4.4 The Committee, sitting with the PLG Committee (the Committees) considered and deliberated extensively upon those submissions. The Committees noted that the content of those submissions may broadly be categorized into three distinct themes: (a) The majority of the submissions contained no matters of substance, but merely stipulated personal preferences, either for the retention of Matatiele in the province of the Eastern Cape or the inclusion thereof in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. (b) Some submissions substantiated their call for incorporation of Matatiele into the province of KwaZulu- Natal based on ethnic and cultural links with that province. (c) In a few submissions concerns were raised relating to the possible future lack of service delivery by the province of the Eastern Cape, in particular in respect of health and education. From the submissions received from the relevant provincial legislatures, the Committee further noted that the provincial legislatures of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal do not oppose the introduction of the Bill.