Mr Speaker, I will try not to flout your ruling. It has been a very, very long wait while this policy has been deliberated upon at Nedlac. We know, of course, that Cosatu has been a major player in delaying the implementation of this policy and that perhaps there are political concerns ahead of the ANC's electoral conference surrounding whether or not it can go ahead and implement. However, the reality is that this Parliament voted the Minister of Finance the funding to implement this policy, that there has been time for deliberations at Nedlac, and that this legislative body has deliberated and made a decision in this regard. There are countless examples of policies which have been pursued by the government before Nedlac has completed its deliberations; the two labour Bills which Parliament is currently considering are a case in point. They came to this body before Nedlac had reached any final decision on what the draft legislation should be.
Mr Speaker, does the Deputy President not agree that the time has now come to accept that Nedlac, Cosatu and everybody who has a stake in this policy's implementation have had a chance to make their commentary and say their say and that the time has come to do the right thing, implement the youth wage subsidy, as announced by the President and budgeted for by this Parliament? Thank you.