The Senator would be a woman.

-----I would be looking up something such as the rite of Christian initiation for adults. I do not believe this House is the forum to engage in theological debates or to take cheap shots against churches of which she is not a member. However, there is something she could do to use her time constructively. As a non-believer who purports to believe in human rights, she might raise repeatedly with the Government the cause of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman who has been condemned to death for changing her faith. Those are the problems we are facing in the world-----

Does the Senator have a question for the Leader?

-----and it is the type of issue we should all address. Has our Government done anything about this terrible case? This woman has been sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging. This is the situation in our world where people do not enjoy freedom of religion. I call on Senator Bacik, instead of taking cheap shots or rubbing her hands gleefully at somebody else's gibe at the forthcoming synod, to take an interest in human rights-----

Senator Mullen is way over time. I call Senator Bradford.

-----and the cause of people who face the death penalty because they might change their religious belief.

That is not relevant on the Order of Business.

It is a very important issue.

It is a heap of tripe.

I call Senator Bradford.

This is from somebody who cannot say the former President, Mary McAleese, is not a good Roman Catholic.

This is a woman who had her babies in chains and this human rights activist dismisses it.