Speeches by McKenna.

“Thank you very much for everything you have said so far. I would like to actually build on what Alex was saying about the practicalities of the code. My background is in nursing and healthcare and it is often quite challenging managing single sex accommodations with inpatient services. Balancing those requirements with…”

“Clinical need is going to override those side rooms in many situations, just because there will be patients with infection, patients who are neutropenic and so on. That is one side of it. It just feels like so much of what we have discussed today is passing it on. Things have been written down in this code that are not…”

“It is not just legal advice. In practical terms professionals on the ground are going to find parts of this very challenging to implement and particularly to have sensitive conversations around someone’s sex in terms of the Supreme Court judgment and balancing that with their transgender and gender recognition status. …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. Massive congratulations to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Tom Gordon) on securing the debate. This issue matters to so many people around the country. My constituency is a coastal community, but also very rural in parts. Many of the issues rais…”

“Is that true in all the sports?”

“How has it changed across your career?”

“Escalating it through the FA must have been pretty tough. What was that like for you?”

“India and Hannah, have you seen anything?”

“I would like to explore issues around abuse and safeguarding. In a recent survey, women in sport found that female coaches were twice as likely as male coaches to have experienced bullying. I will start with Lisa. What have your experiences of bullying and abuse been? Is there anything that you have witnessed?”

“There is a lot of assumed knowledge, and men are learning the assumed knowledge earlier or more implicitly.”

“There does seem to be a bit of convenient opacity to a lot of these practices. Is that true for recruitment full stop? How do the current recruitment practices in coaching affect women?”

“As women progress up, at what stages of the career progression are the biggest barriers for them?”

“Is it more transparent for women coaches than male coaches? Is it men who are hiding their pay?”

“If we are rewriting the rule book on coaching, within coaching is there a difference in pay between men and women?”

“What can governing bodies and the Government do to address a lot of these barriers for women in this situation?”

“I would just like to explore a little the employment conditions facing women in the sector. Emily, what evidence are you able to share on the availability and adequacy of maternity and parental leave policies for coaches across the sector?”

“Are there changes between the different competitive levels as well? You talk about the differences between sports and different clubs and bubbles, but are there differences at different levels of playing?”

“Constituents of mine have been really worried and concerned by seeing residents of Herne Bay and Whitstable along the coast deprived of their essential water supplies. It should not have come as a shock; we know that there was 15% extra usage of water during the heatwave the other week, but local farmers were telling m…”

“I want to explore a bit more about the economics of the scene, particularly any degree of precariousness in it and, of course, the inequalities—I can see a reaction there straightaway. How well is the live comedy sector doing right now?”

“Do you think the effects of covid have had a particularly gendered impact at all?”