The Week Ahead: Focus on Legislation & Strategic Plans in NCOP

Parliament is taking full advantage of the public holiday.

It is largely a low-key week with NA MPs on leave, no house sittings, and only a handful of meetings scheduled.

A major highlight is the Rules Committee meeting that will focus on the State Capture Commission recommendations as well as the Joint Rules meeting that will consider circumstances surrounding the physical removal of members from the Joint Sitting of 9 February 2023.

Meeting highlights:

TUESDAY, 25 APRIL 2023

Rules Committee, (National Assembly), Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-12:00

Joint Rules Committee, (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces), Virtual Meeting Platform, 12:00

Select Committee on Finance, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by National Treasury on Financial Matters Amendment Bill], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-13:00

Select Committee on Health and Social Services, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by the Department of Social Development on the Annual Performance Plan and Budget Vote 2023/2024; Consideration and Adoption of Committee Minutes], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-13:00

Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by the Department of Human Settlements on the objects of Housing Consumer Protection Bill; Consideration and Adoption of the Legislative programme. (The Housing Consumer Protection Bill, 2021)], Committee Room 1, Upper Ground Floor, 90 Plein Street Building, Parliament, 10:00-14:00

Ad-Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery, (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces), [Election of the Co–Chairpersons; Consideration and adoption of the draft programme; Briefing by the support personnel: Status update report from departments and provinces; Follow-up issues emanating from the report of the previous Ad Hoc Joint Committee], Virtual Meeting Platform, 14:00-15:00

WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2023

Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by the Department Of Basic Education and the Following Provincial Education Departments on their 2023/24 Annual Performance Plans and Budgets: Kwazulu-Natal; Limpopo; Mpumalanga], Virtual Meeting Platform, 09:00-13:00

Select Committee on Appropriations, (National Council of Provinces), [Consideration of Negotiating Mandates on the Division of Revenue Bill [B2 – 2023]], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-13:00

Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by Eskom on tariff increases for 2023-2024; Consideration and Adoption of Minutes], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-13:00

Select Committee on Security and Justice, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by the Ministry of Police and the Department of Police on the Strategic and Annual Performance for the South African Police Service (SAPS)], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-16:00

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