be open

"You have to be open if you're a public figure and if you're telling people to vote for you, you have to tell them who you are and what you're about," he says.

While she has already told Martha how she was conceived, Sophie said she would continue to be "open about everything" with her as her understanding deepens.

A source close to Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP bringing the bill, said she would be open to looking at this issue when the details are discussed in a committee of MPs next year.

If her benefits were taken away, Amy says she’d be left “in a tight spot”, although she would be “open to any experiences really because it will all help”.

This case won’t change the letter of the law, but a ruling on how it should be interpreted could have big implications for how all kinds of public bodies and services operate, and whether others might be open to legal challenges.