Speeches by Paul.

“I suggest to the hon. Member that we need to deal with the situation that we have now, and that her questions should be targeted towards the Minister. We should make the right decisions to do the right thing for our country, and for our students and university staff. We must confront an uncomfortable truth: there is mo…”

“I am going to continue because of the time. On the concerns about the quality of some higher education provision, the Government have said they are considering changes to the regulation of franchise providers, some of which have been implicated in cases of poor-quality provision and potential fraud. Although I welcome …”

“I will in a moment. Such a reform could begin by addressing the unacceptable lack of transparency around the student loan system. The public have a right to know how the system is operating, who is borrowing, who is repaying, and where there may be a risk of fraud or misuse. I understand that a paper on this very subje…”

“Thank you, Sir Jeremy. I note the reference to a backlash against RHSE lessons due to anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, and I want to push back on that. It is not unreasonable for parents to raise their concerns about schools teaching factually incorrect, ideological and damaging content about gender identity. They are right to do…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Helen Maguire) for securing this important debate on relationship education in schools, as well as for touching on the harrowing stories of violence against women and girls in her constituency. Before I proceed f…”

“I am pleased to contribute to this important debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Jake Richards) on bringing the Bill before the House. I commend him for shining a spotlight on an issue that affects some of the most vulnerable children in the country. These children are not simply statistics or…”

“I rise to speak briefly to amendments 172 and 173, in my name, but amendment 172 will fall if amendment 539 is voted through. The point of amendment 172 is to ensure that the commissioner has adequate data about important events. It turns a “may” into a “must”. It means that the Secretary of State must issue regulation…”

“Given the spirit of it, I feel like we should. That does not prevent me from tabling it on Report—so yes, I will press it to a vote. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.”

“I think we would be talking about an advert via electronic form, marketing a particular service. We would have to go back to the meaning of “advert” to answer that. Obviously, there are broader ways of advertising on social media and so on, which I also seek to prevent with the amendment. That is why banning the advert…”

“I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would make the advertising of services by a co-ordinating and/or independent doctor by a person in the course of a business an offence with a sentence of up to two years in prison or a fine or both. As we have discussed previously, we will likely see …”

“I would not choose to have this specific definition in the Bill. There may well be another definition that I would be more comfortable with, so I cannot rule that out. However, I completely agree with the hon. Lady that this has been a helpful debate, and I really appreciate her tabling the amendments so that we could …”

“I thank the hon. Lady for that clarification of the information she has been given. We have gone over the question of undue influence a few times. I promise I will not talk about it for much longer, but it is relevant, which is why I keep raising it. In a judgment that my hon. Friend the Member for Solihull West and Sh…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I rise to speak about amendments 518 and 520. As we have said, it is important that we understand what coercion means in a legal sense, and I am really grateful to the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge for trying to set that out, because it is not a…”

“It would be reassuring if that were the case because such data can be very useful. By making sure we get into the routine of providing it, it is there if we ever need it. Amendment 173 provides that any regulations under the clause must be made under the affirmative rather than the negative statutory instrument procedu…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for that point. He is absolutely right that we can learn from what other jurisdictions have done, leverage that and create an amendment or new clause that works for what we are trying to achieve, and know that it will target the advertising that we seek to target.”

“I thank everyone for all the very constructive points they made. I completely agree with the points raised; I think some work is needed, but I am pleased that the hon. Member for Spen Valley and other Committee members are willing to work with me and the tabling Member—my hon. Friend the Member for West Worcestershire—…”

“I completely agree. That is exactly what the amendment is intended to do. We are trying to prevent advertising of an inappropriate service to inappropriate groups. It makes sense, therefore, to effectively ban advertising. I think most people would agree that it would be distasteful and inappropriate to have adverts fo…”

“I am sorry to backtrack slightly, but I want to clarify that the Isle of Man is a Crown dependency and not part of the UK.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I was quoting written evidence, so I just quoted it, of course, as written. We should be ashamed if what I have set out is where we end up as a result of this Bill. How would it in any way recognise patient autonomy and give them a real choice? Clearly, it would not. We wil…”

“I will come on to some of that, and it goes back to my belief that there should be a degree of separation. I think it should be separate from normal healthcare services and there are multiple ways that we could do that. I regret that we are not specifically debating the various different options, with a proposal in fro…”