Speeches by Leadbeater.

“Peter and Clare, I assume you agree with that?”

“Did you say earlier that you would be in favour of implications counselling being mandatory before egg donation?”

“That is fine; thank you very much. Witnesses have told us that counselling and aftercare provision can be inconsistent across clinics. Does the HFEA currently assess and monitor services during inspections? Do you check what counselling looks like across individual clinics and then across the broader piece?”

“That is really interesting; thank you so much. It feels as though what you are saying is that there are different routes into the manosphere. It feels as though there is the self-development, fitness, want-to-look-after-myself route; there is the dating and relationships route; and then there are perhaps the people who…”

“You talked about antisemitism at that event, and other things like that. Is there any intersection with religion, in terms of the taking over of religious beliefs from that environment? Does that make sense? In terms of Christianity, we are seeing worrying things happening in this country, and in other countries. Also,…”

“That is really helpful; thank you. James, is it a similar story for you? Is it your view that young men enter this world with good intent and it is about self-development, or is there anything more sinister going on from the outset?”

“I have superseded something David is going to ask about shortly, so we will come back to that if we can, but we would like to know more about that. James, in your documentary you discussed sharing content by Andrew Tate on your social media account. What prompted you to do that, and what did you learn from that experie…”

“Thank you both for coming in this afternoon. You have both spent time with people and communities in the manosphere for your work. Could you explain what that experience was like?”

“That is really helpful. The other thing that strikes me with that is that presumably they were not into sport. If we think about young male identity, that is often where young men find their home, their people and their identity. Are we talking about people who are generally not members of a football team or a rugby cl…”

“My question was about sharing the content from Andrew Tate and what that was like.”

“That is really, really interesting. Thank you so much.”

“Does your clinic offer egg sharing?”

“That is fine; thank you. Private equity is increasingly interested in the fertility sector. What do you think makes this sector so attractive to private equity investment? Are there any signs of costs being inflated to pressure people into egg sharing? Is this an area of concern for you?”

“Is there any evidence that people withdraw from the treatment once they have seen the full cost?”

“Dr Venkat, do you want to add anything in terms of private equity?”

“That is really helpful; thank you. Professor Martins Da Silva, in your clinic’s view, how does egg sharing differ from financial compensation for egg donation, given that it provides substantial financial benefits?”

“We are going to talk a little about costs. Dr Dickerson, for egg freezing, do your clinics present full costings, including the add-ons and the ongoing storage fees, before a patient commits? Do you do that upfront?”

“Do either of your clinics offer egg sharing?”

“Do you know what due diligence is done by those clinics? What do they have to do ethically in terms of recruitment of the donors and the standards? Is there a legal framework around that?”

“Do you know clinics where they source eggs internationally? Are there some clinics in the UK that source eggs from other countries?”