Speeches by Jardine.

“Does anyone else want to add anything to that?”

“Bearing all those figures in mind, to what extent do men and women have equal opportunities when pursuing a career or educational pathway in sports science? Where do you see the barriers, if any?”

“You have heard that employment in sports and exercise sectors is currently, so to speak, an under-utilised vehicle for tackling youth unemployment and improving social mobility. Do any of you have views on that specifically?”

“Good afternoon. Thank you very much for coming. Gemma and Emma, how would you characterise the current gender balance across sports science in academia and applied practice?”

“Things as simple as changing the title have an effect.”

“I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for bringing forward this urgent question. My constituents in South Queensferry, where we have a lifeboat, have written to me in great numbers to say that they are concerned about the coastguard service. The service in South Queensferry is …”

“How much is it to do with a lack of transparency and structure in the pathways so that young women and girls can see a career path from something they love doing into a job or a university degree and then into a career?”

“It is not a bad job.”

“Kirsty, bearing in mind what has been said about advertising and language, what steps could universities or the Government take to increase the proportion of women taking sports science degrees?”

“The Government have stressed the importance of energy independence, sovereignty and security. How concerned are they that it is difficult to pin down, as we have tried to do, exactly how many, and what percentage, of the wind turbines in this country are produced in China, considering that a thousand of them were recen…”

“I welcome the statement, and whenever we have come to the Government, they have reacted quickly. Capita appeared to be moving quickly, but this week a woman I have been representing since March, and who has been pursuing Capita for more than a year over her husband’s death in service benefits, told me this week that—th…”

“The hon. Member talks about the responsibilities. Does he agree with what the coastguard in South Queensferry,in my area, has said—that at the stroke of a pen, the MCA has dispensed with all responsibilities to the CROs and put them in a vulnerable position?”

“I congratulate the Minister on the Bill, which has been a long time coming. I was in the Chamber in 2018 to hear the then Prime Minister, Theresa May, promise that there would be a conversion ban. It seems that it was almost impossible for the Conservative party to live up to that promise, and at last we have it coming…”

“Although only a few hon. Members want to speak, I wonder if we could limit speeches to around five minutes to get everybody in.”

“I am sorry, but to get everyone in I will have to move on to the Front Benchers at 4 pm. Could you please stick to a formal time limit of four minutes each?”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to speak, even in this heat, although jackets can be removed.”

“I welcome the statement and the Secretary of State’s tone, because it is important that we all acknowledge that we are dealing with young children and their safety is paramount. While many children will resolve the issues themselves, there is an important group of children for whom that will not be the case; they face …”

“Leeds Beckett University highlighted that unless it is done carefully, you get perceptions of tokenism. Have you experienced that, or do you think sport is getting over it? We have now seen women refereeing international rugby matches. Are sports getting away from the perception of tokenism?”

“Are there organisational changes that you think would help in outlining the judgment of how people progress? It sounds as if judo has a well-established organisational progression. Do you think other sports could learn from that?”

“Apologies for having to be elsewhere at the start of the meeting but thank you all for being here. I want to talk a wee bit about access to high-profile work. There has not been a lot of research, but it seems to indicate that there is not much career progression for women referees and officials. Do you think that fema…”