Speeches by Taylor.

“Thank you to you all for being here today. You all sat through the initial session as well, so thank you. This is a really exciting piece of work for us. What do you think are the main barriers to women entering and progressing in coaching roles, Emily?”

“What kind of practical changes do you think are needed to overcome that?”

“India, none of the four priorities in the RFU’s new five-year action plan for women’s rugby focus on female participation in non-playing roles. Do you think enough is being done to support women into coaching and other non-playing roles, such as officiating in rugby?”

“In terms of that piece after, do you think that gender quotas, along the same lines as FIFA’s requirement, would be helpful in rugby?”

“Lisa, what is your assessment of women’s access to coaching roles in both grassroots and elite basketball?”

“Hannah, I have a specific question for you about FIFA’s recent requirement for teams at its women’s tournaments to have a female head or assistant coach. What are your thoughts on that?”

“According to your research, the number of women in coaching declined by 6% between 2022 and 2024. What do you think has caused that decline? Is it anything specific or things that we have already covered?”

“We are seeing new leisure centres springing up in some areas, but very few of them have additional indoor sports halls and those sorts of facilities. Do you think generally there is a need for more covered court facilities?”

“You both have those top coaching qualifications, but are there still barriers to women accessing and completing those top-level qualifications?”

“I have some specific questions but, Lisa, is there anything you want to add at this stage?”

“The right hon. Gentleman mentioned the Gurkha community. I want to pay tribute to the Queen’s Gurkha Regiment and the 30th Signal Regiment, based just outside my constituency. The Gurkhas who served are an essential and integral part of our community; they offer great value, and integrate into the community. I thank hi…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her valuable intervention and for sharing her experience, with so many military families living in her constituency, and I agree with her. New clause 13 focuses on single living accommodation, which is often of a relatively temporary nature. Our focus really needs to be on the catastrophic si…”

“It was an honour to serve on the Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill and to help deliver on our general election promise to extend the armed forces covenant to every area of Government, to better support armed forces personnel and veterans. I was delighted to be joined on the Committee by so many veterans with ex…”

“I reiterate the fact that there are no Members here from the party led by the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage), in particular because so many of the local authorities responsible for implementing the armed forces covenant are led by that particular party. It is grossly incompetent that they are not here to listen…”

“I reiterate the fact that there are no Members here from the party led by the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage), in particular because so many of the local authorities responsible for implementing the armed forces covenant are led by that particular party. It is grossly incompetent that they are not here to listen…”

“5. What steps she is taking to ban conversion practices.”

“T2. Leaked guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission suggested that it would be lawful for transgender and gender non-conforming people to be excluded from changing facilities based on a perception that their appearance did not correspond with societal gender norms, irrespective of their actual sex. Can th…”

“I thank the Minister for the comments that she has made so far. Conversion practices have devastated the lives of LGBT people for many years, making them feel ashamed of who they are and leaving them with long-term physical and mental harm. The upcoming King’s Speech marks eight years since a ban on so-called conversio…”

“There is really nothing for capacity building within the sector at all.”

“Thank you for giving us a really good summary of the benefits of joining a trade union. It is always good to be reminded of that. Jess, how is your organisation funded?”