When I say disrupted, I actually mean a great deal more than that. It is well beyond the inability to access their homes, the forced closure of businesses, schools, and public transport routes—which is bad enough in itself. Dozens of people have reported to me being abused, threatened, and intimidated—and even, in some cases, assaulted—by those who claim that they came here to peacefully protest. Among those who are treated that way are school pupils, often young women—abused because they are taking the important and sensible precaution of wearing a mask. One of the most heartbreaking sights for me has been witnessing school pupils needing to be protected by security guards as they have walked from the railway station to their respective schools. No young person should have to go through that, and the impact on some students has been significant to the point that they now will not go to school.