Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

We know we are all subject to the vagaries of the electorate. From listening to people on the doorsteps and to the backbenchers' comments in the media, some of which were attributed, it is clear there is a long list of issues about which people are concerned. Two issues are of particular concern and they are linked. One is the impact of the Hanly report, which will be even bigger if the Government publishes a second Hanly report. The second issue is decentralisation, in which the Government has put itself in a bind. If it delivers decentralisation, it will alienate a great number of public servants who are bothered about it.