Chairperson and hon members, I thought the preserve of the IFP was to speak about elephants. I was also going to talk about white elephants and hon Gibson has already said something about them. Maybe that is where I should start, hon Minister.
The IFP support this Special Adjustments Appropriation Bill, but we note it is an unusual step and it is only the second time in the history of this Parliament that there has been a special adjustment - we are informed that the last time when there was a disaster of some sort in the country.
However, I don't think it was possible for us in the committee to suggest any amendments or to amend this Bill even if we were satisfied that some of the departments should not have gone this route of a special adjustment, because if I look at the Constitution, section 77(3) says that an Act of Parliament must provide for procedures to amend money Bills before Parliament. I am sure the hon Minister of Finance may introduce such a Bill in due course in this House.
As far as the funding for 2010 stadiums is concerned, we are pleased that they are ahead of schedule, but I want to re-emphasise the point made by hon Gibson that the hon Minister, as he has assured us, would work with the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs in terms of the R700 million. Here as well we need the hon Minister to give us an assurance that business plans submitted by host cities include sustained economic viability of the stadiums post 2010.
We also would like the hon Minister to note that we were informed by Land Bank officials that the R700 million would be used for development programmes and would be ring-fenced as such. I think it is important that that money be used for that.
With regard to the PBMR, we would just like to know whether the foreign exchange rate was factored into fluctuations because a lot of the services that are being acquired are denominated in foreign currencies.
We support the Bill and we trust that the relevant portfolio committees will continue to interrogate these amounts that have been granted to each of the departments. Also, with regard to the PBMR, hon Minister, we have been informed that since 1999 R4,2 billion has been spent and in total R21 billion has been spent. So, that is why it is important for the exchange rate fluctuations to be taken into account. [Time expired.] We support the Bill.