Speeches by Burton-Sampson.

“As we mentioned earlier, if you deny somebody a procedure, they are likely to just go somewhere else. Is it a high possibility that people will go somewhere else if you deny a procedure? You are all nodding.”

“If you were meeting with a patient during a consultation and you identified that the procedure might be harmful to their mental health, what additional support would you maybe access for that patient before you decide to proceed with that procedure?”

“Thank you. Ruth, do you want to come back on that?”

“That is interesting, because we have mentioned the commercial nature, budget companies and so on. Does that commercial nature maybe disincentivise practitioners from exercising the level of caution that they maybe would for other medical procedures?”

“Beth or Ruth, do you have anything to add?”

“Christopher, my questions are mainly for you, but Beth and Ruth, please feel free to join in. We have explored some of this already, but I would like to look a little more at pre-existing mental health conditions. As a clinician, what safeguards are in place to ensure that individuals with pre-existing mental health co…”

“Interesting—a very interesting challenge actually. Christopher, can you take us through how a practitioner might assess whether a specific procedure is in the patient’s best interests?”

“From the work you have done, do you think psychological screening should be mandatory before cosmetic surgery, including non-surgical procedures?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. Sadly, there are clear racial inequalities within the mental health system, as in other areas of health, and this must change. People from ethnic minority communities are more likely to experience a mental health problem, are less likely to receive support, an…”

“Southend West.”

“I draw Members to my declarations of interest. As many of us know, the Pride movement started with the Stonewall riots in 1969, but some people now see Pride as a party. It certainly did not start that way, and for many of us it is still a protest and will continue to be so until we genuinely do not need Pride anymore.…”

“Absolutely. I celebrate York Pride, and I thank its organisers for what they contribute. We stand up against discrimination at Pride events and outside; it is unacceptable. I have to mention my team at Southend Pride, which came into being the year before Basildon Pride. They, too, put on an annual festival and events …”

“I agree with what my hon. Friend is saying; these are normal people in our communities. Does she agree that it is really important that we are allies of these people and that we stand with them?”

“I will not, because I want other Members to be able to speak. I supported the Bill on Second Reading, to allow the debate to move forward and with the hope of satisfying my concerns—the main two being the definition of mental capacity and how it can be interpreted, and the safeguards in place to ensure that an individu…”

“This is my first time speaking to the Bill, so I want to start by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeater) for having the courage to bring forward such a significant piece of legislation. I thank all hon. and right hon. Members who have been part of the debate and who have worked on the Bill …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. Again, I reflect on stories that I have heard from local constituents on the issues that are being addressed in the Lampard inquiry. Does the Minister agree that these provisions will help to avoid the too early discharges that have led people either to go ba…”

“The final question from me: what do you think is the best way to combat the rise and influence of the manosphere? Do you think de-platforming and de-monetising manosphere creators can be effective?”

“I will be very quick. You have partly answered this, but I am listening to Committee members and we are all horrified by what we have read and what we are hearing. How has this happened? Where was the societal shift that led to people wanting to go from the physical world to a virtual world? Personally, I cannot think …”

“I want to think about the impact where the manosphere intersects with other extremist ideologies—for example, the alt-right and white supremacy movement—and the impact that intersectionality has on women of colour and other marginalised groups in the form of online and offline abuse.”

“You made an interesting point there. Is there any evidence of a balanced proportion of white men compared with the white population that tends to engage in the manosphere compared with those of other backgrounds, or is it disproportionate? Have there been any studies around that?”