Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker, and to all those members who have spoken. Once again, I really do commend and sympathise with the committee for having to work under difficult circumstances, but I think from my side as a Minister I have seen a committee with a lot of capacity to make sensible changes. I think that is valuable. It may not be entirely what you expected to do, but I do think that it is actually a very useful exercise.
This is the first of a number of pieces of legislation that will emanate from the restructuring process. I am afraid we are putting some pressure on you again to table the SAA Bill, but it does not have to be passed by the end of this year. Originally, with some of these new Bills, we had thought we may not need them, but I think it is a wiser decision to incorporate many of these changes in legislation. When we started the relationship between the Ministry and the committee I do not think we envisaged a great deal of legislation, but we will in fact end up with a few pieces of legislation. So I am very pleased that you were able to practise and hone your skills on this particular fairly simple Bill, because there are some others coming up next year.
We are conscious of the issues in the second defined benefit fund. I think some steps will be taken that will be beneficial in the near future, but it really reinforces my viewpoint that our objective for our employees in the state-owned enterprises is to have stable, simpler pension funds. The complexities that we have inherited from the past are not a good thing and, generally speaking, our objective over time must be to simplify these Bills, make them stable, make them financially sound, in the best interests of people who have worked all their lives and really do deserve a good pension. But thank you for the support, and I hope the House approves the Bill. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.
Bill read a second time.