Chairperson, Cope wants to declare its support for Prof Jahed. We support his appointment to this responsible position and we want to wish him well. We also want to say that the task at hand is going to be critical in empowering Members of Parliament, in particular those committees that deal with the Budget.
We hope that this appointment will be supported by sufficient staff and budget to enable us to be effective as Parliament. We support the professor's appointment and wish him well.
Professor M I Jahed appointed as Director of the Parliamentary Budget Office with effect from 4 June 2013, and the Reports of the Standing Committee on Finance and the Standing Committee on Appropriations adopted.