Mr Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes the letter by the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, tabled on 20 September 2013 (Announcements, Tablings and Committee Reports, 20 September 2013, p 3548), regarding the filling of vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality;
2) recalls its resolution of 23 June 2011 that the appointment of new commissioners would be in accordance with the Commission for Gender Equality Act, No 39 of 1996 ("the Act"), once it had been revised to bring it in line with the Constitution, 1996, and the Public Finance Management Act, No 1 of 1999;
3) recognises that the process of revising the Act is not completed yet; and
(4) notwithstanding its resolution of 23 June 2011, establishes an ad hoc committee to identify suitable candidates for the filling of vacancies in the Commission, the Committee to -
(a) consist of 12 members as follows: ANC 7; DA 2; Cope 1; IFP 1 and other parties 1;
(b) exercise those powers in Rule 138 that may assist it in carrying out its task;
(c) consider the nominees submitted by the Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities;
(d) recommend, where necessary, which commissioners should be appointed as full-time commissioners and which should be appointed as part-time commissioners; and
(e) submit a report with its recommendations to the House by 7 November 2013.
Agreed to.