Speeches by Duffield.

“Have social media companies ever consulted any of you?”

“What if they made it very obvious that these things were filtered? Everyone knows they use them, but might it help if there was, say, a red light or a green light in the corner of a photo to show this has been done with a filter?”

“Do you think they would if you wrote to them and said, “We know what we are talking about. Are you listening?”? Do you think you would get any engagement from them?”

“That is a really good answer; thank you. Dr Holliday, do you want to add anything to that?”

“Dr Daniels, we have been talking about the mental health of people who have surgery, but what about the mental health of people who are just shown these perfect, idealised images all the time? It is interesting what Dr Rowland Payne was saying about it improving their happiness, but is there some sort of cycle of loath…”

“This Committee is currently doing a report on social cohesion. In many ways, society seems to be more polarised than ever in terms of religious belief, race, politics, and trans-identified people versus feminists. What more can the EHRC do strategically to foster better relations between community groups and those ofte…”

“There have been numerous cases reported of intimidation and bullying of the EHRC, particularly relating to the guidance on women’s single-sex spaces you mentioned. It was reported that in 2022, a group calling themselves—forgive my language—Pissed Off Trannies left more than 60 bottles of urine outside your offices, po…”

“Thank you for your previous answer; I thought you were pretty courageous and I did not know if you would want to answer personally, so thank you for doing that. A recent report by the Policy Exchange, which I was involved with, found that many organisations are full of misinformation following the judgment. Public and …”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Westminster is once again buzzing with the latest U-turns, speculation and briefings over the Chancellor’s policies on the winter fuel allowance and the two-child benefit cap. There is less of a buzz for the visitors to Canterbury food bank, however, which last month distributed enough food to make 13,545 meals, in a 4…”

“T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

“So when people go and get a bit of Botox with, let us say a dental practitioner or something, that is not actually supposed to happen because it is supposed to be prescribed? I know people here who have that done.”

“How can we better educate people? Obviously, you are doing your bit, and people who have survived are doing their bit, but what role might Parliament play?”

“Ashton, do you think there is adequate informed consent given before procedures like Botox and everyday procedures?”

“Is there a problem with regulation? Because obviously you are one end of the scale, and then we have these people doing it in their houses. It seems like anyone can do anything. In a way your reputation might be damaged by this, and the other way round—people are going to assume the same standards are going to be carri…”

“Yes, thank you very much.”

“Gosh, that was pretty shocking. Thanks so much for being so honest with us. People at home watching will be really moved by your story. Professor Lees, we are going back to talking about education and informed consent, if that is okay. Are patients adequately informed about the risks of implants or wider cosmetic surge…”

“Professor Heneghan, you were talking about the different kinds of implant, and we have heard that there is a register in the Netherlands. So if there is no register for NHS England, presumably each hospital, or each CEO or whoever does procurement, can order its own type of implant from wherever you get these things. I…”

“Finally, Sasha, thank you for being so brave again. Do you feel that you had enough informed consent from the beginning of your two or three procedures? Would it have changed your mind if you had had more information, do you think?”

“I just want to talk about TV more generally. We all thought the drama was incredible, and I am a fan of “Best Interests”, that was extremely moving. Given the strong engagement from Government on your drama, and things like the Post Office drama on ITV, is it important that the very beleaguered TV industry gets more su…”