Speeches by Paul.

“I would say Thursday.”

“Rural areas are facing a wave of unauthorised developments on land owned by Travellers, with little or no action being taken against them. My right hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho) and 30 of my colleagues have been pressing for national support to give new powers to the police and local authorit…”

“Q Thank you for your time, Claire. If I am interpreting your answer correctly, your basis for supporting the removal of jury trials is that it will save time and allow victims to get justice quicker. Would your position change if that is not the case and those time savings do not come through? Claire Waxman: That is im…”

“Q I thank you all for being here. I know that this must be incredibly difficult. You are incredibly brave, and it is wonderful to see you channelling something that was so negative for you in a positive way, so thank you for that. We have focused a lot on jury trials, but there is a real opportunity here to think about…”

“Q Your letter says that this will result in quicker justice for victims, and that is why you support it. My question is: if that is not the case, would you not support it? Claire Waxman: It is the case. The Crown court is overburdened. You have heard Sir Brian Leveson’s analysis; it cannot continue in the state it is i…”

“Q That suggests to me that if it did not save time, you would not support the proposal. Claire Waxman: But I cannot imagine it. If you are taking cases out of the Crown court that cannot deal with the pressure, that will save time.”

“Q Today, 58 out of 516 Crown court rooms are not sitting. Do you agree that it would be better to address that issue—and how would we address it?—rather than limiting jury trials? Kirsty Brimelow: May I deal with that briefly? Absolutely, if you open the courts, then the courts can hear the cases. Also, let us look at …”

“Q I am interested in your data. Do you see any differences in different groups electing for a judge-only trial? If you do see a difference—I am talking about age and various other protected characteristics—why do you think that there is one? Doug Downey: That is a great question. I do not have data on the different gro…”

“That is what we will be analysing over the next few weeks—whether it will or not.”

“The use of puberty blockers on healthy children is deeply wrong. Children given those drugs are being locked into their discomfort and put on a one-way pathway to cross-sex hormones and surgeries. All of that leads to a lifetime of sexual impairment, fertility issues, bone density loss and other catastrophic psychologi…”

“A key point to make is that potholes are often a symptom that roads have not been resurfaced at the right time. In reality, we have billions of pounds in community infrastructure levy funds that are sitting across the country, often just earning interest. They are not being invested in resurfacing roads or our drainage…”

“I think we can all agree that tackling the rise in youth employment is very important, but I am concerned about the approach that is being adopted for that purpose. We are essentially taking money away from employers and then giving some of them some of it back. Has the Secretary of State considered, for instance, the …”

“I am incredibly pleased to speak in support of Lords amendment 38, which seeks to raise the digital age of consent to 16. I only wish we had much more time for this debate, as it deserves. For years, parents like me have worried about the harms of social media on our children, and the detrimental impact of excessive sc…”

“That is really fascinating and worrying. One of the concerns I have is that you could donate your eggs in good faith, for all the positive reasons, wanting to help families have children, but actually there is a concern that those eggs could go all over the world—and to who? Most women would want to know they are going…”

“Dr Diane Tober, thank you very much for your written evidence; I found it really helpful and interesting. The things that really jumped out at me were, first, that on the OHSS, you said that quite often a 1% rate is advised but actually in some of the studies you have done you have seen 39% for moderate OHSS. Secondly,…”

“Moving on to commercialisation of the egg market. First Diane, what is your perspective on whether you have seen any evidence of exploitation in the egg donation industry? I am very interested in your thoughts specifically on the risks that you may or may not have seen in the UK, or things that we need to be aware of.”

“It was the focus on the UK and any watch-outs specifically in the UK, although you have touched on it.”

“Dr Diane, your international research suggests people travel across borders to both donate and buy eggs. What risks does this present and what measures are required to mitigate against those?”

“Do you think that we should be looking to agree international limits on the number of eggs donated or families created, generally?”

“I thank the Minister for his response, but I would suggest that in future the appropriate Minister, who can actually respond to our questions, is sent to the House. Here is another straightforward question for him: have the Government declined to give the US permission to use Diego Garcia and other UK bases, including …”