Chairperson, the Adjustments Appropriation Bill appears in today's ATCs. However, I just want to clarify a few things: Firstly, this Bill is in accordance with section 30 of the Public Finance Management Act, which allows the Minister to shift funds between and within Votes, or funds to follow transfer of functions in terms of section 42 of the same Act, and the roll-over of funds from the previous financial year. I know that members sometimes have a problem when departments shift funds from one programme to another programme. They do that in terms of the Public Finance Management Act.
The highlights of this Act are that in the past few weeks we met with the Department of Agriculture in the Eastern Cape, who complained that the farmers in that area were complaining about not having received the funds for their pigs that they had to cull. In this Appropriation Bill, that will be provided for. Then there are a number of other provisions that are made but I would really like to draw the attention of some committees to issues like the SA Airways, which is also supported along with Alexkor and others. We think that, as a committee, our colleagues in those select committees should really try to conduct some robust oversight because these public entities are supposed to be generating income, but they are not doing so. They continue to draw funds from government.
On that note, we propose that this House adopts this Adjustment Appropriation Bill so that we can improve the lives of our people. Thank you. [Applause.]