Speeches by Leadbeater.

“Thank you for coming this afternoon, Minister. It is lovely to see you and your colleagues. Let us get straight in there regarding the women’s health strategy. When do you plan to publish a renewed women’s health strategy for England, and will it take into account the concerns that are raised by this inquiry? It is fai…”

“We were hoping to seek some reassurance that you would take into account the things that we do on the Committee.”

“So more transparency on success rates and possibly, again, more transparency on the costs.”

“Yes, it is really interesting—new project coming up! What is known about the success rate of egg freezing in terms of live birth outcomes? Is enough data collected on that, and if not, why not?”

“That is really helpful. Petra, do you want to add anything?”

“Does anyone want to add to that?”

“No, I don’t think there is.”

“How much does it cost? I have no idea.”

“That is really interesting. Is there a role for workplace cultures or benefits around this? If there is any employer-funded freezing programme or anything like that, does that have an impact?”

“Tell me about it.”

“Timothy, did you want to add anything? This is your area, as well.”

“Thank you, everybody, for coming this afternoon. It has been really interesting. This is a subject that I, like David, don’t know a huge amount about, so it has been really helpful. Just as a heads-up: a bell may ring shortly and, like Pavlov’s dogs, us MPs will have to go and vote—it is not personal. If that happens, …”

“Did you make it multi-sport?”

“That is brilliant and really helpful—thank you. Ruth, I will come to you now and ask about the programmes that your organisation has funded and the outcomes around community cohesion.”

“I am extremely excited about this session, Chair, so thank you very much. Having spent a lot of my career in sport and community cohesion, I think it is brilliant that we have the opportunity to discuss these issues and hear from such fantastic witnesses. It was a pleasure working with Ruth in my previous life at the J…”

“Which you would assume would have a very positive impact on cohesion, because you would be bringing in children from different backgrounds, who are attracted to different sports, to the same space.”

“Lovely—thank you, Ruth. I now come to you, Ali, and your work through the Youth Sport Trust with reference to young people. You might have other comments, but I think one of the mistakes that I have seen over the years when looking at sport through the political lens is that it was always either performance or particip…”

“Very quickly, Ali, it is helpful to raise the issue of Sport England potentially not being considered as a statutory consultee on the planning and infrastructure work. That is important, so thank you for bringing that up. It is good that the Football Foundation has broadened the scope of its funding so that money can b…”

“That’s brilliant. Thank you so much for all the work that you and your team have done at Spirit of 2012. It has been a fantastic piece of work. Thank you, Chair, for bearing with me. I think you might be going next to my tennis partner for some questions.”

“Sorry to interrupt—I am just conscious of time. You have the power, through the work you do, of the brand of the football club. I think that is very powerful. What involvement have the Government or local authorities had in those initiatives? Do you think that there is a difference in how those programmes are badged an…”