Brendan Ryan (Labour)

That is a matter for another day, but one can discuss the Judiciary, as many Supreme Court judges have told me. When I say at public meetings that we cannot discuss the Judiciary, the judges always ask why not and who said so. We cannot libel judges and we cannot attribute evil motives to them, but we are perfectly entitled to speak about their rulings. I have been involved in debates in which I was very restrained, but Supreme Court judges told me that I was perfectly entitled to criticise any decision they make, provided evil motives are not attributed to them.