Mr Speaker, two weeks ago, when I asked the Deputy President in this House whether he believed it was time to implement the youth wage subsidy ahead of a decision at Nedlac - because, of course, a decision at Nedlac is not necessary in order for the government to implement this policy - he responded that we would get answers the following day from the hon Ebrahim Patel during the youth wage subsidy debate. He called it D-day.
However, I am not sure whether the Deputy President briefed the hon Patel properly on this matter because we did not get any answers. In fact, there is more doubt and confusion about the status of the youth wage subsidy now than there was before. So, my question is: Will the Deputy President provide us with some resolute clarity on this matter? What is the status of the individual youth wage subsidy policy as tabled by National Treasury? Will it be implemented? If so, how soon will it be implemented? Thank you very much.