Speeches by Griffith.

“Do you rely a lot on partnerships with major sports organisations but also commercial providers?”

“I would like to finish up with the idea that an awful lot has been done about the barriers and that most of the focus now should be about finding solutions. Do you agree with that view? Does anyone want to make any final comments on the discussion so far?”

“Yes.”

“My dedicated volunteer coastguard rescue officers are absolutely vital to the safety of the public along the very long coastline all around my constituency. Can the Minister tell us what response he expects the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to give to the formal written request by the GMB union for collective bargaini…”

“In that scenario of having to choose, what are the main factors that seem to influence whether something gets funding or not?”

“Does anyone else want to comment?”

“I am not the athletic one so I am going to focus on funding, particularly for research and how you can access that. Let me start with a very general question: how accessible is funding for research into women’s sports sciences? Kirsty and Leanne, you probably do more applications than the others, and Gemma probably.”

“Are you basically very dependent on private sector funding, in many respects, to kick-start things or get the match funding?”

“Do you feel that commercial providers have equal concern about women as men? Or do you feel it is very biased in any way?”

“I will try to keep to your limit, Sir Alec. The work of the Burry Port coastguards is absolutely vital to my constituency, which is surrounded on three sides by water. It has a long coastline, treacherous estuaries, constantly shifting sands and a huge tidal range, as well as very attractive miles of beaches and coasta…”

“Indeed I do. Sir Alec, just think how much time and effort our volunteer coastguard rescue officers put into ensuring that they can provide the very best service and dovetail with the other emergency services. They are real multitaskers and trained to a very high standard. They have to be multiskilled. They are trained…”

“T8. In the consultation on surplus flexibilities for defined pension schemes, the Pensions Minister explained that trustees could offer employers surplus extraction of pension funds on condition of restoring the value of pre-1997 pensions. In drawing up the regulations, will he ensure that trustees are required to comm…”

“I warmly congratulate the Minister on publishing this draft Bill, and I very much welcome the fully trans-inclusive ban on abhorrent conversion practices. Although the Bill will enable the punishment of those who carry out those abusive practices, its real value will be as a deterrent to stop anybody being subject to s…”

“Although I certainly welcome the protection of our steel industry, I remain concerned about some tariffs and quotas affecting some products. I am pleased to hear the Minister reiterate what the Industry Minister said on Wednesday: that, alongside measures to protect our industry, our Government are absolutely committed…”

“Labour came in with a very ambitious commitment in our manifesto of trying to simplify this, make it more dignified and so forth. What plans do you have to do anything at all in respect of the GRC now as a Department?”

“Secretary of State, as you will be well aware, the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was originally brought in to enable the UK to comply with the European convention on human rights. Do you think it is still fit for this purpose?”

“How are you going to measure the effectiveness of the pay gap reporting and action plans that you hope would develop from that?”

“How do we ensure that trans people do not feel that they continually have to disclose who they are? There seem to be so many reasons, through the code of practice and so forth, why they would have to. Surely that must be very degrading and not what they would want.”

“Is there any danger of unintended consequences, such as employers not employing people with disabilities because they think it will increase their pay gap?”

“Is it the intention that that should be in the draft Bill?”