1.7 Before resuming its deliberations, the Chairperson of the Committee again invited roleplayers, stakeholders and individual members of the public to comment on the adapted Bill, which was, in essence, the product of the Committee's previous deliberations, the Committee having suggested the amendments that were submitted to Cabinet in the first place. Again, numerous representations were received: fifty nine (59). Those received up until 31 August 2006 were distributed to all members of the Committee, summarised and considered formally by the Committee. Since it is custom to have oral hearings only at the beginning of the passage of a Bill through Parliament and since many of the submissions received on the adapted Bill, boiled down to a repetition of previous submissions made in 2003, no further oral hearings were held. Some of these written representations did, however, give rise to amendments. Representations received after 31 August 2006 were distributed to Committee members who were requested to raise any issues arising from these representations that required consideration. Some of the last amendments made by the Committee were as a direct result of these late submissions.