Speeches by Jardine.

“Naomi, what have you found to be the most effective ways of getting the industry to care about preventing and holding perpetrators of misogynistic behaviour to account?”

“The previous Committee recommended that CIISA help to develop a mandatory accreditation programme for managers in music. How has this progressed since the report’s publication?”

“Thank you.”

“4. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for artificial intelligence research and development in the higher education sector.”

“The Minister talks about the ecosystem and bringing together all the sectors. There is no better example in this country—perhaps in the world—than the Edinburgh international festivals, which bring all the sectors together. Edinburgh is also a heartland of small venues. What will the Government do to help small venues,…”

“Let me echo others in thanking the emergency services and the power companies for the job that they have done over the past few days, certainly in my constituency. We lost power in some areas for a while, and school buildings have been damaged and are being looked at as we speak. I welcome the review that the Minister …”

“Many of my constituents and local academics have expressed concern about the cancellation last year, by this Government, of what would have been the UK’s only exascale computer, at Edinburgh University. That was not mentioned at all in the AI opportunities action plan. It would have been a major beneficial development …”

“I welcome what the Government are saying about the need to address this issue, and it will be reassuring for the very many people who have raised the problem with their MPs. However, are they also going to look at whether there is a wider problem with insulation generally, as has been mentioned, and have they had discu…”

“I associate myself with the Secretary of State’s remarks about Denis Law, whom I had the pleasure of interviewing more than once in my previous career. I welcome the Government’s commitment to energy security as well as to green energy and net zero. This week, it has been reported that the Scottish Government could fun…”

“I call Liz Saville Roberts.”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.”

“I echo those who have thanked the Foreign Secretary for the tone that he has taken, and the way in which he has reflected the relief of the whole House that there is at last some hope for the families of the hostages, members of which are here today, and for the population of Gaza. He spoke of the need for a political …”

“There has been a lot of controversy in Scotland about the law, about how it has been framed. I just wondered if you felt that it would be useful? I can see Irene nodding her head, you have probably seen a lot about this. Are there lessons that we could learn in bringing the laws together for the rest of the UK, from wh…”

“Baroness, you mentioned the Law Commission earlier on, and I wondered, should the Government commit to introducing a Hate Crime Act to bring all hate crime legislation together, as it has been in Scotland and has been recommended, as you said, by the Law Commission? How important would that be?”

“On that note, it is already an offence to target a person on the grounds of their religion or race. Would I be right in interpreting that having a definition would help the police or the Crown Prosecution Service very much?”

“It certainly does. Would everyone agree with that view?”

“There are mixed views on whether there should be a formal definition of Islamophobia. What is your own view on that?”

“I have been working for my own party on LGBT policy and discrimination. One of the things that came up, and something you said struck a chord there, was about a generation now going into care, or having social care at home, and coming across discrimination again. You mentioned people being worried about elderly parents…”

“Q10. May I associate myself with the remarks of the Liberal Democrat leader and others today? I wish a happy new year to everyone, but 2025 is already proving a challenge for many of my constituents—pensioners, families, small businesses, the hospitality industry, GPs and social care providers, as others have said. The…”

“It is a pleasure to speak on your first occasion as Chair, Mrs Lewell-Buck; I hope you have enjoyed it. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) for securing this debate. The variation of complaints we have heard shows how serious the issue is, and I sympathise. It is a plea…”