There were appropriate words of condemnation, but very little hope. At least in recent years when we debate Northern Ireland, for all the difficulties that still remain, there is a significant degree of hope. There has been major progress, although it has not gone as far as everybody would have wished. However, we must acknowledge that as a result of what has happened since the early 1990s and in so far as the ceasefires are complete, there has been a huge difference in the lives of the citizens of Northern Ireland. The vast majority of people in Northern Ireland, whether in west Belfast, south Down or south Armagh, are able to get on with their lives in a reasonably comfortable and secure fashion. That was not the case 15 years or 20 years ago. We have come a long way and although I recognise that we have a long way to go and that legislation such as this Bill is still necessary, we should try to see the glass as being half full instead of half empty.