David Norris (Independent)

It is really disturbing. There may be a few little bits and pieces, some of which comes from the Independent benches. We are contributing legislatively this week at least as much, if not more, than the Government, and that is ludicrous.

I note Mr. Hamilton said we may need, in certain circumstances, to move white collar crime to non-jury courts with panels of expert judges because such cases could take a year and they contain very intricate matters. This is a worrying issue which needs to be addressed.

The Labour Party introduced a Bill in the other House so the work is already done and it is not a question of not having it drafted. That Bill should be put before the House to have it discussed. If the Government wishes, it can amend it.

I also raise a matter in which the "Liveline" programme, Joe Duffy's show, has caught up at last with the Oireachtas. More than a year ago I raised in the House the question of NCP, the buccaneering clampers who go around fair cities clamping people on private land. A series of people have had the same experience I have had, a kind of a honey trap set up by the clampers in association with the proprietors of the building, with no real legislative framework and under which they charge any amount they dream up. They claim they have an appeals authority but one is appealing to NCP and of course they are very unlikely to give one anything back. This is a matter of widespread concern to citizens and it is spreading now to institutions. The United Kingdom introduced legislation to curb it and so did Scotland, but we have done nothing even though I raised it at that time. There are many legislative gaps to be filled.