12 has a long running project on reforming the law on Entry, Search and Seizure.  It has another reference relating to Criminal Defences.  It has recently completed a review of the Customs Act.  And it has a project concerning a Maori Entities Bill to give Maori organisations the choice of a new legal framework for the purpose of managing communally owned assets, or giving effect to communal rights and responsibilities on behalf of the members of the group.    35 My  third  priority  will  be  to  develop  a  suite  of  possible  Law  Commission  work projects and to discuss the final selection with the Government.  This should assist in preventing too much spinning of the reform wheels and cut down the time spent on particular proposals that have little chance of legislative adoption.  Law reform projects are like Bills.  They are made to pass.     36 A  three  year  electoral  cycle  makes  things  difficult.    While  it  is  necessary  to respect the political process and politicians, there are many aspects in which our law needs to be kept up to date, to be developed and strengthened. Many of those measures revolve around good law meeting the needs of modern society.  They do not have party political consequences or political fallout.  It is this very quality that often makes it difficult to secure legislative priority for carefully worked out proposals.    Yet  the  public  interest  can  genuinely  be  served  by  advancing  such measures  and  finding  ways  to  make  these  legislative  improvements,  devoid  as they may be of party political interest.  We have to find better ways to make legal changes  that  are  non-controversial  but  helpful,  and  to  secure  the  necessary political support for them.    37 I  believe  the  Law  Commission  has  to  be  active  in  this  area  and  explain  its proposals and market them to the policy making community.  In New Zealand we had a political commitment between the parties of that sort for many years.  With MMP we are in danger of losing it.  Now is the time to reclaim it.    38 In   the   annual   talks   with   the   Government   over   the   next   few   months,   the Commission  will  take  on  new  references.    A  Cabinet  Office  Circular  will  be issued  asking  Ministers  to  forward  proposals  relating  to  their  portfolios  to  the Minister   Responsible   for   the   Law   Commission,   Hon   Mark   Burton.      It   is particularly important for the Commission to have feedback from the Law Society also  on  what  projects  it  thinks  are  important  and  what  other  projects  could  be