Hon Chairperson and hon members, let me alert you that this is going to be one of the shortest reports that I have ever delivered. On behalf of the Select Committee on Trade and International Relations, we have deliberated on and considered the subject of the National Gambling Bill [B27B-2018], section 76 Bill, that was referred to us and I report in terms of the NCOP Rule 171(1)(b) that we as committee, have considered the Bill.
The committee reports further as follows: The National Gambling Amendment Bill was referred to the select committee on the 4 December 2018 and the committee received the briefing by the Department of Trade and Industry on the Bill on the 30 January 2019. We then, because it's a 76th Bill, had a various public hearings within each of the nine provinces and we have received mandates from the provinces. The mandates indicate that three of the provinces have voted against the Bill and three of our provinces voted for the Bill.
At the time that we had our last meeting which was last week, two of the provinces have not submitted the mandates to us. Chairperson, in terms of Rule 171(1)(b), it requires a select committee who has not agreed on a Bill to table the Bill as referred to it in the council. Chairperson, the committee was in limbo because we were sitting with three - three. In terms of sections of the Constitution, we get our mandates from the provinces and because the select committee was in limbo, I now have to return this Bill to the august House. Thank you, Chair.