Speeches by Rushworth.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank my friend the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) for the initiative to lead this debate. Although she is not present in the debate, I also pay tribute to the hon. Member for Maidstone and Malling (Helen Grant), who is a great campaigner on this …”

“My hon. Friend just made an excellent point. We know the research questions that need to be answered. Does he agree that it should not be beyond UKRI to put out a specific call asking people, through a competitive peer review process, to answer those questions?”

“I think there is a space between the two approaches. As wonderful as the Lobular Moon Shot Project is, I fully respect why the Government say that we cannot allow campaign groups to dictate which universities get x millions of pounds for particular projects, and I see the value of there being a peer-reviewed process th…”

“I declare an interest as the father of a child in receipt of DLA. “Not fit for purpose”, “degrading”, “dehumanising”, “stressful”—the findings of this report reflect what I hear from my constituents. As the Minister moves to the next phase—co-production—will he look at moving to a more personalised, individualised appr…”

“Thank you. That is a good overview of what the programme is. I have a couple of questions. One is broadly about take-up and what success you are having. Do you have any sense of the listenership on the ground. Also, what impact are you seeing? How are you able to evaluate the success of this so far?”

“We heard from a previous panel about the situation for women and girls, both in accessing healthcare, with the fact that women often have to speak to medics through the intermediary of a man, and in practising health care, due to the denial of education to girls and in the example of a practising midwife who is having …”

“Do you feel that the Afghan Red Crescent Society is in a unique position with regards to its relationship with the Taliban in that respect? Are you potentially seeing the best of it?”

“Can I just check something else? I suspect I know the answer to this, and it is possibly a question I should have asked the previous panel, but to what extent are the Taliban willing to accept education in the home like this? I appreciate they banned it in the public sphere, but is there an active resistance? Do people…”

“Do you feel that the Afghan Red Crescent Society is in a unique position with regards to its relationship with the Taliban in that respect? Are you potentially seeing the best of it?”

“We heard from a previous panel about the situation for women and girls, both in accessing healthcare, with the fact that women often have to speak to medics through the intermediary of a man, and in practising health care, due to the denial of education to girls and in the example of a practising midwife who is having …”

“Thank you both for your frankness and courage and how you are expressing yourselves. I feel deeply ashamed of our Government’s position on the students. I am trying to find some hope in a difficult situation. I am interested in where the cracks are and the degree to which the Taliban’s gender apartheid ideology is wide…”

“Are there any male allies? Are there any spaces where resistance can be mounted in a safe way or at least, despite what the law says, beyond the gaze of authorities?”

“Can you trace that to Afghanistan as well?”

“Can I just check something else? I suspect I know the answer to this, and it is possibly a question I should have asked the previous panel, but to what extent are the Taliban willing to accept education in the home like this? I appreciate they banned it in the public sphere, but is there an active resistance? Do people…”

“Are there any male allies? Are there any spaces where resistance can be mounted in a safe way or at least, despite what the law says, beyond the gaze of authorities?”

“Thank you. That is a good overview of what the programme is. I have a couple of questions. One is broadly about take-up and what success you are having. Do you have any sense of the listenership on the ground. Also, what impact are you seeing? How are you able to evaluate the success of this so far?”

“What kind of cases? Can you give an example of the kind of cases that would be brought to the attention of the Taliban?”

“Thank you both for your frankness and courage and how you are expressing yourselves. I feel deeply ashamed of our Government’s position on the students. I am trying to find some hope in a difficult situation. I am interested in where the cracks are and the degree to which the Taliban’s gender apartheid ideology is wide…”

“Can you trace that to Afghanistan as well?”

“What kind of cases? Can you give an example of the kind of cases that would be brought to the attention of the Taliban?”