Chairman, I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and on his return to this department. The Minister will note that the Western Cape is the only province where 100% of public servants have declared their financial interest. This is because the Western Cape has the necessary political well and sound management to ensure that this happens. Without enforcement and firm consequences for those who continuously don't declare this requirement is just another onerous burden on civil servants.
Chairperson, as the Minister has said it is the responsibility of the Ministers and the members of the executive councils, MECs, to ensure that their departments are held accountable for the declarations and to take action if they do not, I would like to ask the Minister what he has done to get his colleagues in the Cabinet and in the provinces to make sure that each of them has taken responsibility and ensured that all of their senior managers have declared their interests. This might not make the Minister the most popular person in Cabinet meetings. [Time expired.]