Thank you very much, Chairperson and hon members. At least the Deputy Ministers and the Ministers who are here can see that in the NCOP we don't vote, we just reach consensus. [Laughter.]
Chairperson, I wish to move:
That the Council resolves that the week of 21-25 September 2009 forms part of the constituency period and Members of the National Council of Provinces be allowed to undertake their constituency work until 2 October 2009, as resolved by the Joint Programming Committee on 28 May 2009.