Chairperson, I move:
That, notwithstanding Rule 247(1), which provides that a sitting of the Council will be dedicated for oral questions, the Council considers the motions below.
(1) That the Council, with the concurrence of the National Assembly, in terms of section 14(1) of the Financial Management of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2009, determines the date by which the accounting officer must prepare and present to the executive authority a draft strategic plan for Parliament's administration as 27 February 2020.
That is the first one. The second one, Chair, can I proceed?
One by one, okay.
The second one is that ...
... I am saying why don't you deal with them one at a time, okay?
Yea, we just establish a date by which the accounting officer must prepare and present to the executive authority ... [Inaudible.]
... which you proceed ...
... I so move, Chair, that the House accepts the first motion as proposed.
Are we agreed? And agreed. Before we move on ...
Point of order, Chair, it is very confusing if we don't follow the Rules. Normally, if the motion is on the Order Paper and you put it before the House, we vote per provinces and say we agree and then we move on to the next motion. Can we just follow procedures? Otherwise it is just confusing. Thank you.
No, maybe even before we proceed, just to welcome the Ministers [Laughter.] Thank you very much for being with us today.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
In Favour: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion accordingly agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.