Hon Deputy Speaker, if I may address you on the same issue, and I appreciate what the hon Minister in the Presidency said and I accept it. The problem is basically this: Isn't it normal practice that if a Minister leaves South Africa, somebody else is appointed in that Minister's stead and to take responsibility? Then it would mean that the person who is standing in for that Cabinet colleague will be prepared to come to the House and to answer the questions that we are asking.
The practical problem is this: I can understand your ruling that we cannot now ask those questions. But it's not about the questions. It's about the process that comes after this. When Parliament is asked to approve what the executive is asking from us in terms of additional amounts to be budgeted for, how can we ask Parliament to approve those things if those answers have not been given to Parliament? That is the problem.
What I would suggest - and I know it has huge implications - is technically we should not proceed in approving the additional Budget. We cannot do that. [Interjections.]