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What it did not have was what it perceived to be full legal cover, so it was worried about the potential for legal challenge. That issue led to the proposal in March 2024 —again, before I came into office—saying, “Can we review this procedure to give it full legal status?” In a sense, we are making sure that what happens now, which happened before March 2024, is on a fully legal basis so that it does not have the type of challenge that the noble Lord indicated and which I think the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, also mentioned.