The Committee agreed that the briefing on the Strategic Plan and Budget Vote No. 27 should be two separate meetings. The Committee was briefed on the Strategic Plan 2010/11 - 2012/13, by Minister E Patel, on Friday, 05 March 2010. The briefing on Budget Vote No. 27 was scheduled on Tuesday, 16 March 2010, where the committee was briefed by the Director-General of the Economic Development Department, Prof R Levin.