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arrest, whereas it was quite clear from my remarks to anyone who had listened to them that we were proposing the pointing out of the existing offence and, in effect, cautioning the offender, with the possibility of arrest.
Mr Collaery: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: he is debating the issue. He is trying to rectify a debating mistake. It is not a point of order under standing order 46.
Mr Connolly: I have never indicated that more people should be arrested, which is what Mr Collaery said.
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Connolly, please! Mr Collaery, what is your point of order?
Mr Collaery: My point of order is that he can obtain leave to explain matters of a personal nature.
Mr Moore: No. It is the wrong standing order. It is under standing order 47.
Mr Collaery: Under standing order 47 he is claiming that he has been misquoted or misunderstood. Mr Speaker, no-one misunderstood his words. He is standing up to redebate the issue. He clearly said that the arrest provision should be used.
Mr Moore: If you did not misunderstand it, you are misrepresenting him.
Mr Collaery: He said that the arrest provision should be used, and Hansard will show that.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Thank you for your observation. I will protect the house against debate on this issue. Have you finished, Mr Connolly?
Mr Connolly: My point was that I have never said that people should be arrested. I pointed out that people should be advised of that provision and cautioned.
Mr Jensen: Let the record show, Mr Connolly.
Mr Connolly: The record is clear and will show what I said originally.
MR MOORE (11.32): Mr Speaker, I think that the concern here is to balance the damage that this Bill causes against its advantages. Mr Collaery has pointed out a number of the advantages of this Act which provides the police with these extra powers. That side of it has been clearly explained, and Mr Connolly has gone some way to dealing with the damage caused by this Act.
The damage side of that equation is to do with the relationship between our young people and the police. In any community there is always a difficulty in the
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