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Dr Coelho, I think that you wanted to come in, too.

Good morning. I am not a fish expert. I have just looked at the UK Government website, which shows that there are 43 fisheries management plans and five current consultations about cockles, North Sea and Channel sprat, queen scallops, the southern North Sea skates and rays, and other demersal non-quota species. There are a lot of separate species in each fisheries management plan.

Are the fisheries management plans grouped together under demersal and pelagic and, if so, is that to help manage the plans, because similar species are in the same waters? There is also the issue of managing the plans so that it is not just individual species that are looked at.

Thanks—that is helpful.

Professor White mentioned conscientious objection. I have had a constituent who is a health professional contact me about that.

I am interested in how the law in Victoria provides for the option of conscientious objection. There are issues around providing information and support or assessing a person for voluntary assisted dying, or even supplying medication—that would involve pharmacists and nurses, which is who I am thinking about. Will you say a bit more about how the law works in Victoria and elsewhere in relation to supporting persons who conscientiously object?

I forgot to mention that I have an interest, in that I am still a registered nurse, with experience in the perioperative environment and clinical education.

I have a final question. Has there been any assessment of staff who have felt pressure to participate in voluntary assisted dying when they have actually been firmly conscientiously objecting?

Thank you.

I am okay, convener—I have had my questions answered.

Professor White mentioned conscientious objection. I have had a constituent who is a health professional contact me about that.

I am interested in how the law in Victoria provides for the option of conscientious objection. There are issues around providing information and support or assessing a person for voluntary assisted dying, or even supplying medication—that would involve pharmacists and nurses, which is who I am thinking about. Will you say a bit more about how the law works in Victoria and elsewhere in relation to supporting persons who conscientiously object?

Good morning, minister and officials.

From a quick Google search, I see that the UK consumes around 31 million eggs per day, or 350 eggs per second. That is a lot of eggs. I am interested in hearing a description of what you will be doing for retailers, customers and businesses. How will communication take place to ensure that they know what the changes are with regard to derogation and the process?

I will pick up the point about international collaboration and working together. We are talking about a small number of persons who are seeking care in relation to gender. In my previous job as a registered nurse, I would look at what people were doing in England, Ireland and Wales, and when I worked in California, it was the same thing—you network with the people who are specialists. That would be part of the engagement of networking with people who provide specialist care, such as researchers, doctors and so on. I imagine that that is what Professor Sir Gregor Smith is talking about. We are not just waiting and watching in Scotland for somebody else to take action: there has been participation and collaboration from the start.