Dr. ?ine Ryall:

I agree absolutely that amending the Constitution is a very serious exercise and it is not something to be undertaken lightly. As the Senator correctly said, careful consideration must be given. It is important for the committee to think about what it wants to achieve here and how far it wants to go. These are fundamental questions. At one level, it could be something that is purely aspirational or symbolic which really serves no purpose and is a pointless exercise in many ways, or more important in this context following on from the assembly's very strong recommendations and the overwhelming numbers of the assembly members who supported those recommendations, which says a lot and-----