Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I thank the Minister, especially for his last remark which makes a major difference. It is fair enough that the Minister will have to tell the ombudsman what is being suppressed and why he is requiring it to be suppressed. The broad issue is that the Minister will be allowed to suppress information in "the public interest", even though we do not know what that public interest involves. The public interest must exist because it is being referred to in this legislation——