Speeches by Jardine.

“I very much welcome what is in the Government’s policy, particularly votes for 16 and 17-year-olds. We already have this in Scotland for the Scottish parliamentary elections and I have also campaigned for the change to be made for general elections. Will the Minister confirm that this will be in place in time for the n…”

“Good afternoon. Thank you for coming along. First, I would like to ask all you about the latest NHS guidance, which says that “Ruptured PIP implants have no proven long-term health effects.” Researchers we spoke to, and evidence we have heard, described that position as ludicrous so are you still confident in that guid…”

“Given that higher rate though—and you mentioned women who have ruptured implants—and the fact that there are women who still have PIP implants who say that they are causing them physical pain and mental stress with the fear of rupture, but they cannot afford to have them replaced, do you think the NHS should be offerin…”

“Do you have any data that shows the trend in people going abroad?”

“Which is another problem.”

“Can I just check because as I understand it the majority of implants were not done by the NHS?”

“So if women are stressed or in pain, you will replace those?”

“You would not replace those ones, but you would replace the ones that the NHS put in.”

“Do you think you need some mechanism for that? It baffles me.”

“We have heard a lot in this inquiry about the growth in cosmetic surgery tourism—beauty tourism as it has been called—and the problems that is bringing. Professor Fowler, you alluded to it earlier; can you give us an idea of how many complications from cosmetic procedures carried out both domestically and abroad have b…”

“Do you have any clear estimate of the financial burden placed on the NHS by corrective treatments?”

“We have heard a lot of evidence about PIP implants, and you mentioned them earlier. You have covered a lot about the protocols and so on, but with regard to them specifically, what lessons have been learned from the PIP scandal? How have these specifically influenced current clinical standards?”

“Rieka, do you agree with all that? Do you have anything to add?”

“2. What discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the spending review 2025 on Wales.”

“I was pleased to see funding for a number of transport projects in Wales in the spending review, not least because my city of Edinburgh is now linked directly by rail to the Secretary of State’s city of Cardiff. Lumo, which runs services in Scotland through open access, is hoping to begin a service through south Wales.…”

“15. What steps he is taking to manage the radio teleswitch service switch-off.”

“I welcome the Government’s change in course, because the previous hard deadline would have left many people, including people in my constituency of Edinburgh West, vulnerable and, indeed, unaware that there was any need to change their meter, but there is still a big problem in Scotland, as 100,000 people are still wai…”

“A number of semi-rural and suburban communities across my constituency—Newbridge, Blackhall, Ratho—have lost their post offices recently. Their banks have also gone, so there is a dearth of local facilities. At the same time, the Horizon scandal has undermined public trust across those communities. Does the Minister ag…”

“I welcome these important first steps announced by the Home Secretary, as well as her commitment to working with wider European partners, but what safeguards have been put in place to ensure that international law is respected and that the rights of genuine asylum seekers are protected?”

“We have touched on this in a couple of questions, but your report talks a lot about education, the reticence to talk about pornography in schools and the way teachers are worried about it. The survey found that 23% of respondents learned nothing about pornography at school, but at the same time it was their main source…”