I said it was bad legislation. It is a little bit like cutting and pasting of an already transitional Bill, which, in fact, is the transition of an existing Bill, and contains actual inaccuracies. In the Bill reference is made to consultation with the portfolio committee of the National Assembly. This Bill has not even gone to the National Assembly, so no consultation has taken place in regard to these amendments that are now before the House.
In my own province, when I did the briefing to the province, the Department of Transport officials were there. And when they were questioned by the chairperson of our portfolio committee in our province, they confirmed that consultation only took place within the department. No outside consultation took place. Hurriedly three sessions were arranged for consultation with the public and stakeholders, but on the same day and at the same time and, as expected, one of these sessions had no attendance whatsoever.
So, I'm saying again that we are stuck here with bad legislation; legislation that will impact negatively on the tourism of our country, which is based more or less here in Cape Town and in Gauteng, the gateways of South Africa as far as tourism is concerned.
I am happy to see that at least Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal couldn't see their way clear to giving mandates. The Western Cape - and I saw it myself - made a submission of 17 pages. I see very little of it in the amendments that have now been approved and are before you. So, I reiterate my concern ... [Interjections.]