Thank you, Chairperson. I share in the concern of the hon member, but as a result of the very same concern, and in terms of the discussion between the Ministry and the MECs for education, we believe that it has to be expanded. Previously, nutrition was only provided in primary schools, particularly for quintiles 1, 2 and 3. As a result of the decision taken by the ANC at the Polokwane conference, and the mandate given by our people, we have indeed expanded our programme to include quintile 1 high schools.
One must recognise that this has to be a progressive measure. Currently, we are feeding more than 6,3 million learners in our education system through the nutrition scheme. The expansion would obviously cover larger numbers of our learners. What we can share with this House is that the Department of Education in concurrence with the provinces has put a bid for quintiles 2 and 3 high schools. This means that we would not or should not have a situation where one child in primary school is being fed while the sibling in high school is being excluded. That speaks to the concern raised by the hon member and we do hope that, notwithstanding the constraints, Treasury is able to accommodate us, in which event quintiles 2 and 3 will also be fed at high school level. Thank you.