David Norris (Independent)

We must consider the issue. I support Senator MacSharry on the issue of protecting the family home with respect to mortgages. I have raised the issue many times. I am glad the Senator put the issue in the context of protecting the family, as everybody in the House would accept the concept. We are all pro-family, and I hope this will be an opportunity for us to resist the attempted colonisation of the word "family" and the values surrounding it by a small amount of interest groups in the country. It would be a dangerous path to tread. We are all part of families here, and families exist and are recognised in a diversity of forms. That should be celebrated and I look forward to making that point during this important debate. I will certainly support the Bill.