Hon Chair, permanent delegates, thank you for the opportunity to present before this august House, the report of the Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources on the Ratifications of the Minimata Convention on Mercury, 29 January 2019.
The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources, having considered the request for approval by Parliament for the Ratifications of the Minimata Convention on Mercury, referred to it on 26 November 2018, recommended that the council, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution, 1996, approve the said convention. I move that the report be considered. Thank you very much.
Debate concluded.
Question put: That the Report be adopted.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Report accordingly adopted in accordance of section 65 of the Constitution.