Mr. Conor O'Neill:

On the final question as to whether the Attorney General has provided advice, the answer is "I do not know." I would love it if that were the case but we cannot possibly know.

If it has not, I hope that it happens soon. On those initial claims, I think that is important because one thing we have tried to do throughout this campaign is to refuse to let it become a political football. We have worked with Opposition and Government parties through three successive Governments. We have no interest at all in using it as a Government versus Opposition thing. We want it to build the consensus that we are seeing here today. That was hard won; it took many years and we very much respect that.

I categorically reject the suggestion that the legislation is, in any way at all, antisemitic. It is really important to get that on the record. Since the beginning, we have been very clear about what this is and what it is not. The legislation we have proposed and that we would like to see passed by the Houses, hews closely to international law and human rights. That is the barometer and the standard we have set. At a personal level, I am very proud to work, not just with Palestinian individuals and organisations but also with Jewish Israeli colleagues. The latter oppose the occupation and take the position, just as we do, that every single person between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea should have equal rights, dignity and their inherent human value upheld. That is exactly what we are doing. It is a credit to this country and its Parliament that we have not gone down that road of blithely dismissing anything at all that is critical of the actions of the State of Israel, as being antisemitic. We have a responsibility not to go there. The legislation is exactly what it is. It is in writing, on paper. We have stuck to that very diligently and clearly over the past years.