David Norris (Independent)

I support Senator Brian Hayes's amendment to the Order of Business. This is important legislation which needs to be treated with due care and consideration. The Government has not done this. The fact that it simply appointed five departmental Secretaries General to produce it and significantly failed to consult its own Information Commissioner weakens the approach to the Bill.

One must be very careful with animal analogies, particularly those referring to poodles. The effeminacy of poodles has been greatly exaggerated. They can be extremely vicious animals. I am quite sure—