(1) Whether (a) his department, (b) the Professional Board for Emergency Care Practitioners (PBECP) or (c) the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has been involved in any litigation with any organization with regard to the proposed scrapping of the short-course system for emergency medical services; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (i) in how many cases, (ii) with which organisations, (iii) what was the outcome of each case, (iv) what was the cost to (aa) his department, (bb) the HPCSA or (cc) the PBECP in each case and (v) what did all costs awarded against (aa) his department, (bb) the HPCSA or (cc) the PBECP amount to; (2) whether (a) his department, (b) the PBECP or (c) the HPCSA appealed any cases that they lost; if not, why not; if so, (i) on what grounds, (ii) what was the outcome of each appeal, (iii) what was the cost to (aa) his department, (bb) the HPCSA or (cc) the PBECP in each case and (iv) what did all costs awarded against (aa) his department, (bb) the HPCSA or (cc) the PBECP amount to; (3) whether he will instruct (a) his department, (b) the HPCSA or (c) the PBECP to stop all litigation in this regard; if not, why not; if so, when ?