Speeches by Niblett.

“I am delighted that the Government’s Mayoral Council is handing back powers to local communities. We are already seeing the impact of that. Claire Ward, the Mayor of the east midlands, attended the first meeting in October. She is leading the way: the east midlands is one of the youth trailblazer regions granted £5 mil…”

“In the run-up to the summer general election, my constituents were hugely concerned about the number of small boats crossing the channel; and little wonder, because the Conservative party left office in the middle of the worst year ever for small boat arrivals—18% higher than in 2023, 5% higher than in 2022 and more th…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for her answer, and I just want to expand on it. In South Derbyshire, we have the Melbourne festival of art and architecture, which turns 20 next September, and the brilliant CircularityHUB, where people of all abilities can go to use the media studio. However, when it comes to young peop…”

“1. What steps her Department is taking to help support the creative industries.”

“That caught me off guard; I did not expect to be called quite so soon. Thank you so much, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is with great humility and immense pride that I stand here today delivering my first speech in this Chamber as the Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire. I would like to begin by expressing my gratitud…”

“A slightly extended question on this: when it comes to coming up with innovative products for use by the NHS, you have the greatest expertise in the NHS. You have your clinicians and experts who could be encouraged to be entrepreneurial about this. I know that there has been some resistance and some encouragement, depe…”

“The broad question is for both of you, but I will come to you first, Dr Mann. What would be your priority research area for women’s reproductive health?”

“That leads me to an extension to that question. It is incredibly broad, but I would be fascinated by both of your responses. Actually, let me go back a step. I will ask the question separately because it is so broad. I feel like I am asking a rhetorical question here, frankly, with the answer to the first question bein…”

“Thank you so much. I am finding all this enlightening, fascinating and horrifying in equal measure. I want to change the topic a little and move into research on women’s reproductive health. Dame Lesley, to what extent is investment into women’s reproductive health research sufficiently prioritised and funded?”

“3. What steps she is taking to help end discrimination against disabled people.”

“I want to draw the Minister’s attention to the fact that almost one in five people in my constituency are classed as disabled, and after 14 years of a Conservative Government who slashed public services, there are still far too many people in South Derbyshire who report that their daily activities are significantly lim…”

“It feels like a massive, huge thing to unpick and your expertise has kind of blown my mind, so thank you again. I want to come back to what you said about using period tracking tools. That has caused some fear, particularly when we have seen what has happened in America with Roe v. Wade and people being concerned about…”

“13. What steps she is taking to improve support for carers.”

“I have spoken to many people in my constituency of South Derbyshire who are taking on caring responsibilities for loved ones. I know how hard that is and I am so grateful for the job they do, but it is often a thankless task. I am glad that the Government have taken action to support people in our communities who take …”

“Slightly moving on but staying in and around the same topic, I know your Microsoft report was talking about some of the extra steps Government need to take, particularly when it comes to resourcing police. We have touched on some things that you think would be good from Government, but just to summarise—I will come to …”

“I have a little additional questioning about the hashing so that I understand it correctly. It is a prevention tool, so somebody has to proactively be at threat of their image going online, and then they go on and create this hash? I am assuming they have already engaged with your organisation and are already feeling a…”

“I am just a little confused about the reason to not do the partnership. Everything you are describing is after the fact, so the information is already out there. Forgive me if I have misunderstood, but the hash is about if there is a threat of a photo; you put a hash against that particular image. When you say it is th…”

“What actions are you taking to prevent the promotion of tools for creating deepfake stuff? As you have mentioned, the search engines are a set of curtains to the world. I appreciate that you can pay for optimisation tools or sponsored prominence on the search result, but how can you stop products being presented that s…”

“One thing I have had brought to my attention is that the top three results for “deepfake porn” on Microsoft Bing are deepfake porn websites. So, if you put in “deepfake porn”, it brings up deepfake porn websites, despite their content being against Microsoft policy. Google has downranked them; why has Microsoft not?”

“The phrase, “We go further” is interesting, because I have heard several times, “We go further than if it was illegal already.” It feels like we do not, because you have just said, “If it was illegal, we would remove it rather than downrank it.””