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Thank you for your responses. Rebecca Crowther, you just said that we should press on with the legislation but that there is further work to be done and we should engage with communities. Do you think that work should be done around the characteristics of race, religion, age and disability to identify the particular issue in different groups so that we can see what is going on in those groups? If you were to look at that, what would your outreach or research look like?

Thank you, Blair, for opening up so honestly. Obviously, you had a lot of pressure from your family and certain groups. I want to know about barriers of language and culture. If those are a problem, how do we overcome them? That could involve any religious leaders or backgrounds. I know that you mentioned earlier that you did not see a lot of that, but if it comes up, how can those barriers be tackled?

I will follow up the convener’s question. I am the shadow minister for higher education and further education, youth employment and training, so my question is about broadband poverty and how you have accounted for that in holding remote hearings.

Thank you. If it is okay, I will raise a question from one of my constituents about a remote hearing for a family case. My constituent felt that, because they were not there in person, they were not able to justify or talk about things in the way that they would have been able to if they were. When you are face to face with someone, it is easier to express empathy and you can talk more. They felt that the remote hearing was a barrier in that regard. Has that been communicated to you? Do your findings show that people felt that they could not communicate or did not feel heard?

Thank you. Minister, you touched on the issue of data. Given the importance of equalities data in measuring and tackling structural inequalities, are there any plans to improve data collection in the civil justice sector?

Thank you for the definition of conversion therapy. What kind of impact would your proposal have on the support that is provided by religious leaders?

Blair, you mentioned that about 60 per cent of respondents to the survey were from Christian households. Is there a gap in the sense that people from other religions have not come forward? Some people are quite open and they will talk about it, but there are many cultures that do not talk about these things.

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