Dr. Harry Gijbels:

Following up on the points that Dr. Brosnan made, control and coercion are, of course, two separate issues. They are connected but they are separate as well. Coercion can certainly be organised through legislation; I am not quite sure about control. We have heard about abuse of power. We have heard Dr. Brosnan talking about a very different type of service. Control is also a cultural, and not only a legislative, issue. A cultural shift and a cultural change is a much more difficult thing to address. They are two separate but connected issues.

I certainly support what Dr. Brosnan has said about alternative services because there are good examples of services where there is hardly any control and no coercion at all.