Mr. Graham O'Neill:

I wish to put on record something from the round-table discussions at my table. It was a very close vote and, as Mr. Reid and Mr. O’Regan have stated, that was representative of where this issue lies in society at the moment. One of the key questions asked by a member at my table was about whether we would be sending a message that it was acceptable to consume drugs if we legalised it. In this instance, it related to cannabis. A counter question was asked about the difference between how acceptable it would be to consume a drug like cannabis and how acceptable it would be to consume another drug and where the distinction lay. There was a big round-table discussion about that and about not wanting to send the message it was acceptable. That is where the conversation pivoted at my table when it came to the vote.