House Chair, it would be good if we knew what we were talking about.
Chair of Committees, this year this budget that we are voting on today will allow the department to attend Cop 20 in Lima, Peru, in order to negotiate with other parties on a binding solution and agreement to a reduction of greenhouse gases around the entire globe. We are very confident that come Cop 21 in Paris in 2015, such an agreement would have been reached. Therefore, if this budget is not approved, our interaction with the entire world for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions will not be achieved.
Secondly, we are also aware that, through this budget, the department will also be able to mitigate and ensure adaptation measures in this country on this matter of greenhouse gas emissions.
The President of the Republic said in Copenhagen in 2009 that all of us must work towards a reduction of 34% by 2020 and a reduction of 42% by 2025. That is what the department is working on; co-ordinating all economic players and all sectors in this country.
Therefore, we fully agree that this budget should be supported, because, amongst other things, it will assist us to deal with air pollution all over the country. Thank you very much, Chair. This budget is supported. [Applause.]
Vote agreed to (Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters dissenting).
Vote No 31 - Human Settlements - put.
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