Mr. Niall Redmond:

I will add to that in the context of the proposed legislation in the area of domestic surrogacy. There are a number of rights, which are set out in the briefing note, that we have introduced as proposals in that legislation. They relate to matters such as the requirement that the surrogate mother has legal advice, receives an assessment from a medical practitioner and has counselling available to her. We have put in place a number of safeguards in that legislation for the intending parent and the child as well.

All this goes back to the challenge of how we ensure and verify that a similar type of regime or similar types of rights are not only provided for in international situations but are also operationalised and delivered, and that the surrogate mother who is engaged with a clinic or service provider has some of those rights and services available to her. The challenge is one of being able to verify that and provide assurances that those safeguards are in place outside of this jurisdiction.