Thank you very much, Deputy Chairperson. The question is one whose relevance I don't understand. The National Planning Commission comprises 25 people, other than me. I am a full-time member of the executive. Then, 25 part-time commissioners were appointed in terms of a presidential minute as an executive order. The names of the individuals were published and they were effectively sworn in by the President.
The National Planning Commission has a special status. Many of the Ministers have all manner of advisory groups. I am sure that Minister Shiceka here has advisory panels on all manner of issues. In my previous life as the Minister of Finance I had all kinds of advisory groups and some have statutory functions, others not. Why the hon Harris thinks that there is a need to equate the National Planning Commission with a committee appointed by one Minister, I don't quite understand.
As for relevance to the medium-term planning framework, planning remains the responsibility of the National Planning Commission, but every line function has its own planning responsibilities.
As for budgeting issues, these are the decisions taken by the Minister of Finance and he is advised by the nonstatutory inter-ministerial committee called the Ministers' Committee on the Budget, of which I as the Minister responsible for planning am part. Thank you.