Another issue of serious concern is the potential for the unqualified retrospective act of the Government's proposal to be manipulated and abused. There is no lack of good faith now but in changing the Constitution we must anticipate, embrace and prevent future problems. My amendment stipulates that the Government cannot tie reductions in judicial pay to decreases made to public servants prior to 1 March 2009. In other words, although I am not in any way disputing the principle of retrospectivity, a measure like this is so unusual that we must be crystal clear that what we are dealing with are certain pay cuts which have taken place in recent memory, which we are all agreed should apply to the Judiciary, and similar possible pay cuts and levies that might apply in future.