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  Ray, it isn't clear that that would always be the case. Possibly would happen should cruise vessels be on CT2, not so sure about CT1.
  
  Re Charlie: the letter I wrote was at the request of his defense immediately after his conviction because I had worked closely with him on the campaign against privatisation of the port and some of my daughters had helped in his office as interns. It was written to go with letters from the probation service and others as a report to the judge for her to consider when making her decision on what sentence to pass after his conviction. This report is part of the legal process post conviction and is not normally made public. I wrote in a personal capacity from my and my family's experience and interactions with him.
  
  After his conviction and sentencing, the judge was asked to make the contents of the report publicly available to the newspapers - including the names and letters of those who had written in about their own experiences with him. The judge had a hearing where she heard arguments both in favour and against publication. The 'egregious attempts to influence legal proceedings' that you refer to was in relation to letters written by Natalie, Roger Gale and other MPs requesting that the judge be prevailed upon not to allow publication of the letters in the report in order to protect their constituents' anonymity. I did not act in this at all in any capacity.

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