I trust that the hon Prince was just making a statement, and not asking a follow-up question. I would just like to clarify a few things as the Chairperson of the NCOP.
The procedure states that each Bill that is brought to this House should be forwarded to all the Houses of Traditional Leaders, and then back to the NCOP so that they can go through it and make recommendations. It is then brought back to us for further deliberation on their recommendations. We then adopt whatever we need to adopt and the committee rejects whatever they want to reject. That is the procedure. If we are not following it, we need to follow it to the letter. I thought I should clarify this because our policies state that. Thank you.]
Means to minimise state expenditure relating to geographic distance between location of Executive and Parliament
10. Ms N D Ntwanambi (ANC) asked the Deputy President: Whether there is any consideration by the government to move Parliament outside the Western Cape or finding means to minimise state expenditure relating to the geographic distance between the location of the Executive in Pretoria and Parliament in the Western Cape; if not, what measures is the government putting in place to minimise expenditure in respect of (a)(i) air and (ii) ground travel costs, (b) accommodation and/or (c) housing costs; if so, (aa) what is the process thus far and (bb) what are the considerations?