Derek McDowell (Labour)

I radically and profoundly disagree with Senator Norris. I excuse him the fact that he has opposed a series of sections here which have nothing whatsoever to do with children and only apply to adults.

It has been blithely stated, again and again, in the Irish public domain — and I am glad that Senator Tuffy has corrected it — that anti-social behaviour orders are a failure in the United Kingdom. This is because a group of pointy-headed intellectuals have——