Alex White (Labour)

We could canvass some other options between now and Report Stage. In situations such as this when one brings forward a proposal which may not be perfect and the Minister is not amenable to accepting it but understands the argument behind it, I am always struck that the person who is in the best position to come up with alternatives is the Minister and his advisers. They would know what would pass muster. That is not meant as a criticism. If the legal advice is that we need to denote a sense of restraint, as Senator Norris said, the English language is a reasonably flexible instrument and it must be possible for us to come up with wording that would satisfy both requirements.