Speeches by Jardine.

“It is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. and learned Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for his powerful introduction to this very timeous petition debate. This is a conscience issue, and my Liberal Democrat colleagues may have very different views, but I find it ironic that…”

“That is quite a worrying picture. How would you say this manosphere has gained traction now with men and boys? Is it through issues, or what would you say?”

“Good afternoon. First, apologies if I mispronounce your names; I am having terrible trouble at the moment, so I can sympathise. Dr Sugiura, could you give us an overview of the different manosphere communities out there, the similarities and the differences?”

“How do you think it will evolve? Where do you see it going from here?”

“I actually noticed you were nodding there, Ms Walker, as if that reflects your own experience. To what degree do you think the talking points and what we are hearing are now trickling into mainstream?”

“Doctor Regehr, how many people do you think are exposed to manosphere content even if they are not looking for it? Some may be, but it may just be that algorithms are pointing a lot of people in that direction.”

“Jacob, how many men in the UK do you think are part of this, and how would we go about measuring that?”

“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Furniss. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) on leading the debate with such a powerful speech on behalf of the 120,000 people who want us to consider the petition carefully. I thank them for bringing the voice of the trans community into…”

“I think I have made it absolutely clear that I include women and I include all the LGBT community. But what I object to, with every fibre of my being, is those vulnerable groups being pitted against each other. I think we all do. Every vulnerable group in this society deserves the protection of not just their Governmen…”

“I find this confusing and incomprehensible. Why do the Government need that data? Is there not also a danger that it will get into the hands of the wrong people and there will be a breach of privacy? I just do not understand why we need it. Medical records need it, yes, but do the Government?”

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“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I appreciate the hon. Lady giving way, given the time constraints. Does she acknowledge the concern that many of us have about not telling patients all the options, particularly young people who are now so social-media literate? Their automatic reaction is to Google everything; in fact, we all do it. The danger is that…”

“This is a very personal one for me, because much of my motivation for supporting the Bill comes from having watched a member of my family die of motor neurone disease. Although perhaps it would have been preferable if motor neurone disease and other degenerative diseases could have been included, I accept that we do no…”

“We are going to struggle to get everybody in, so can Members please keep any interventions brief?”

“I am sure that we would all agree that the wellbeing of our universities is vital to the economic wellbeing of this country. As the Member for Edinburgh West, I know that the wellbeing of our four universities in Edinburgh is vital not just to the economy, but to the livelihoods of many of my constituents. Internationa…”

“We begin with the Select Committee statement. Tom Gordon will speak on the publication of the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ second report of the Session “Accountability for Daesh crimes” for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of the statement, I will call Members to put q…”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. Unfortunately, because of its popularity, I will have to impose a time limit of three minutes from the beginning. I intend to go to the Front Benchers at 2.38 pm.”

“Apologies, but I will have to reduce the time limit to two minutes.”