Speeches by Taylor.

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I was diagnosed with pre-osteoporosis when I suffered a minor injury from playing tennis, so for the last eight years I have been taking Adcal tablets regularly. I was proud recently to welcome a new state-of-the-art physical activity hub in Bedworth in my cons…”

“Will the Minister join me in congratulating Bedworth company Toye, Kenning and Spencer on its proud history of ribbon weaving and supplying ribbons for insignia and medals to the Queen, the King and the Government for many years? Will he tell me how the procurement strategy will help other local manufacturers in North …”

“Looking at that benefit, to what extent do you expect mandatory action plans to speed up the progress on closing pay gaps?”

“Our Committee is likely to have an opportunity to scrutinise the Government’s plans for pay gap reporting. Do you have some words of advice as to the key practical considerations that we should look at?”

“Thank you for your perspective on the dispute in Birmingham. Zoe, you wanted to come in.”

“I will address this first question to you, Peter, but if others want to come in, just indicate. Given what we have learned in relation to gender pay gap reporting, has a sufficiently strong case been made for ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting?”

“Given those issues, do we have enough data or evidence on what an effective gender, ethnicity or disability pay gap action plan should include?”

“Peter, do you think that ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting will become a disproportionate regulatory burden on businesses in the current economic climate?”

“Yes, it makes sense. Rachael, you might want to come in here. It is much more anonymised if you are in a big city such as London to perform in a comedy gig. The people you were at school with and grew up with, the people who your parents know, and their parents are not going to be there. Do you think that is harder in …”

“Ola, is the growth of comedy clubs and festivals across the UK challenging the dominance of London and the south in the comedy sector? If not, why not?”

“Nina, I will come to you first on this one because of your regional accent. To what extent does where you grow up or where you live affect your chances of working in the comedy sector?”

“These provisions are so important. The main thing that witnesses who came before the Women and Equalities Committee said, when talking about the impact of non-consensual intimate image abuse, was that the harm grew and grew, the longer the images stayed online. This measure is vital, and I thank the Government for list…”

“I thank the hon. Member for North Devon for tabling the amendment, and I have just a few things to say. Its impact would be to remove the voice of the victim from the process in deciding the jurisdiction of sexual offences and domestic abuse cases. If a victim does not want their case dealt with in the criminal justice…”

“I know that feeling safe is very important to my constituents in North Warwickshire and Bedworth, and that is why the Bill is so important for so many people. Today I am immensely proud to welcome the Government’s amendment to equalise hate crime law—Lords amendment 301. I proposed a similar amendment in the House of C…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Efford. I welcome the clauses we are considering. This Government were elected to renew the nation’s contract with those who serve, and this Bill promises to do that. We cannot do it without ensuring that armed forces personnel are protected from sexual and violent beh…”

“The right hon. Member makes a very valid point. I invite him to submit his speech to the consultation on the Government’s White Paper on special educational needs. If he is going to withdraw the amendment, perhaps he would consider that, and then we could move on.”

“When coming to a definition that everybody can agree on, it often ends up being very narrow, because that is what the group can agree on and apply. Does the hon. Member agree that if we end up defining due regard in the Bill, the definition will be narrow and, by its very nature, bodies will apply it in a very narrow s…”

“It is a pleasure, Mr Efford, to serve under your chairmanship. Liberal Democrat amendment 5 is well intentioned, but I find it troubling. The hon. Member for North Devon seems to be trying to create a minimum requirement that organisations might reach and then decide that they will take no further action. I am hugely c…”

“I thank the hon. Member for clarifying that, but instead we should push our local authorities and other public bodies to create tailored solutions. For example, I recently asked organisations in my constituency how they are supporting the armed forces covenant, and I was delighted with the response I received. Organisa…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and that is exactly the point I am making. We need to encourage the best from all our services, local authorities, police, education, courts and so on. We should not lose the approach of striving for the best, in favour of having a national minimum, because that becomes a dr…”