Joanna Tuffy (Labour)

I will not press the amendment, although I do not think the ombudsman commission would operate in the way the Minister suggested if that provision were not in place nor, I believe, would the Human Rights Commission get involved in the nitty-gritty of day-to-day politics. However, the commission members should be able to comment on policy that relates to their own operation.

The Minister referred to changes to the Freedom of Information Act. I consider it helpful that the former Information Commissioner was able to comment in the way he did.