Thank you, Madam Speaker. Hon Minister, I must take exception with what you said about asking other countries to do better instead of asking ourselves to do better, because all leaders are taking initiatives. Even people in America who are regarded as arch Republicans are taking initiatives to change the law.
So, one commends the holistic approach taken in this country. I wonder if you can't influence the local governments to encourage people to use the enviro loos because they are so much better for the health of the water services and yet are not popular. People have been offered piped sanitation instead of the enviro loos and it takes longer and is often more expensive. The other question: Is there any encouragement of the Department of Science and Technology to do work on desalination of water, because as the temperature increases the sea levels will go up? We could, if we do research on desalination of water, use the sea water if we can remove the salt and use it for piped water. Thank you.