Hon Deputy Speaker, hon Deputy President, the ANC rises in support of Budget Vote No 2 on Parliament. We wish to congratulate the Speaker for his commitment to transform this institution, and his acknowledgement that there is a need to capacitate the institution and its organs. We also wonder why political parties were given ample opportunity by the Speaker in the Programme of Action, POA, and the Chief Whips' Forum have failed to raise the things that they want improvement on. [Interjections.] So, it means that they are dishonest. We are mindful of the challenges that we confront in the execution of our duties with regard to oversight, the quality of legislation we pass, our ongoing efforts to enhance the Rules of Parliament and the very practical challenges of implementing the Money Bills Amendment Procedure and Related Matters Act.
I think it is important to remind the hon Mazibuko that Parliament is not a place for wage negotiations, and the hon Lekota should understand that the Constitutional Assembly has long since completed its business. So, he must not be raising issues that belong to that Constitutional Assembly in this House.