Speaker, firstly, I think there is leadership in this country, very clear leadership. There is also certainty on policy. There is no uncertainty on economic policy, and I would not accept the fact that there is no certainty, as there is certainty. This does not deny people the right to have their own views on the economy, as economists will always have different views on matters. However, I think it is not correct to say that there is no certainty on policy; there is certainty on policy.
As far as the issue of labour is concerned, there are matters that affect labour relations, and there are things that had been agreed upon at the bargaining level, things that the workers are grappling with. Because of the issues on which the workers have not agreed, particularly with the emergence of new unions, with new kinds of situations developing, about which they feel very strongly, government has asked the Deputy President to interact with the workers as well as with the management of the mining sector to discuss these matters. I think they are moving very close to agreeing on the matters that have to be addressed in dealing with the problems at the mining level.
Certainly, workers must have the right to participate in the manner that has been agreed upon. There are agreements that were made a long time ago and people have acted according to them without any difficulty. I think the difficulty has come in the manner in which the recent problems in the mines have emerged. This has a lot of different elements in it which influence the manner in which the interaction has been going on. We are saying it is important that all players, all stakeholders, come together to discuss and agree on what it is best to do. I think they need to be given a chance.
Of course, in that process Parliament can debate matters in different ways and have different views on how they think the matter should be resolved. Those are parliamentary processes that are going on. I think in a lot of the processes people are participating in the actual things that need to be done, and not just debates. Our Deputy President has been doing very well in this respect, representing government. Thank you. [Applause.]