Speaker, I go back to my invention in this committee report of a new word and that word is unbribery. Now, if such a word exists, perhaps somebody could one day explain what it means to this English major. Perhaps it stems from the same place as negatived, I don't know.
There is a much bigger problem that you heard about a moment ago. Just a few minutes ago this House ruled against a motion without notice from the Chief Whip of the Opposition to remove this and the next item from the Order Paper, that this Bill had been incorrectly tagged. As we know, this House has defeated that motion and I believe that was a mistake.
I have received a legal opinion and it says there is a provision that allows the state to be given a 20% free carried interest and any oil or gas drilling operation amounts to an additional tax. Any Bill that introduces a tax can only be a Money Bill. A Money Bill should be introduced by the Minister of Finance, as required by section 73(2) of the Constitution and should not be tagged a section 76 Bill, as this has been. So, this Bill has been wrongly tagged and introduced and thus it is unconstitutional. [Applause.]
If this committee had been given a chance to do its job properly, it might have discovered this flaw earlier. If the definitions in this Bill had not been constantly changing, if the committee had been allowed to exercise its mind rather than simply being required to parrot the opinions of Luthuli House, this Bill may have gone through properly. As it stands it is doomed and we are wasting our time. [Applause.]