Deputy Speaker, I would like to give you a clearer context. The Rule that we are talking to provides:
In the absence of a Minister who may respond to a statement as envisaged in Subrule (6), the relevant Deputy Minister or any other Minister must be given an opportunity to respond on behalf of the absent Minister.
Now the Deputy Minister has spoken in the presence of the Minister. We cautioned you in a previous sitting that this is not allowed. The Deputy Minister can only speak when the Minister is not here.
It happened with the Minister of Justice in a previous sitting and a ruling was made that a Deputy Minister is not supposed to speak.
So the Deputy Minister must really relax, and all other Deputy Ministers must relax too. [Laughter.] They will speak when their bosses are not here, please. We want to be respected; we don't want to be addressed by Deputies. [Interjections.]