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The reason for my asking is that it is only such evidence that demonstrates the experience of self-declaration.

Please help me to understand. Have we not already, in the 2004 act, identified who would be protected under that section? Have we not also set out, in that act, what the effect of having a GRC would be? Which parts of the new act would change those aspects?

—but the policy that already exists.

So is it the effect of a GRC or the process of accessing a GRC that you think needs to change?

Good afternoon, panel. Thank you for joining us and for providing submissions in advance.

I want to ask, first, about the international evidence. Naomi McAuliffe, will you say a little bit about your understanding of the international evidence of potential positive or negative impacts of self-ID in countries that have brought it in?

I have a final question on that. We heard earlier that some women are opting out of attending single-sex spaces and services for women such as rape crisis centres. Are you aware of that? If so, what is your response?

That is helpful. I have one further question on border issues, if that is okay, convener.

In your submissions, you talk about the importance of ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers can access the process. Do we need to change the bill to make sure that that is the case? Could the Government provide further clarity and guidance on that if the committee asked for it?

Have any other countries done it well or badly? Are there any examples that you could use to say, “Do it like this, not like that”?

I thank the witnesses for their contributions so far.

I have a small supplementary on what was said earlier about the decoupling of law and diagnosis and medical treatment. In particular, Lucy Hunter Blackburn said that in Denmark people were moving to self-declaration for medical treatment. What is the system of medical care in that country in comparison to here? I cannot imagine a situation here in which someone could approach a medical professional and ask them to do something, and they would just do it.

The bill does not erase gender dysphoria but just takes out the process—