Speeches by Niblett.

“Excellent. How many men have signed up to your campaign?”

“Would you say there is evidence of a cultural shift in appetite for shared parental leave?”

“On a personal note, my daughter is now 17, and I was very fortunate. I am no longer with her dad, but he was very hands-on. Her relationship with her dad is wonderful; it has enabled me to pursue a career, and she now has different role models in us both. I feel like you are preaching to the converted here. That natura…”

“I have one last question. Should the Government consider wider support for dads alongside or within their review of parental leave, and if so, which aspects of support are key?”

“Jemima and Gemma, talking about international comparisons, which countries’ parental leave systems should the Government be looking to for evidence to inform their review?”

“It is interesting you mentioned Spain, because it was mentioned in the previous panel. In terms of use it or lose it, what is Quebec doing in terms of timeframe and levels of pay? Gemma, I am going to put you on the spot.”

“It was to do with the fact that you are sceptical about the feasibility of the UK having equal shared parental leave.”

“Are you and the Disability Unit involved in—”

“Let me move on to a slightly different but hugely important topic: the over-reliance on in-patient care. The Disability Unit website does not list the Mental Health Bill as one of its priorities. Just for a bit of background and to frame the question, I am wondering what the Disability Unit and Race Equality Unit have …”

“Linking back to the comment on childcare earlier, we know that parents who have children with special educational needs probably struggle even more to get the wraparound care they need, let alone the half-term holiday care they need, so I am just mindful—well, I am preaching to the converted, quite frankly. Thank you f…”

“You mentioned there were eight pilots going forward. I read somewhere that there were 50 stations on a feasibility list. Would you be able to commit to six-monthly updates on that programme? I am mindful that for the eight that will be completed by the end of this year, a six-monthly update is not going to be relevant,…”

“I agree, but frankly it would be great if Derbyshire county council could get the basics right. Although my team and I will always work constructively with the local authority to right the wrongs endured by SEND children and families across South Derbyshire, the council’s chronic mismanagement of this crisis is indefen…”

“Any idea on timeframes for improving? I know we do not know how long the waiting times are, but are there any targets for reducing the waiting times and any time by which we will have reduced them?”

“It is nice to see you here. I am going to move on to disabilities. Just last week I had a visit from Minister Timms to my constituency. He was wonderful—he made people feel very seen—and I thank you for the fact that there is a disabilities champion in each Department; that is wonderful. I want to talk specifically abo…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth) for securing this crucial Adjournment debate. As she rightly indicates, SEND provision in Derbyshire has reached crisis point. Her point about Conservative-run Derbyshire county council’s unspent SEND funding, and the heartbreaking consequences for …”

“Yes—Access for All and making railway stations available for everybody, no matter their disability. I just wonder what role, if any, the Disability Unit has in the Access for All programme.”

“What is your assessment of the effectiveness of Prevent in tackling extremism, and in what ways can Prevent be improved to be more effective in preventing the radicalisation of young people?”

“It’s fine; we all scratch our heads too, but hopefully brilliant minds will come up with an answer because we have to find one. On a slightly different topic but very much related, do you think the rise of incel culture and misogynistic influence is having an impact on communities?”

“That leads me quite nicely on to a supplementary question, and you may or may not have the answer because if we had the answer, it would feel like a silver bullet: what strategies can be employed to dismantle online echo chambers that propagate the extremist beliefs and to de-radicalise individuals drawn into them? We …”

“You have mentioned contemporary threats and so this quite naturally moves us to our next question: to what extent is the dissemination of misinformation and conspiracy theories a threat to community, social cohesion and civic engagement?”