Speeches by Taylor.

“This really shows us how much more there is to unpack in this area. The need for period products is also so essential when you hit the menopause because it may be that you have just not thought about them for such a long time, and then suddenly, bang, and you do not have any on you.”

“I am happy for anybody else to come in, but do you think it should be something that is taught on the PE curriculum within schools and not just in a PSHE-type class?”

“I wanted to touch on something that Emma brought forward: the fitting of bras. It is something that is a big passion of mine. I used to own an independent lingerie shop. We fitted a lot of young girls as they were coming up to puberty and beyond, and we always said, “And are you sporty? Do you do sport? Because if so, …”

“Just moving on from that, I have two more questions. One is about sports kit. I know in the sport that I play there is that predominance of the white rule in tennis clubs and I know that is the same in cricket, and it can put people off. Are we doing enough to make our sports kit more inclusive and get to a place where…”

“Yes, this is the sport Committee, so this is obviously my favourite inquiry. I really want to focus on the barriers for secondary school-aged girls in sport. Emma, I know you have already touched on some of this, so this is really a chance to expand on it. I have a campaign called Get All Girls Active, or GAGA, and as …”

“I have been reminded by the Chair to declare any interests that might be relevant to this. I chair the all-party parliamentary group on sport and physical activity, I am an officer of the women’s football all-party parliamentary group, and I am a registered LTA tennis player, just to set that straight.”

“Would the right hon. Gentleman agree that Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget impacted on working families up and down this country, resulting in the astronomical mortgage interest rates that they are still struggling to fund?”

“The right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time and is putting forward interesting points. It surprises me that nobody on the Opposition Benches brought these points forward in the 14 years they were in power. Stamp duty land tax is not a new tax; it is a tax that went up under the last Government, yet the Con…”

“The shadow Chancellor would have us believe that the Conservatives have changed, and that the days of Liz Truss and her disastrous mini-Budget are behind them, but we can all see that nothing has changed. Once again, we see the same reckless attitude towards the public finances—cutting public expenditure to fund tax br…”

“No, not at this point. We have been here before with the Tories. They tell the public they can slash the state without any downsides, but the next thing we know is that our local library is being shut down, our local swimming pool goes with it and our vital services such as the NHS and schools end up in crisis. My cons…”

“I am not saying whether stamp duty is a good or a bad tax. I am saying that I do not support simply abolishing it without any thought about the impact that that will have on the poorest people in our society. The Tories have dressed up this fantasy tax cut as standing up for first-time buyers, but as a former property …”

“I will make some more progress. The average property sale in my constituency would see buyers buying for the second or subsequent time paying between £2,000 and £3,600. That is not an insignificant amount of money for sure, but it is just a tiny fraction of the cost of buying an average home. Comparing that with the ki…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that what has locked young people out of the housing market over the last 14 years is not the existence of stamp duty, but the astronomical rise in house prices? They have gone from being around three times a first-time buyer’s income to more like 10 times in constituencies like mine and his.”

“I will be a little clearer on Labour’s principles: we will not be joining the Conservatives in the voting Lobby because we will not vote for unfunded tax cuts that predominantly serve the wealthy and do nothing to help first-time buyers or ordinary working people up and down the country.”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for leading this debate. Many of my constituents, including Helen, Lauren, Laura and Kayleigh, have written to me, and Helen asked me to raise this point in particular. When she went on maternity leave, she needed support from her partner. One in four women has a caesarean birth, and the physical…”

“It is time to end the taboo around the menopause. Today’s Government announcement that menopause will be included in the 40-plus health check is a huge step in the right direction. It will mean that women across my constituency of North Warwickshire and Bedworth will get the medical support that they need. However, we …”

“It is quite frightening that insurance would cost £99. I was involved in law before I became an MP, and our indemnity insurance cost tens of thousands of pounds per annum, as opposed to £99. That was just for financial losses, as opposed to loss of health or potentially loss of life.”

“Victoria, Lesley has quite clearly told us about some problems with the public not understanding the certificates and not knowing what to ask for. What measures do you think are necessary to improve public awareness of the risks associated with certain procedures and how to choose safe providers?”

“Thanks, Lesley. Can I stop you there? We need to try to get some details out. Victoria, can I push you a bit? What steps do you think will be required to ensure that unregulated and illegal practitioners are not able to practice once we have the licensing scheme in place?”