Ms Alice McEvoy:

Going through the Bill there are many such terms, including "homes" or "institutions", to which we are probably sensitive. There are many such terms and whoever is writing the legislation should check each one, especially when it relates to adopted adults. The term "adoptees" should not be used. I cannot even remember the entire list of terms but the legislation should be scrutinised thoroughly. Everybody involved in the different groups should be consulted on what they would like to be called.

I agree with the Deputy that the term should be just "mothers". That is how I look at myself. I have two children and I am supposedly a birth mother to one and a mother to another. That is ridiculous. I am the same mother to all of them, whether I see one of them or not. People's children do not put labels on us. The members might think I am focusing too much on this but they could ask adopted adults what they think as well. It is very complicated language and what is being used in the current draft is very outdated. I am aware that group is taking notice of this draft and the terms. Just because people use them in the world does not mean they are right. Members know that people used to use all sorts of racist and discriminatory language, especially to LGBT groups. Miraculously, that attitude has changed with the language used being changed.