Emma Louise Powell

National Assembly

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About Emma Louise Powell

2020 committee attendance as mp

91% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 22

2019 committee attendance as mp

86% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 21

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Department of Human Settlements 2019/20 Quarter 4 performance — 19 Jun 2020
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Department of Water and Sanitation & Entities 2020-21 Annual Performance Plan & Budget Vote Report — 7 Jun 2020
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Water Boards tariff increases; with Deputy Ministers — 2 Jun 2020
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Human Settlements: Committee Report — 29 May 2020
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation — Water Research Commission & Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority 2020/21 APPs, with Deputy Minister — 28 May 2020

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 Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

4th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

Department of Human Settlements 2019/20 Quarter 4 performance 19 Jun 2020

The Chairperson invited Ms Mvana and Ms E Powell (DA) to proceed with their questions, followed by Ms G Tseke (ANC) and Ms Sihlwayi.
Department of Water and Sanitation and its Entities APP and Strategic Plan 7 Jun 2020

Ms E Powell (DA) agreed with Ms Mohlala that the Committee did not support the DDM on Friday 5 June 2020 as no vote was taken. It is more correct to say that some Members supported the DDM rather than saying the Committee supported it.
Tariff determinations by water boards 2 Jun 2020

Ms E Powell (DA) asked the Director General about debt management and continual infrastructure investment. The City of Cape Town is increasing tariffs by 4.5% which is the lowest tariff increase in the country considering that Cape Town is drought stricken. The low tariff is a result of effective ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Budget: Committee Report 29 May 2020

The Chairperson reported that Ms E Powell (DA) and Mr L Basson (DA) had raised a concern about a Report that had been emailed and was erroneous. She had received the complaint and the error was fixed. Ms Powell and Mr Basson have requested that the matter be taken to ...
Water Research Commission & Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority 2020/21 Annual Performance Plans 28 May 2020

Ms E Powell (DA) expressed her support for the sterling work done by the WRC. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, she wanted to know whether it would be employing electronic mechanisms to conduct vital research and measurements.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 1 Jul 2020

(a) Why is her department’s report for the 2019-20 financial year not tabled yet, (b) what were the main reasons for the extension of the original delay in tabling the specified report and (c) by what date does her department intend to table the report?
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 19 Jun 2020

(1)Whether, in light of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (SEZ) that is proposed for development within the Vhembe District Municipality in Limpopo, her department undertook an assessment of how the agricultural sector, which is one of Limpopo’s primary sources of income, will be impacted by the construction of ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 15 Jun 2020

(1)What is the detailed list of all tenders awarded through the utilisation of drought-related funding transferred to municipalities across the Republic by her Department of Water and Sanitation since 1 January 2017; (2) (a) whether she will provide a list of which of the abovementioned tenders that were issued ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

QUESTIONS - CLUSTER 2 SOCIAL SERVICES 11 Mar 2020

Hon Minister, against the plan's target of
9 421 title deeds transfers across nine provinces for the 2019-20 financial year, but the third quarter only 1 354 have been completed. These ongoing delay is compound the issues based by housing beneficiaries. The pre- emptive clause mandated by the national ...
CLUSTER 2: SOCIAL SERVICES (Subject for Discussion) 20 Nov 2019

Hon Mister in the past financial year the City of Cape Town has ensured that it spends 89% of all capital budgets allocated for the informal settlements upgrading programme and 94% of the capital budget for the greater human settlements department which include public housing and housing development.
The City ...

All Plenary Appearances

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