Mr Speaker, taking note of the hon Deputy President's response to the question posed about the government's intention regarding the recommendations by the Public Protector, I want to ask the Deputy President whether he will distance government from the immature, premature and grossly inappropriate attack launched by the hon Chief Whip Stone Sizani. It was an attack on the Public Protector's findings, which were, to repeat, that the Act lacked punitive measures that must be applied to members of the executive who transgress the Executive Members' Ethics Code - a fact that the Deputy President in fact acknowledged on 21 October 2013.
This was clearly a brazen effort on the part of the hon Stone Sizani to hamper and prevent Parliament from doing its duty in holding the executive to account. The hon Deputy President's view on this subject should be made crystal clear in this House. I thank you.