Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I hope it will be passed. Then we can debate how best to implement the referendum in this House in November and how to ensure we hold Ministers to account through our parliamentary committees.

I offer my congratulations to Claire Loftus on her appointment as Director of Public Prosecutions. This means for the first time the three senior legal offices in the land, the DPP, the Attorney General and the Chief Justice, are held by women. This is a significant step forward. These are three excellent individuals on their own merits, apart from the question of gender.