Speeches by Entwistle.

“The point that you made about not just tacking on services, but really thinking about using those opportunities, utilising them well and establishing those links is really important.”

“T6. Parental leave is just as essential for families who adopt as it is for those with biological children, giving vital time for bonding. However, many adoptive families cannot access the same paid leave. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure equal parental leave for adoptive parents?”

“What work is taking place on the safety of siloxanes and their impact on the human body?”

“My question is for both Alison and Andy. How does the MHRA monitor the safety of breast implants particularly in light of BIA-ALCL and concerns around symptoms known as breast implant illness?”

“My question expands on that point actually. Is there a need for clearer pathways to recourse for patients who have experienced complications from following procedures? If so, what should that recourse and some of those pathways look like? We touched on insurance, but do you have other ideas?”

“My questions are around how the NHS makes sure a patient is able to give informed consent to a breast augmentation, particularly given the lack of data on associated risks, as you mentioned. What follow-up care and post-surveillance is given to patients who have received breast implants from the NHS?”

“We have been told that there is enough evidence to suggest that women who have an autoimmune issue—asthma for example—are at a greater risk of developing problems following breast implantation. Do you recognise those concerns and what research is happening in this area?”

“Thank you, Gabby, for your time; sorry, I came in late. To what extent do you think pornography has evaded regulation by virtue of being a policy area split between many different Government Departments? To what extent do you think this issue can be solved by having a specific ministerial responsibility around pornogra…”

“The Committee has recommended previously the creation of an online safety commission that could try to bring together this work and really drive forward online safety as a broader issue. Is that something that you see some value in?”

“Does the Secretary of State agree that this Bill puts fans at the heart of where they should be, and that had the Bill been in place earlier, clubs like mine—Bolton Wanderers—would not have come close to collapse?”

“One of the suggestions we heard was around making childcare costs tax-deductible business expenses, either in general or in certain circumstances. Have the Government given any consideration to that being an option or a possibility?”

“No, I do not think so, but we have met Debbie.”

“Baroness Gustafsson, could you update the Committee on the Invest in Women Taskforce? Does it have the funding it has called for, and when will it begin deploying it? What measures are in place to track the impact of the taskforce?”

“That is great, thank you. What are the Government doing to persuade more financial investors to allocate funding to the taskforce to encourage, for example, pension funds and other institutional investors to support, particularly, female entrepreneurs, and what progress has been made?”

“Other than that, are there any other mechanisms or processes in place to try to encourage more of that investment?”

“Going back to the point about deployment of funds, you said that is the next step. Do you have a timeline in mind for when that deployment might begin?”

“It feels like there is a reluctance and a hesitancy to shift from encouragement to mandating. Why is that? Why do we seem so afraid to mandate changes or to mandate or ringfence investment into female-led businesses or to encourage or mandate targets? Why does there seem to be a bit of hesitancy there?”

“Gareth, what maternity support are female entrepreneurs able to access? In particular, what improvements will the Government consider in the forthcoming review of parental leave?”

“What does success look like for the taskforce?”

“You are probably aware that we are approaching the 15th anniversary of the Equality Act. How effective do you think it is today? What do you think will be the key challenges to its effectiveness over the next decade?”