Speeches by Gilbert.

“You mentioned AI being an underlying reason why these increases may be happening. Are there any other underlying reasons?”

“Is the freedom of information and transparency landscape changing within Government, or for Government?”

“Thank you both for coming along today. What is the Government’s view of the wider landscape of transparency mechanisms available to MPs and the public? What is the role of FOI requests within that?”

“In your written evidence, you mentioned an increase in FOI appeals. How large has that increase been? What do you think may be driving it?”

“You mentioned AI being an underlying reason why these increases may be happening. Are there any other underlying reasons?”

“In your written evidence, you mentioned an increase in FOI appeals. How large has that increase been? What do you think may be driving it?”

“Thank you both for coming along today. What is the Government’s view of the wider landscape of transparency mechanisms available to MPs and the public? What is the role of FOI requests within that?”

“Is the freedom of information and transparency landscape changing within Government, or for Government?”

“I wholeheartedly agree. A recent report found that commercial sexual exploitation is so linked with organised crime that it could not be further underground. All of that is linked to violence against women and girls, and our Government are working hard to challenge and solve that over the coming years. We should be in …”

“I wholly agree. In my Edinburgh North and Leith constituency, our local councils want to tackle some of these issues, which is very hard to do without funds. They also want to support and provide services for women who are trying to exit prostitution. I wholeheartedly agree with the points that the hon. Gentleman makes…”

“I agree. While the reports have been very interesting, I fail to understand why that collaboration was ever allowed to take place. It would seem from all the evidence that collaborating with those pimping websites has not saved one woman from domestic abuse or the violence they have faced. So I wholeheartedly agree wit…”

“I pay tribute to Ash Regan for her work and for bringing forward the unbuyable Bill. Women are not to be bought and paid for, and buying sex is not consent. The Scottish Government’s reasons for voting down the Bill were poor, and in their debate in the Scottish Parliament in February, the Minister said they had “instr…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of sex trafficking in Scotland. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I am proud to support a Labour Government who are committed to halving violence against women and girls in a decade. However, I am always going to push for more action to…”

“To your knowledge, do you or other Members of your party use FOI requests in support of their parliamentary work?”

“My constituents welcomed the fall in energy prices at the beginning of this month. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best way to reduce energy prices in Scotland is not to pursue more constitutional divides but to secure our energy independence by progressing the Government’s clean power mission as quickly as po…”

“Does the hon. Member recognise that women are a vulnerable group and that we make up half the population, yet we are still subject to more violence than any other group of people in society?”

“As a lesbian woman, I have often been misgendered. As a young person—a tomboy—that sort of thing did not bother me; I wore it as a badge of honour. I am very worried that we are talking about fitting women into stereotypes. Surely, in this day and age, we are trying to move away from gender stereotypes as women, lesbia…”

“Alice Sullivan has spoken a lot about identifying sex and gender. Does the hon. Member agree that sex and gender are not the same thing, and that if we are registering for a parkrun, another sporting event or anything else, we all know what is on our birth certificate?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for reassuring us that these amendments have a timescale of 12 months. What are the Government doing behind the scenes to progress this work as quickly as possible? Can she outline the work that she has undertaken to ensure that the regulations are introduced within those 12 months?”

“We will, Minister, we will. Thank you very much.”