Ms Alana Ryan:

I wish to speak briefly on the last point about gestational limits. In England and Wales, the limit is 24 weeks but when we look at the data on the time at which women access the service, the vast majority still access it at under 12 weeks. It is 88% under ten weeks, 6% between ten and 12 weeks and only 2% in the later stage of over 20 weeks. The idea that a longer gestational limit or removal of gestational limits will mean that service users will wait until the last minute to access care is not borne out by the evidence.