Mr Timothy Duncan Harris

Formerly: National Assembly and National Council of Provinces

@timharris

About Timothy Duncan Harris

Mr Harris holds a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English Literature and Economics, from the University of Cape Town. He also has Honours and Masters in Economics. His political career began when he was recruited as the Economics Researcher for the Democratic Alliance (DA), in 2005 he was appointed as Chief of Staff for Tony Leon and in 2009 managed the campaign events for Helen Zille. He was then elected to parliament a member of the Western Cape delegation in the National Council of Provinces. He currently serves on the Standing Committee on Finance in the National Assembly, is the Parliamentary Counsellor to Leader of the Opposition, Lindiwe Mazibuko, and the party's International Liaison. In 2007 he undertook the first trans-continental surfing expedition from Cape Town London by the west coast route. Source: www.da.org.za/our_people Tim Harris's plenary attendance record for Feb-Apr 2013 and 2012

Currently

Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
4th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 10th September 2009 until 6th May 2014
Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: South Central 1 (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014
Delegate at National Council of Provinces (Parliament) from 7th May 2009 until 9th September 2010

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R819 621	1 683	SA Breweries	Ordinary shares
R2 533	113	Telkom	Ordinary shares
R2 459	66	Arcelor Mittal SA	Ordinary shares
R30 261	66	Kumba	Ordinary shares
R13 520	113	Vocacom	Ordinary shares

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Trip to Ivory Coast [18-21 Oct 2012] [Flights Accommodation]	Friedrick Neumann Stiftung
1 Night at Kapuma Game Lodge [29 Oct 2012] [Flights Accommodation]	Premier International Associates
Trip to Laro Game Reserve, Kenya [7-9 Dec 2012] [Flights	Brenthurst foundation
Trip to UK 17-22 May 2013 [Flights	Google
Trip to Guatemala 23-28 Jun. 2013 [Flights	Antigue Forum

BENEFITS

Source
GP harris [Father]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Flat [1/2 share]	1 Bedroom	Bantry Bay
House	3 Bedroom	Green Point

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R10 961	113	Vodacom	"
R617 795	1 683	SA Breweries	Ordinary shares
R2 044	113	Telkom	Ordinary shares
R2 970	66	Arcelor Mittal SA	Ordinary shares
R34 386	66	Kumba	Ordinary shares

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Trip to Stockholm [flight & accommodation]	Swedish International Liberal Centre
Trip to Kinshasha [flight & accommodation]	Westminister Fund for Democracy
Trip to London [13-16/10/2011]	Friedrick Nieumann Stiftung

BENEFITS

Source
Mr GP Harris [Father]

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Flat [1/2 share]	1 Bedroom	Cape Town
House	3 Bedroom	Cape Town

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R385 440	1 683	SA Breweries	Ordinary shares
R3 847	113	Telkom	Ordinary shares
R4 019	66	Arcelor Mittal	Ordinary shares
R28 908	66	Kumba	Ordinary shares
R9 095	113	Vodacom	Ordinary shares

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Study trip to UK 24/2 - 1/3/2011	UK Consulate
Liberal International Conference 16/6-19/6/2011	Friedrich Naumann Stiftung
Flight from JHB - Sishen - 20/7/11	Kumba Resources

BENEFITS

Source	Description
Interest Free Loan	From GP Harris [Father] for purchase of 1/2 share in flat

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Mr GP Harris	Wedding Gift	R25 000

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Semi-detached House	3 Bedroom	Green Point

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R360 279.81	1683	SA Breweries	Ordinary shares
R3 853.30	113	Telkom	Ordinary shares
R5 682.60	66	Arcelor	Ordinary shares
R22 222.20	66	Kumba	Ordinary shares
R6 913.34	113	Vodacom	Ordinary shares

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Africa Liberal Network General Assembly 3/12 - 7/12/09 [Seychelles]	Westminster Fund for Democracy
Liberal International Congress 28/10 - 3/11/09 - Cairo	Friedrich Maumann Stiftung
Africa Liberal Network Conference 26/7-1/8/10 - Accra	Friedrich Newmann Stiftung

BENEFITS

Source
Interest free loan - Father

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SABC	2 Suite tickets to rugby test match [12/6/2010]	Unknown

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Semi-detached House	3 Bedroom	Green Point

Committee appearances

2014 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals: Committee Report deliberations 5 Mar 2014

Mr T Harris (DA) also agreed with Mr Lees that the word “strides” was a bit of an exaggeration as it failed to reveal failures of the current government.
2014 Budget Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals: public hearings 4 Mar 2014

Mr T Harris (DA) asked whether the FFC broadly supported the suggestion that 10% of GDP should be spent on infrastructure, as spending in recent years had been below this target, and the projected R847bn for the next three years should actually be more than R1.2 trillion. Every year, the ...
Customs Duty Bill [B43-2013]; Customs and Excise Amendment Bill [B44-2013]; Customs Control Bill [B45-2013]: deliberations and adoption 5 Feb 2014

Mr T Harris (DA) said he had waited for SARS’s written response and only received it that morning and therefore Members needed time to consider SARS’ responses.
Financial Management of Parliament Amendment Bill: adoption 29 Jan 2014

Mr T Harris (DA) said the point of the oversight mechanism was to give Members of Parliament oversight over parliamentary affairs. The original drafters in 2009 had specified in section 4 of the Act that the executive authority could not be members of the oversight committee. In Finland and France ...
Customs Duty Bill [B43-2013]; Customs and Excise Amendment Bill [B44-2013]; Customs Control Bill [B45-2013]: public hearings 28 Jan 2014

Mr T Harris (DA) asked SAAFF whether they were happy that option 1 incorporating advanced clearance was acceptable and to BUSA he asked whether that would preserve the status of inland ports.

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Finance 14 Mar 2014

(1) Whether the National Treasury will provide details of the measures that were instituted to limit spending; if not, why not; (2) whether the National Treasury will explain the reasons for the increased budget for the upcoming presidential inauguration; if not, why not?
Questions asked to the Minister of Labour 14 Mar 2014

(1) Whether she has found that her department’s website is working effectively for the registration of employees with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF); if not, (a) how does she intend to remedy the situation and (b) in what time frame; if so, how does she explain the fact that (i) ...
Questions asked to the Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission 7 Mar 2014

Whether he has found that the expanded unemployment rate used by Statistics South Africa is a more accurate measure of unemployment than the official rate given the structurally high levels of discouragement amongst workseekers?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

RETIREMENT MESSAGE BY HOUSE CHAIRPERSON MRS F HAJAIG 13 Mar 2014

Hon Speaker, may I rise on a point of order?
RETIREMENT MESSAGE BY HOUSE CHAIRPERSON MRS F HAJAIG 13 Mar 2014

Hon Speaker, the Minister of Finance is misquoting my speech. I said the DA spends 76% of its budget in the Western Cape in poor areas.

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

BENEFITS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

BENEFITS

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2011 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

BENEFITS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2010 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

BENEFITS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Committee appearances

Questions

Plenary appearances