Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 28, between lines 41 and 42 to insert the following paragraph:

"(a) utterances by witnesses, solicitors or barristers, whether oral or written to a commission;".

There is some protection of privilege and immunity for witnesses in the Bill but there is no privilege for lawyers comparable to that which obtains in the High Court. This is an omission because such privilege has been provided in other similar statutes.