Speeches by Taylor.

“I am sure you would probably agree that back then it was difficult to break through as a female umpire. You would go to a men’s tournament and never be given the same number of matches as the male umpires would.”

“As you have pointed out, it is much more important when you have younger people coming.”

“Do you think that was different on the international scene? Was the first Grand Slam men’s final that you umpired in the UK?”

“Do you think that sort of thing would deter women and girls from umpiring?”

“Do you think that it would deter tournament directors or referees from giving women more men’s matches?”

“Welcome to all you, and particularly Alison; we worked together as umpires and line judges, probably from when I joined in 1996 to when I stopped officiating in 2005, which was when your career really took off.”

“What about you, Lisa?”

“The Government recently launched a women’s sport online abuse forum to share best practice on tackling the online abuse of athletes and sportswomen. To what extent are there issues of online abuse towards officials?”

“At that time, we may have been umpiring some of the same matches.”

“Do you think they are better at treating female umpires more fairly in, say, France, the US or Australia than they are in the UK?”

“Do you feel that the tennis authorities deal with those situations effectively?”

“My first question is for you, Alison. I am not asking you to talk about any specific players or specific colleagues but we were all shocked recently by an incident at the French Open: after a match, a player made sexist comments about the female chair umpire not being up to the job and said that the match should have b…”

“Parents across North Warwickshire and Bedworth responding to my survey told me overwhelmingly that they feel powerless to protect their children from the harms of social media, where they are told that they are not pretty enough, thin enough, cool enough or good enough at their favourite sport—or, worse still, where pi…”

“I thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate. As a constituency neighbour in Warwickshire, I share her concerns. I have been out with my local Speedwatch groups in Warton and Water Orton. My constituents in North Warwickshire and Bedworth are fed up of dangerous roads simply being ignored by the Reform-le…”

“Does the Minister agree that the leader of Warwickshire county council consulting the public on whether children should walk up to 8 miles to and from school was a bad move?”

“I want to start by reading an email I received from a constituent who has given me permission to raise her case with you today. Emma is a trans woman working as an HGV driver. She said to me, “After a lot of thought, I have decided to start making plans to move to Ireland. I no longer feel safe here in the UK. When the…”

“Given the importance of sport to health, wellbeing and community cohesion—I am very passionate about this as someone who still plays grassroots sport—do you think the Commission has a responsibility to set out some clear examples of how sports clubs can enable trans people to participate where possible, or do you think…”

“Can I just come back to a point you made earlier, Mary-Ann, saying that it may be proportionate to exclude a trans man from an activity based on his appearance: for example, his facial hair? You are saying that it can be proportionate to exclude people based on their appearance. Would that equally apply to a woman who …”

“As you have made clear in a recent interview, the EHRC is not just a regulator; it is also an advocate or champion for equality and human rights. You have said that the code of practice simply reflects the law as established by the Supreme Court judgment and that those who are unhappy with the law should change the law…”

“I am not aware of any gender-neutral shower facilities at motorway service stations or truck stops because they do not tend to have facilities that have traditionally been used by disabled people. In Emma’s case, given that only 2% of HGV drivers are women, would you suggest it was proportionate for the operator of a s…”