They took the wrong cut. [Laughter.] We can't, in fact, afford to move in that direction at all.
I think the hon Oriani-Ambrosini's view of the world motor industry seems to be some kind of an ideal type of free-market economy. Well, I presume that he has the same view of the world agricultural market because I think both are wrong. It's living in cloud cuckooland or being Alice in Wonderland. We have to work in the real world, I'm afraid.
With regard to the points that were made about the role of the Department of Economic Development, I don't think that we have conflicts, or difficulties, or a lack of co-ordination. The fact of the matter is that in the past administration the DTI had grown too big. It was difficult to actually give focused attention to all the agencies that were under it and also carry out the international trade mandate.
I can say right now that the fact that the Department of Economic Development has been able to dedicate time to leverage funding from the Industrial Development Corporation - and it has been able to do this because it is a smaller department and has had more time to do it - has been a factor behind R100 million of additional resources for investment in industrial development. The fact that it has been able to devote dedicated time to the strengthening of the competition authorities has, likewise, had an important effect. The fact is, you know, by working together we can actually do more. That's a fact.
Lastly, let me just say that I very much want to support very much the excellent report that came from the committee. We are committed - as we, in fact, are bound to be - to responding to all the recommendations which you have put down there. We will also respond to the point made by the chairperson when she talked about the need for a tighter link between the strategic plan and budget allocations. We will attempt to do that work.
We will do all this within the spirit of working harmoniously with the committee. We will keep trying to provide the committee with the resources and information that it needs so that it can do its important work, hold us accountable, keep us on our toes, and keep us moving forward in the task of creating sustainable growth and job creation in our country. Thank you very much. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.