Ms Marie O'Shea:

Again, I saw it is recommended by the WHO guidance and the international human rights bodies, but I had to draw specifically on the three streams of research that were set out: the UnPAC report, the service providers report and the public consultations and the themes there. It had to be a rigorous review. I appreciate totally what the Deputy has said about decriminalisation, but I did not feel in the context of the research that was informing this report – the direct evidence – that I could go into that space with a recommendation.