Ms Michelle Gildernew:

The witnesses are very welcome. It is great to see them here, especially Dr. Anna Bryson. Very few women give evidence to this committee so it always a welcome development.

I will direct my first question to Dr. Bryson. I have supported families from Tyrone in court over decades and we had paper coming out heavily redacted. Sometimes 60%, 70% or 80% of the script was redacted. One of those families is the family of Roseanne Mallon, who was murdered close to my home. The time and resources that went in to ensuring that family did not get next or near the truth are immoral. We hear people talking about the cost of these court cases, inquiries and so on. The reason they are so expensive is because the British Government has spent millions of pounds trying to keep the truth from the families. That is one issue, and it is depressing. I agree with Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan on that.

Professor Kieran McEvoy's paper references the forthcoming legislation, the 2015 leaked legislation and the fact that that is not likely to change. Could he give us more detail on that?

The retraumatisation mentioned by some of the witnesses is hugely regrettable.

Victims who have already suffered, wherever they come from in our society and whatever part of the conflict, are sometimes treated despicably by elements within the media. People are used and abused and then left to one side when whatever purpose they have been wheeled out for has been achieved. Our victims are treated appallingly at times. People are traumatised over and over again. What are the witnesses' views on that?