Speeches by Swallow.

“Justine, is that something Mumsnet users would recognise?”

“Rachel, you touched on some of this in your last response but Best Start family hubs were designed to offer accessible, joined-up support for families in early years. In your view, what core services do you think they are best placed to offer to support parents?”

“I sometimes feel a bit uncomfortable when girls are brought into the men’s bathroom.”

“Where in the law does it allow for that exception, which is perfectly commonsensical?”

“Very briefly, John, just to pick up on your comment about the basis of this being that single-sex spaces are based on biological sex, the draft code includes an exception to that. The example given is a woman being able to take her male child under 10 into the women’s changing room, which is paragraph 13.136, so it ima…”

“I recognise why so much of the conversation around your work at the moment is focused on the code; I have been involved in making sure that that conversation is ongoing. Do you hope that you will be able to fulfil much more of your function as the commissioner for equalities and human rights, going forward, and much le…”

“I asked specifically about thematic inquiries that, as I said, was picking up on your pre-appointment hearing. You mentioned the work you are doing on the balance of rights. I assume that is referring in part to the rights of the LGBT+ community. The ILGA ranks the UK 22nd in Europe for LGBT+ rights, in part because it…”

“I have very limited time so I will just push on.”

“Is that through a thematic inquiry?”

“First I want to ask you about the broader role of the EHRC, and just take you back to your pre-appointment hearing where my colleague on the JCHR, Afzal Khan, pushed you to ensure that the EHRC under your leadership was carrying out the important function it has as Britain’s independent equality regulator and national …”

“As I am sure you can imagine, we have lots of questions about the code.”

“T2. One of the biggest barriers to accessing community healthcare in Bracknell Forest is constituents not being able to get routine diagnostic procedures done at their local GP or health centre, and instead having to travel. One constituent with cancer was told that he had to go to Guildford for a simple blood test. Ho…”

“T2. One of the biggest barriers to accessing community healthcare in Bracknell Forest is constituents not being able to get routine diagnostic procedures done at their local GP or health centre, and instead having to travel. One constituent with cancer was told that he had to go to Guildford for a simple blood test. Ho…”

“Rachel, I have spoken both to early years providers and parent carers in my constituency about applying for an EHCP, and they tell me that it can be very difficult to do it in early years. That is not least because the process takes so long that, by the time they complete it, they have moved settings and effectively lo…”

“It is a huge privilege to follow that incredible contribution from my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West and Leigh (David Burton-Sampson). I think many of us in this place recognise a lot of the experiences he talked about—many of us who know what it is to be holding hands with the person we love as we walk down …”

“The hon. Member makes a profoundly important point. We have all seen the conversation around preserving the rights of everyone in our society—women and trans people—increasingly made into a political football and into something deeply personal. A lot of that is being driven by social media. Every Member who chooses to …”

“The hon. Lady just said that we should not be arguing about flags, and I totally agree with her. In my view, it should be up to councils and community groups to decide the version of the pride flag that they choose to fly, whether it be the traditional pride flag or the progress pride flag. I do not think that that is …”

“10. What steps she is taking to help clean waterways in the Thames Valley.”

“Last week there was a major fire in Bracknell, and I pay tribute to the emergency services, Bracknell Forest council, local businesses and the community, which all came together to respond. Alongside the hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mr Reynolds), I have since contacted the Environment Agency to raise residents’ concerns…”

“The Minister is making a really important point. The fact that the first action of many Reform councils has been to tear down Pride flags and to ban or defund Pride events really speaks to who they are and their values, and I do not think that they are the values of the vast majority of British people. The Minister is …”