Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) requests the Minister responsible for the National Planning Commission to come and brief this House, which will place the NCOP in a strategic position to discuss and present plans to all provinces;
(2) notes that, according to Chapter 8 of the Rules of the NCOP, the NPC affects all provinces and is therefore regarded as a matter of public importance.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.