Speeches by Fenton-Glynn.

“It reminds me a bit of the vaccine misinformation. It is really easy to point to some of the negatives around hormonal contraception, but what you are not seeing is that a lot of women have far greater bodily autonomy as a result of it.”

“On that, I think 10% of chlamydia tests in 2024 took place in GP settings. Can’t we just get people to access health services where they can find them?”

“To go back to the conversation with Richard earlier about the emoji campaign and so forth, one thing I have picked up, both from this evidence and in my reading around this, is that misinformation is playing a huge role in some of these problems. What is the best way to counter that misinformation? How can we play an a…”

“Is something particularly driving why this is affecting young people? Is it that the education is not happening in the home?”

“To move on to a slightly more difficult area, NHS Digital shows that, in 2020, girls aged 13 to 15 living in the most deprived areas were three times more likely to access emergency contraception than those in the least deprived areas. Obviously, there is no such thing as consensual sex with an under-16-year-old, so wh…”

“So it is not that young people are having more sex; it is just that they are having sex with asymptomatic STIs.”

“Young people under 25 have the highest STI diagnosis rates, and Richard has talked about what is driving the over-50s. From your work at Brook, what do you think are the things driving that trend?”

“What are the influencers saying? I am obviously old and do not understand social media that well, but I am trying to imagine what an influencer is saying about not using condoms.”

“Laura, you spoke to Jen about condom use going out of fashion, and you mentioned social media. Not to put too fine a point on it, but is the problem that people do not use condoms in pornography?”

“Do you?”

“Two thirds of our planet is ocean. Our oceans, which sustain life on Earth, cannot be left unguarded any longer. After years of international negotiation, the world finally agreed to the high seas treaty. With the Bill, we will turn that treaty into action and show that Britain is serious about delivering on its promis…”

“I am a recovering local councillor—I know it far too well.”

“So you need that sustained legislative support in the long term. Trafford is a good place—you had the first NHS hospital.”

“Alice, you mentioned community hubs and talked about the work with FareShare. Thinking about the community projects in your areas, what are some of the challenges that local authorities face in supporting them, and what is then the challenge going over to us? What would you like to see Government do more of to support …”

“Okay, brilliant. Helen, what is going on in Greater Manchester?”

“I beg your pardon. How does that compare nationally? Obviously, there are the jokes about the north-east and Greggs, but I assume that—”

“How many are there per 100,000 children?”

“If you have stuff that you can briefly outline, that would be good too.”

“I am just having a quick look through some of the stuff I have read about you already. You have reduced the number of fast-food outlets by about 13 per 100,000 children. Obviously, that has had a real impact.”

“Thank you both for coming along. We heard first from some of the experts about their experiences with some of the impacts that the unhealthy food surrounding them has, and that kind of lack of access. Then we heard from some of the expert organisations who have run small projects to bring food to people. I guess the th…”