For the first time, the Legal and Social Issues Committee used a method of collecting submissions which asked stakeholders to complete a survey when lodging their submission on the Parliament’s website. 427 survey responses were received by the Committee. The information collected through the survey process has allowed the Committee to identify the issues that are important to our processes. These are preliminary insights that we wish to share with stakeholders and organisations who have assisted us so far. They are discussed in detail in Chapter 2.

This interim report is intended to inform the public and stakeholders about the preliminary findings garnered by the Committee through the survey process. The findings will assist the Committee to focus its areas of interest for the final report.