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When we get that data, it may produce inconvenient results for some of us. It may well be that some of us who would argue for a different regime for abortion, for example, may find the figures very inconvenient. But the mark of a tolerant and open society is tolerating a wide range of opinions and sometimes dealing with inconvenient opinions. If we can deal with inconvenient opinions, how much more important is it to deal in facts and evidence? It seems to me that, at times, we may be faced with inconvenient facts and evidence, but the stronger and more reliable those facts and evidence, the better. That is why I believe that this is a productive way forward, and why I am not minded towards the opposition to the clause but am supportive of the original wording of the Bill from the noble Lord, Lord Moylan.