I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that members of Parliament and staff of the parliamentary support services have left for France to participate in the Parliamentary Rugby World Cup;
2) notes that the Parliamentary Rugby World Cup will take place from 1 to 10 September 2007; and
3) wishes the South African Parliamentary Rugby World Cup team well in their efforts.
Motion agreed to.
Madam Deputy Speaker, I hereby give notice that at the next sitting of the House I shall move:
That this House resolves to debate the effect of the restrictions on Chinese clothing and textile imports on the local clothing and textile manufacturing industries.
Thank you.
I don't know whether the interpretation might have been slow or what, because we dealt with the notices.
The interpretation was wrong, and we thought it was time for the reading of notices.
I didn't hear what the hon member is saying. Ms Kalyan, do you want to say something?
We missed your call because we weren't quick enough to catch the interpretation when you called for notices of motion. May I ask you to please reconsider?
I don't mind really, but we have already passed that and there is no harm in the member giving us the notice. Do you have a problem? No.
We have made an announcement, which I think was two weeks or three weeks ago in the programming committee, that we are going to use all 11 languages and, therefore, in the same way in which a person would say they missed the English because they don't understand it, it will be unacceptable. I think we need to respect all the languages. [Applause.] As you come into the Chamber, just make sure you are ready. We did announce which languages we are going to use but maybe we will send reminders for people because the main thing is that we need everybody to participate. Hon member, I think there is a lot of motivation, even from myself, that you can take this opportunity and give us your notice.
Madam Deputy Speaker, on a point of order: While I accept completely your ruling, what we have to ensure in that context is that the translation is effective and efficient. I have raised this in the Parliamentary Oversight Authority, or POA, and it is apparently being seen to. There are problems there, and one accepts the problems, but likewise, I think you need to have a little bit of leniency and latitude as far as that is concerned.
Hon Chief Whip of the DA, thank you for addressing me but that is not a point of order at all because if you raise problems about the languages, everybody did raise those at some point. If anyone can say that since we started using other languages, there are still problems, I would rather entertain that because I know for a fact that there are no problems at all. [Interjections.] I know that it was raised in the POA but it does not mean that it is still like that. There is a resolution. Just take your earphones now and tell me if you can't get the right language that you want of the 11 languages that we have.
But Madam Deputy Speaker, if I can address you on this ...
Will you please take your seat, sir?