Thanks, Madam Chair. It's very hard, obviously, to fit everything in six minutes.
For everyone watching at home, we have a couple of witnesses whose identity has been protected, obviously, for their protection, so you'll hear them referred to as Witness 1 and Witness 2.
There has been powerful testimony on coercive control and the use of pets.
To Ms. Thomson, thank you for bringing this testimony to light. It is a massive issue, when we look at coercive control.
Ms. Thomson, if I can start with you, you said in your testimony that they protected him and not you. Can you explain who they are and how they did that?