Mr. Kevin McPartlan:

That is if the statistics are 100% evidential and are based on some decent research. When I say we need to look at evidence rather than emotion I am referring to evidence for what will be an effective intervention. Nobody is denying the scale of the problem or that we need to address it. I am suggesting that sometimes the debate gets lost in the emotion rather than looking at what will work. We know what will work because there has been decent research on it.