Given the substantial progress that has been made, with which Members will agree, it is difficult to understand why the Private Members' Bill proposed is being brought forward at this time. Commenting on a similar Private Members' Bill of January 2002, to which I referred earlier, the Commission for Energy Regulation said that it proposed a rigid and inflexible system which would restrict electrical contracting work to registered contractors and electricians of the self-regulatory bodies and would require businesses and industries to register on an annual basis. That Private Members' Bill was inappropriate – as is the legislation before the House – particularly in light of the advice my Department has received from the Commission for Energy Regulation. It is also untimely in view of the substantial progress made by the commission at the request of my predecessor, with my support, and that of the industry.