What do you think are some of the other legal mechanisms that could be put in place to assist in fighting anti-semitism i mean this there's no silver bullet right we need a suite of different mechanisms that can address it given how complicated and nuanced and multifaceted it is are there other things that you would like to see put in place

well there are many things that can be done remember that solutions to problems don't just lie on the law we've already seen that uh The attempts to legislate so as to curtail hate speech, to curtail demonstrations, run into problems and sometimes they actually make things worse.

And we have a problem in, it's either a problem or a great advantage in this country, depending upon your point of view, that we have a constitution which has been interpreted to protect an implied right of political, implied freedom of political communications.

and some laws have already been struck down and I have a suspicion that others will be as well.

So that there is room obviously for the operation of the criminal law or for laws that provide for civil remedies such as the Racial Discrimination Act to curb anti-Semitism but I think we've got to be a bit cautious about relying upon the criminal law to achieve those objectives.

As I say, it's a fairly blunt instrument and not always calculated to bring about the changes in attitudes that might be required.

So there are many other things that can be done and some of them are underway.

Do you have any concerns on that particular fear?