Last year, I stood up in Parliament and spoke about the scourge of knife crime blighting communities up and down the country — not least here in South Ribble. That’s why I’m pleased to see tougher action on knife crime set out in the new Crime and Policing Bill, which is currently at Report Stage in Parliament.

As a man, I can only try to comprehend the circumstances that might lead a woman to feel so desperate that she believes she has no other option but to end her pregnancy. I can only imagine that anyone who reaches that point must feel utterly without choices, or be extremely vulnerable.