Eleven: I've come to realise, I admit too late, that parliamentary reform to strengthen it against the executive is important. I say "too late" because the tragedy is that while in Government most—including me—don't reform this place, because it suits our interests at the time. That was true for the last National Government and, respectfully, probably is for this Labour one too. I, in truth, don't know exactly what the reforms should look like, but, when select committees are, in essence, majority rubber-stamps for Government, where everything anyone outside the Government of the day says is voted down, it's a bit hard to say they aren't more executive- than Parliament-led—likewise, regarding the role of the Speaker, which is so important to the tone and function of this place. I don't see it as a panacea, but a secret ballot for Speaker—as happens in most similar Parliaments today—could help wrest things away from the Government of the day.