Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I wish to be associated with the voices that have welcomed the release of Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague from captivity in Sudan and thank all those responsible for securing their release.

It is important that we are starting a necessary debate on the future of this House. I am grateful to the Leader of the Opposition in the other House for initiating that debate. I question his motives and commitment to the wider range of the reform process in respect of the quality of democracy in this country. The reform process should start in local government. We will have a White Paper on local government. The main Opposition party has been the main party of local government in the past ten years-----