Chairperson, hon members, the Committee on Private Members' Legislative Proposals and Special Petitions considered the proposal received from hon Steenhuisen, a DA member. In his presentation of the proposal to the committee, the hon member made it clear that there were indeed some areas in the existing legislation that needed amendment.
However, we did consider that when the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry made its presentations, and it became clear that the Minister was in the process of introducing the amendment of the Act we are talking about as a whole. We were also glad that we were made aware that the Minister would be presenting the particular proposed amendment to Cabinet around September this year. So, we felt that if we continued with the matter, we would be pre-empting what the Minister would be presenting. Therefore, we advised hon Steenhuisen that he should wait for the introduction of the amendment and then propose his amendment to what the Minister would have tabled.
We therefore find no reason for us to pre-empt this matter by continuing with the proposal because it will be presented by the Minister. Therefore, we call for this particular proposal not to be recommended to proceed as it is. So, we table this report for your consideration.
There was no debate.