Kim Leadbeater

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1. House of Commons · House of Commons · 11 September 2026

   • Lead opponent (Karen Bradley): coercive control and dangers of an unfinished Bill

     “Thanks for giving way. Would she agree with me, and she's making a very important point, and I've considered this at length obviously during the last two years, and that's why so many amendments were made to the bill around…”

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2. Women and Equalities Committee · House of Commons · 9 September 2026

   • Social media, AI search and injectable products

     “Lovely. Thank you, Chair. And it's lovely to meet you both. I don't think I was here at the last session. So this is a whole new world for me and not necessarily in a good way. Thinking about social…”

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   • Social media, AI search and injectable products

     “Thanks Nora. And that feels as though we're playing catch-up in two worlds that move very quickly, the online world and from what you're saying the cosmetic procedures world as well. So that's doubly difficult. So on that note, has…”

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3. Women and Equalities Committee · House of Commons · 2 September 2026

   • Employment Rights Act 2025 flexible working provisions

     “Okay, thank you, Chair. Thank you, Chair, and thank you everyone for coming this afternoon. Apologies I couldn't be here for the first half of the session. I'm Kim, and I'm going to ask you some questions about the Employment…”

     Watch from 1:15:43

   • Employment Rights Act 2025 flexible working provisions

     “No, that's really helpful, thank you. It feels as though there's a definite feeling that inclusive flexible design should be the norm rather than the exception.”

     Watch from 1:21:45

   • Statutory vs informal flexibility and protecting disabled workers

     “Professor Parry can I come on to you because it feels as though like the the feeling is around this flexible inclusivity when it comes to to jobs and the workplace. So is there a risk that a more formalized…”

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4. House of Commons · House of Commons · 2 September 2026

   • PMQs: Transport, planning and local safety concerns

     “Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and welcome back, and can I also welcome the Prime Minister to his role. We have many shared passions: sport, music, and a deep sense of community. I know we both have a strong desire to…”

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5. Women and Equalities Committee · House of Commons · 15 July 2026

   • Inclusive design in education and careers guidance

     “Lovely thank you chair. Hi everybody I'm Kim thank you for coming today. Just something that Fazilet said really struck with me about inclusive design and I think that's really fundamental to a lot of this conversation both in terms…”

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   • Inclusive design in education and careers guidance

     “That's brilliant, thank you very much. I'm going to come on now to the Employment Rights Act, which we've touched on already, but if you want to add anything to this it'd be great. I'll come to you Fazilet first…”

     Watch from 1:10:34

6. Women and Equalities Committee · House of Commons · 8 July 2026

   • Women-specific kit: football boots, ACL risk and cost

     “Lovely. Thank you, Chair. And thank you everybody for coming to give evidence this afternoon. Apologies I couldn't be here for the start of the session. I was particularly upset about that because this is an inquiry I am very…”

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   • Women-specific kit: football boots, ACL risk and cost

     “So you think, I mean, it's great that you're doing that research, but it sounds as though you think there's a gap there in the market for further research when it comes to boots. And do you think there's a…”

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   • Male-default design and inclusive sports engineering

     “No brilliant lovely thank you Chair. So it sounds as though I mean you're doing amazing work in this area Alice but it it feels to me as though we're still dealing with a lot of male focused research. And…”

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