Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I understand this is being said. I do not think that is right and I do not think we should tolerate it. If people are saying that, the solution to it is to remove the Bill from the Order of Business and tell those involved to come back when they are ready. I inform the Leader that if it has not been dealt with by the end of June, I will move an amendment to permanently delete the Bill from the Order of Business.

On the European Union, perhaps all the Europhiles, including myself, should calm down a little. There is nothing wrong with democracy. This is what we claimed the European Union was — a space of freedom and democracy. If democracy means that the people are always supposed to do what their leaders tell them then we might as well abolish democracy.