Ms Caroline Simons:

A number of questions were posed to all of us. I will try to respond first to those specifically addressed to me. On Deputy Creed's question in relation to the two-patient model, I believe there will be a change in this regard and for the following reason. Currently, if a woman who is suicidal in pregnancy presents she is given appropriate treatment, including counselling and so on. It appears that this is to be abandoned. We heard from the perinatal psychiatrists in January that in their combined 40 years of experience they had never prescribed abortion as a treatment for suicidality and they did not consider such to be a treatment. It is now proposed as a treatment under the heads of this Bill. With respect, I suggest that for that very reason - at least in relation to head 4 and suicidality - the two-patient model will be abandoned. I will hand over at this point to my colleagues but am happy to respond later to any further questions.