Speeches by Brewer.

“That leads nicely to my questions. In the interests of time I am going to ask each question to one person, but if any of you want to add to it please just indicate. Ola, digging into the gender pay gap a little, do you think there is a gender pay gap in the live comedy sector?”

“This year’s theme, as we have heard, is “Give to Gain”. That prompted me to think about feminism on a global scale, and how interconnected we truly all are. Our globalised world is far from being made up of isolated countries, bounded by iron borders; we exist in the physical space and online. Our geopolitical landscap…”

“This is fascinating and depressing in equal measure, but I am so glad you are both here to answer our questions, so thank you. I would like to ask you a little about the online/offline link and how the manosphere then translates into real life and relationships, which you have touched on a little. Based on your convers…”

“That’s interesting; thank you. You have talked a little about how that manifested in violence potentially towards women, but also how, when they are drawn into the manosphere, men are spending more time with other men. Did you see an increase in violence between the men in any of that?”

“It also seems there is a kind of cycle here. Picking up on some things you have already said, there are myths coming out from the manosphere—for example, the fear of false accusations of rape. Is that potentially making young men so fearful to approach women that they are attracted to that it becomes a bit of a self-fu…”

“It seems there is a lot of cognitive dissonance here with insecurity, alpha males, and loving and hating women all at the same time. Holding these two things in mind is not only difficult but, as we have talked about, potentially violent. Is one of the solutions to teach boys better communication skills?”

“My hon. Friend is giving a powerful and important speech. Half the residents in my constituency are served by Basingstoke hospital, which was included in the now infamous promise of 40 new hospitals by 2030. Now it seems completion could be as late as 2046. The delay means another 20 years of spending taxpayers’ money …”

“Thank you all for coming back in. I thoroughly enjoyed our previous conversations and want to pepper you with more questions. I am going to focus on the Invest in Women Taskforce. Debbie, thank you for giving us that update, which is very interesting. I would like to talk a little about the £635 million that has been c…”

“Does the BGF, which is obviously quite substantial, contribute its quarterly reporting the same as all the others?”

“Are all these funds being distributed and spent as quickly as you would like and in ways you would like? What oversight do you have of how that goes?”

“You are in good company in this room.”

“What measures is the Minister taking to protect communities from inappropriate, speculative development when effective and expensive local plans that were working have been rendered effectively useless by new housing targets?”

“I thank the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh) and my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Charlie Maynard) for bringing this important debate to the House. I want to talk briefly about two things. First, I want to acknowledge and put on the record the bravery of my very close, lifelong friend, K…”

“Yes, thank you. We have heard a lot throughout this inquiry about the difference between the acceptability of naming men’s genital parts and the taboo of naming women’s body parts and therefore there is significant work going on to combat this. They told us that NHS bureaucracy might be preventing some menstrual health…”

“Thank you. Do you think the NHS should be making more use of third-party media content produced by effective women’s health communicators, for example Dr Sesay and Dr Arif?”

“That was my next question, but this is specifically about it getting on to NHS social media channels.”

“What are the barriers to making it happen?”

“I just want to come back to the very first point that Kim asked around whether your strategy is going to include the concerns that we are raising in this inquiry, and you said it might depend on timing. I just wanted to add that the clues might be in our questions today as to the kind of areas we are interested in. I w…”

“Six months still seems a very long time from where I am sitting.”

“The Committee would be very interested in understanding exactly what the barriers are to making that happen.”