Speeches by Niblett.

“Excellent. Last year, for the 30th anniversary of EIS, I sat on a panel with somebody from the British Business Bank. I said that we need data and stuff to measure. Not openly, but downstairs later, he said, “We don’t have the data at the British Business Bank, and when we were pushing out the Future Fund stuff through…”

“Excellent. Finally, the British Business Bank requires a £1 million annual revenue threshold for equity investment. Would the Government support that threshold perhaps being reduced for female founders to reflect the gender pay gap? This has been brought up before with female founders, and I am sure it will probably co…”

“Sorry, I am just letting what you have both said sink in. It sounds very much like you worry that if women, or women from diverse groups, are supported to be successful, it is just tokenism.”

“I would be keen to understand how you are planning to proactively tap into other diverse groups within the already under-represented female founders group. Thank you very much. We have had the investing in women code since 2019, yet the value of investment in women-led businesses still remains low. What difference has …”

“Is the Invest in Women Taskforce more of a campaign than an actual physical vehicle? I have been incredibly confused, because when we first had Debbie in as a witness, she expressed real frustration that she wanted a fund of funds and she had not got that; it was sitting with the separate partners who were committed to…”

“Okay, great, because we would not want them to have a kitemark of good practice if they are not actually good practitioners. Do you think there is an opportunity for the Financial Conduct Authority to potentially mandate reporting on investment in female-led businesses in line with IWC requirements for all FCA-regulate…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“I thank the hon. Member for securing this important Adjournment debate this evening. In South Derbyshire, I hear stories of services to support breastfeeding women being cut. I speak as a mum who breastfed to eight months, although I had that moment where I almost did not, and it was my community midwife who saved the …”

“In South Derbyshire, we have created a network between my office and that of parish councils across the constituency. Several parish councils have raised the issue of road safety, from Repton all the way down to Overseal. They have carried out community speed watches, and made recommendations in a report about how we c…”

“I recently visited a NATO air force base in Poland as part of the armed forces parliamentary scheme I am taking part in with the RAF. There, I saw at first hand the importance of working closely with our NATO allies to defend our nation and keep us secure, as we witnessed the scramble to the skies to ward off Russian f…”

“In my constituency, we have arguably the largest number of new builds in the country; we are vying with Warwickshire for the crown of new build county. I have been inundated with requests for help with freehold management companies. My constituents are telling me the same stories they are telling my hon. Friend—and I a…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Stuart. It is reported that in Derbyshire we have well over 3,000 memorials, and some estimate that there are as many as 4,000. They range from crosses, obelisks, cenotaphs, columns, statues, boards, plaques and tablets to documents such as rolls of honour or b…”

“As the founder of Labour: Women in Tech, I wholeheartedly welcome the industrial strategy’s ambitious goals to scale our tech sector and workforce. On 15 July in Parliament, I am hosting WeAreTechWomen and Oliver Wyman for the launch of the Lovelace report. The report has identified that between 40,000 and 60,000 femal…”

“As I am taking part in the armed forces parliamentary scheme with the RAF, I have had the greatest pleasure and incredible privilege of visiting many RAF bases over the last year, and I am in absolute awe of those who put their lives on the line to defend us. The events of last week were not only a breach of our defenc…”

“I absolutely join the hon. Member in thanking the people in his constituency who do the same. Mikey’s work does not go unnoticed. He and all those who supported the event created a safe, welcoming space for LGBTQ+ people in South Derbyshire to be visible, celebrated and, perhaps most importantly, to be themselves. Amid…”

“I completely agree with my hon. Friend that allyship is important. I am the proud mum to a very disappointingly straight daughter, and she is a brilliant ally. I hope that the next generation will continue to be exactly like that and will create the atmosphere that is needed to support those who we stand side-by-side w…”

“I had not intended to say what I am about to say, before the bit that I did intend to say, but, inspired by the Minister’s comment that coming out matters, I thought I would use this very public forum to say that I am a bisexual woman. Some people know; some do not. I do not wear it like a badge any more than I would e…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her intervention—and for giving me an extra minute, in which I would like to talk about my community. I have one main hope about saying what I have just said and being openly bisexual. My daughter is so straight—it is so disappointing—[Laughter.] But if there are girls and women in South Der…”

“Honestly, every single one of your answers has been incredible. Would you say that in the Government’s regulatory role—you have said that that has to come from the top—they have a significant role to play in ensuring that we are looking at things through a gendered lens and other diverse lenses, such as the lens of som…”

“You have just answered one of my questions because one of them was going to be about to what extent it would help to have more women working in this field. I think you have probably covered that. I was also going to follow up about bias in the artificial intelligence itself, which you alluded to in your introduction, b…”