Thank you, Deputy Chair. Minister, given the physical consolidation framework and poor performance of our economy, what are the departmental programmes most likely to be affected by the budget cuts or shortfalls; and how does the department intends to remedy the situation, hon Minister? Thank you.
THE DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON OF THE NCOP: It is a new question, but if you have any response you can grant.
The MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES: Well, it is a
new question, but I guess the answer is generic. The answer is that you have to make due within the fiscal envelop. What you have to do is to look at where the areas of underperformance in the department are, where has there been underperformance in the department historically, do we find areas where a particular branch is meeting its targets but not spending its budget, in which case, maybe it has too much. And then you are going to make adjustments amongst
branches so that you give everybody a fair chance to enable them to undertake their operations. Thank you.