had previously been approved, costing them thousands of pounds in cancelled airfares and hotels. Wil…”

“I know from my mailbox that today’s statement will be widely welcomed by parents in Edinburgh West who are concerned about the safety of their children and the impact of social media on them, but does the Secretary of State agree that there are societal dangers as well? A lot of children are directed away from neutral …”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Barker. There are moments that remind us why we are MPs and what we are here to do, and there are people who do the same. Archie Goodburn is one of those people. I met Archie when he was 23. He is an elite athlete—a Commonwealth swimmer for Scotland. However, Archie has an …”

“A reason I ask that, and for further clarity, is: could the implication of the draft code be that women’s associations that have changed their membership policy since the Supreme Court judgment may now be able to revert to trans-inclusive memberships because those are two protected characteristics?”

“One change that you have made to the code is in relation to discrimination exemptions for associations that admit members based on multiple protected characteristics. How will that work? Can you explain that please?”

“We have not actually met before, so thank you very much for coming along. The questions and answers we have just heard seem to me to point up the whole basis of the issue that people have perhaps expressed concern over. This common-sense approach and how, or on what grounds, does someone look like a man or a woman, and…”