Seanad debates

Thursday, 4 March 2004

10:30 am

Photo of David NorrisDavid Norris (Independent)

We have received copies of the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill. I do not expect the Leader to be able to answer off the top of her head, but could she find out when it is proposed to introduce this Bill?

I agree with Senator Ryan about the manufacturers of sports gear. An important initiative has been launched by Oxfam. When attempting to evade the Indonesian police and while dodging around trying to get into East Timor, we stayed in Surabaya. I had an opportunity to see a factory there where a young woman had just been murdered with the connivance of the management of one of these international factories for the crime of attempting to institute a trade union.

I refer to a point I made in recent days about the situation in Haiti. Like many people, I find the situation confusing. However, I wonder about American policy in removing a democratically elected president. Yesterday, I received from Ramsey Clarke, a former American Attorney General, a long——

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