Thank you very much, hon Chairperson. We took action regarding all those public servants who were involved in this as reported by the Auditor-General, AG. Statistics in regard to what we did, where, and to what extent, can be provided. If the hon member wanted me to respond and give an account of that, she should have framed the question otherwise and not talked about policy. There is a difference between talking about policy matters and giving an account of activities and what has been done. That has actually been done.
We addressed this issue of the private member's legislative proposal today. As we were addressing that, we gave an account of where we were. We addressed those issues. It is just that some people may be present physically in meetings but mentally outside. If that were not the case, the hon member would actually remember what we addressed and the portfolio committee noted.
We indicated that ours was a democracy that respected the separation of powers. It is for that reason that certain things are not possible. When we tabled a programme early in the year, we said we were going to consider a review of the Public Service Act. One of the things that we wanted to address was exactly this. We committed ourselves to it. The consultation that is going on means that we believe that we live in a democracy in which you give space for a democratic process to unfold.
I'm not sure if the DA government in the Western Cape lives in another world where they don't know what is referred to as consultation. I am the Minister for the Public Service and Administration and we are actually looking into the steps that were taken and the process that was followed in order to enact that part of the legislation, and we will definitely challenge it as far as that is concerned. We are not doing so because we are saying we don't have to address this.
I put two key questions that we want to address. In fact it is more than these two questions. Thank you very much, hon Chairperson. [Time expired.]