Speeches by Taylor.

“With the safeguards that have been put in the Bill, there will be a panel that looks at those issues and asks questions like, “Has your doctor persuaded you to do this?” Do we honestly think that a social worker, psychiatrist or lawyer is totally incapable of finding coercion? That is exactly what the panel is there to…”

“On 30 April 1999, three nail bombs went off in London, killing four and injuring 140. One of them exploded at Brick Lane, the hub of London’s Bengali community; one exploded in Soho, at the Admiral Duncan pub, the heart of London’s gay district; and one exploded in Brixton, in an attack on south London’s black communit…”

“My constituents know more than most about the daily misery of HS2 construction, particularly in the villages of Water Orton and Kingsbury and the town of Coleshill, and they will welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. I met the new chief executive officer, Mark Wild, on Monday to discuss the reset, and I am delighte…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for supporting the new clause and for signing it, along with other Members. Does he agree that our hard-working delivery drivers in the freight and logistics sector also need such backing, given that they often face attacks at knifepoint while delivering what our country needs?”

“The Conservatives let down working parents by not having a plan for their pledge. I am proud of how this Labour Government have delivered to provide working families with 15 hours of Government-funded childcare and funding for new school-based nurseries, including at Keresley Newland primary academy in Bedworth, which …”

“11. What steps she is taking to expand school-based nurseries.”

“No, I will make some progress and expand on my point. Disqualifying retired and deputy judges would only shrink the pool of experienced candidates, and I do not believe that those changes would make the process safer, more effective or better. Instead, they would make it more difficult to appoint experts to allow the p…”

“No, I will make some progress. Requiring a judicial oath would be inappropriate because the panel is not performing a judicial function. It is a specialist, administrative panel whose first priority must be focused on safeguarding and the review of evidence.”

“I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) who has exemplified the integrity and transparency that we need in public service. I will speak about amendments 82 to 86, which were introduced by the right hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen) earlier, because as a former lawyer, they con…”

“One of my constituents told me of her mother’s pain in her last few months of suffering. It was so painful that she could not bear to be touched by my constituent or her brother. Now, both my constituent and her brother are facing post-traumatic stress disorder because of the difficult situation they witnessed while th…”

“So if I wanted to set up a women’s walking association, under your interpretation, I would have to exclude trans women or include men?”

“I am clear on your answer that if I want to set up a women’s walking association that excludes cis men, I cannot include transgender women. Is that what you have said?”

“So I cannot push you on the Gender Recognition Act. You are leaving that to one side and commenting on the Equality Act 2010—that is fine. I will move on to my second question, which is more on a personal level and is the sort of question that many of my constituents are asking. I want to start a trans-inclusive women’…”

“I thought I had made that clear: I wanted to set up a women’s walking association that was inclusive of trans women. Can I or can I not do that?”

“Yes, and the clarity question.”

“Okay, thank you. I will move on to the next question. In the past few weeks you have told fearful trans people that this judgment brings clarity, when they have no idea what they are supposed to do. You have told them that they are banned by law from gendered spaces, when that is not what the Supreme Court judgment sai…”

“Are they one of the groups that you are holding specific sessions for?”

“Thank you. That raises further questions, but I will allow you to move on.”

“So you are saying there is an incompatibility between those two pieces of legislation?”

“Welcome to the Committee. It is my first time interviewing you and you are very welcome here. The EHRC has been saying that there is an incompatibility between the Gender Recognition Act and the Equality Act. To what extent has the Supreme Court judgment resolved those concerns and brought clarity?”