Speeches by Jardine.

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement and welcome in particular the measures about bolstering our consular support. He has also made reference to our assets and the hundreds of thousands of British citizens in the wider region. What reassurance can he give us that their wellbeing is being thought about and th…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I share with him concerns about the level and quality of palliative care in this country. However, I do not agree that giving people the choice to end their life, if they are terminally ill and have been diagnosed as dying shortly, in any way undermines our ability as a House to i…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I do not think it matters how one is going to vote on this issue; a lot of us are finding it very frustrating that some Members seem to be deliberately hanging about in the Lobbies to delay the process. In order to get the Bill through and for the public to see that we are res…”

“Thank you for that; I was aware of the timeline but thank you for clarifying it. It still does not answer the basic question that you asked yourself. You said it was a balance between the accuracy, clarity and time. Given some of the questions you have been asked already about clarity and the follow-ups about clarity, …”

“Thank you very much, Baroness Falkner. I am the Women and Equality Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, and earlier this year—before the judgment—we completely reframed our policy on LGBTQ rights. I now find myself confused by the interim guidance. A lot of my constituents, party members and acquaintances who have r…”

“Sorry, I meant your interim guidance. I beg your pardon.”

“If I could interrupt, Baroness Faulkner, my point is that the interim guidance does not guide: it lacks clarity and leaves people in complete limbo, not knowing what the Act means for them, and it is causing a great deal of anxiety. So how do you think that we can progress until we have addressed that, removed the anxi…”

“That specific first answer about asking people, is that not a breach of their privacy in the first place? That makes the point that has been behind everybody’s questioning today, that there is a basic right that is being undermined.”

“Because we are so short of time, I am thinking specifically here about the privacy of trans people. How are you going to respect and protect their right to privacy in the workplace and socially and their right to go about their lives without fear of discrimination if they are going to be identified because they cannot …”

“I was very interested in what you were saying about pitting two vulnerable groups against one another, which is what has happened: women and girls who feel attacked and vulnerable to violence, very often from men, and trans people who feel vulnerable in their lives all the time. Unfortunately, regardless of what your i…”

“No. What I am saying is that regardless of what the interpretation was, the wider implication and result of everything that has happened is that trans people feel that they have lost rights that were guaranteed to them before by the protection of the EHRC. That is how they feel. How are you going to restore that trust,…”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. I should also mention there is likely to be a vote shortly, at which point we will suspend the sitting for 15 minutes to allow Members to vote.”

“The new finish time will be 4.12 pm.”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.”

“Happy birthday, Mr Speaker—I suspect you may be relieved that we cannot sing in the Chamber. I was recently approached by a small business owner in my constituency of Edinburgh West who faces bill of almost £30,000 for the period of lockdown when her business was closed. She is getting no sense out of British Gas Lite …”

“T7. A recent cyber-attack on schools and early learning IT in my constituency knocked out online access, but also underlined the need for a positive interaction between Scotland’s two Governments, rather than the constant constitutional bickering we have seen in recent years. With cyber-security about to move out of th…”

“Order. We are going to struggle to get everybody in. I will have to ask hon. Members to keep to a formal two-minute limit, and if you intervene, unfortunately I will have to take you off the list. I have to call the Front-Bench spokespersons by 5.10 pm.”

“I call Louie French.”

“I am disappointed that there are no SNP Members in the Chamber—[Interruption.] Nobody is here from the Scottish National party. I have to take issue with the Chief Secretary, because economic growth in any part of the United Kingdom affects not just England but all of the United Kingdom. I am sure that if SNP Members w…”