Hon. Joan Fraser (Acting Deputy Leader of the Opposition):

Honourable senators, as Senator Banks has reminded us all, I, too, was here then. Sometimes we take root in this place. A number of senators on the other side were also here then.

First, I have a point of information for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. As Senator Banks has said, those provisions were discussed in the committee, in this chamber, and written down in the report that the committee filed with the government. The government could not really ignore the Senate's view on those matters.

My question to the leader is: If the government wishes to bring back these two extremely controversial provisions, will it also bring back the reporting requirement?

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