I will work on the same rota, but before doing so, I will deal with one Senator who indicated earlier and is somewhat of a lone wolf in one sense. I use my discretion to call Senator Billy Lawless.

As someone living in Chicago, the city with the highest murder rate in the United States, arising from gang and drug violence, I am still appalled by what happened in Orlando in the past couple of days. A couple of years ago 91% of American people polled wanted background checks to be carried out to ensure gun control, but such an initiative could not get 60 votes in the US Senate because of the money the National Rifle Association had donated to politicians. In my own restaurants in Chicago I have a notice on the doors with a gun and a red line through it, as it is legal to carry concealed weapons in Chicago. That is so that I will be covered legally if someone shoots in my restaurant. This has all come from the money spent by these political action committees. There is no control over the money coming in to these committees and they can spend it how they like, with no disclosure. We must ensure we do not allow that to happen in this country.

I thank the Senator for being very brief. The next speaker is an experienced Senator of long-standing.