Deputy Chairperson, through you to the hon Minister, may I also say that I'm glad to see our old colleague back on his feet. I hope that he gets completely well very soon.
Chair, the follow-up question I want to pose is in regard to references by the Minister and members that have asked follow-up questions on district municipalities and the fact that they have exceeded their sell-by date, they've gone rotten on the shelf, and they should not be there anymore. I think the noise that I've heard, and the views of the Minister, will support my saying that we should do away with district municipalities - and not some day but immediately!
My question to the Minister is on the legislation that has been tabled in Parliament. By the way, the Minister must please bring local government legislation to this House first and not to the National Assembly, because they sleep on it and we have to rush through it at the end of day.
The legislation that there is makes no reference to doing away with district municipalities. My question is: Will the Minister support private member's legislation emanating from a member of this House and tabled in this House to actually change, firstly, the Constitution, where the three categories of municipalities are described, bringing it down to two and, secondly, the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act where the different categories of district municipalities are also described?
If we table a private member's Bill, and I volunteer to do so, will he support it? Thank you.