Ashor Sarupen

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

ashors@da.org.za

@AshorSarupen

About Ashor Sarupen

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 32 meetings out of 41

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MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
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Recent meetings attended

Finance Standing Committee — PIC & GEPF on Steinhoff; Transformation of the Financial Sector: Nedlac; Over-the Counter Derivative Transactions: NT briefing — 3 Dec 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Subcommittee on Appointment of PBO Director: Compilation of proposed shortlist (meeting postponed) — 3 Dec 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — 2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill & MTBPS: finalisation & committee reports — 3 Dec 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B16-2019]: briefing — 28 Nov 2019
Standing Committee on Appropriations — 2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill: DoH briefing; Engagement with delegation from Kenyan Parliament; with Deputy Minister — 26 Nov 2019

All meetings attended

DISCLAIMER: This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.

Currently

Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (Committee) since 27th June 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

66th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
27th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Finance Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B16-2019]: National Assembly briefing 28 Nov 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked why the contingency reserve was used when its purpose was to help fund assistance during natural disasters. How will the high expenditure affect the debt-to-GDP ratio? Will Treasury be able to stabilize the debt? What strategies does Treasury have to ensure the allocations to SOEs ...
2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill Departments of Water and Sanitation and Cooperative Governance briefing 27 Nov 2019

The Chairperson explained what the mandate of the Committee was. The Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCoA) dealt with all departments and entities, to find out what the impact of appropriated money was. The Minister of Finance proposed a budget, which could only become law once it had passed through Parliament ...
Engagement with the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget of the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya; 2019 Adjustments Appropriation Bill: Department of Health briefing; Committe Report on Eskom Holdings SOC from 14 to 16 October 2019 oversight 26 Nov 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said the DoR was pro-poor.
DPME 2019/20 Quarter 2 performance for National Departments 13 Nov 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) noted that R9 Billion, which was not part of the R23 Billion emergency transfer to Eskom, was transferred without conditions attached to it by the National Treasury (NT). There had to be a serious conversation with the NT. The NT argued that the Eskom situation could ...
2019 MTBPS: HSRC briefing 12 Nov 2019

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said that given Treasury’s forecast and the actual debt figures, what was causing the national debt to grow so quickly. What did the HSRC think of vertical business and horizontal policy?

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Police 17 Dec 2019

(1) Whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to build a new police station for the Bedfordview area; if so, on what date will the construction of the police station commence; (2) whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to house the inspectors at ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 12 Dec 2019

Whether her department has programmes to help small farmers like Mr Mphishi Daniel Gumede from Mboza in KwaMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality, who suffer losses as a result of natural disaster (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what steps must affected farmers and/or victims follow to access such programmes ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2 Dec 2019

(1)With reference to the reply of the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation to question 994 on 4 November 2019, has her department been informed that the rehabilitation project for the Jan Smuts Dam in Brakpan has failed; (2) whether her department will provide a breakdown of the ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

SPECIAL APPROPRIATION BILL (First Reading debate) 22 Oct 2019

Thank you Deputy Speaker, it is not easy being the tallest member of this House. We just heard from the ANC that when the bailout money runs out;
prescribed assets are coming in. That was just confirmed to us and that should give us all possible thoughts.
What is more ...
GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE A REGIME OF PRESCRIBED ASSETS IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH THREATENS THE PENSION SAVINGS OF MILLIONS OF SOUTH AFRICANS (Subject for discussion) 10 Sep 2019

Thank you, House Chair. I never thought the day would come when I stand or sit in this House and hear the ANC and the EFF extol the virtues of National Party policy from the
1960s to 1989. In fact, I barely see anyone from the Economics Cluster here. I ...

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