Speeches by Franklin.

“On that specifically, we have the whole conversation about funding for the BBC. Who do you see is responsible for paying for the interventions necessary to make sure that, as you put it, everyone comes on that journey together?”

“Thank you. There is a whole conversation around whether you continue to have DTT beyond 2034. If it had to continue for a period, what are the cost implications to you of providing that?”

“We have obviously had changes in that you can have your home address not published on the forms, but many candidates and agents are still publishing their home addresses. Can you shed some light on why addresses are still being published at elections? Would you support removing the option to publish them?”

“A lot of the stuff around getting social media platforms to take action themselves focuses on the big ones, but there are obviously these smaller, more niche ones that sometimes can be more problematic. Do you have any thoughts on the risks that those pose and how we might try to address them?”

“We have heard from you, and the other panel, about how stuff that starts online is moving into the physical, outside world, and vice versa. I am not going to dig into that in too much detail, because we have established that it is a thing, but how do you think that regulation of social media could be strengthened here …”

“Many in this room and previous candidates will have stood multiple times. They might well have divulged their personal address in the past, but even if they choose to make the change, the information is often still available after elections, if you go looking on the internet. Are you aware of that? Are there ways for i…”

“Among the suggestions we have seen was one about allowing PO boxes for that purpose. At the moment, that is not allowed; you cannot include a PO box. Is that a suitable alternative, given the issue that has been highlighted?”

“Can I add a little bit to that, Mr Speaker? It is also about whether it is their actual home address.”

“We have obviously had changes in that you can have your home address not published on the forms, but many candidates and agents are still publishing their home addresses. Can you shed some light on why addresses are still being published at elections? Would you support removing the option to publish them?”

“A lot of the stuff around getting social media platforms to take action themselves focuses on the big ones, but there are obviously these smaller, more niche ones that sometimes can be more problematic. Do you have any thoughts on the risks that those pose and how we might try to address them?”

“We have heard from you, and the other panel, about how stuff that starts online is moving into the physical, outside world, and vice versa. I am not going to dig into that in too much detail, because we have established that it is a thing, but how do you think that regulation of social media could be strengthened here …”

“Many in this room and previous candidates will have stood multiple times. They might well have divulged their personal address in the past, but even if they choose to make the change, the information is often still available after elections, if you go looking on the internet. Are you aware of that? Are there ways for i…”

“Among the suggestions we have seen was one about allowing PO boxes for that purpose. At the moment, that is not allowed; you cannot include a PO box. Is that a suitable alternative, given the issue that has been highlighted?”

“Can I add a little bit to that, Mr Speaker? It is also about whether it is their actual home address.”

“I had a question to follow up on facilities on state schools. I was speaking to a number of schools in my constituency of Guildford. They are very keen to enable young people to do year-round sport. Part of that has been wanting to develop more multi use games areas—MUGAs. They have hit some interesting challenges on t…”

“Returning to the school games organisers, I have a question for Ali and then I have some questions for Montell, Anna and Alistair. How effective do you think the school games organisers have been in increasing sport participation? We have started to touch on the issue of diversity. Organisers are potentially engaging w…”

“Moving on to the national governing bodies of sport, do you think that there should be more of a requirement for them to engage with schools through the school games organiser network? I know that many do great work in this area, but should it be that if they want to evolve with government funding, they need to engage …”

“Thank you, Ali. Now a question for our panel of athletes. I am interested to hear about your experiences of taking part in extracurricular activities such as inter-school competitions, like all those other competitions that take place at school, What was your experience? Do you think there are enough opportunities for …”

“Anna, do you have any thoughts on this?”

“Can I ask one more question? This takes us beyond the competitive sport realm. As a panel, you have noted the impact that school PE and sport has on health and wellbeing. I would like to hear your thoughts on the inclusion of other extracurricular, physical-related activities, perhaps things such as yoga and Pilates, t…”