Happening in Parliament This Week

Parliament, Sunday 12 June 2022 - The National Assembly will kick-start this week's programme with a debate on the Appropriation Bill during its hybrid sitting on Tuesday.

The Appropriation Bill provides for the appropriation of money by Parliament from the National Revenue Fund (NRF) as required by section 213 of the Constitution and section 26 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). The Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, tabled the Bill in Parliament on 23 February 2022.

During the same sitting, the House will also consider the recommendation of a person to fill a vacancy on the Electoral Commission.

Meanwhile, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will consider the report of the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members' Interests on the 2021 Register of Members' Interests- Late Disclosures: contravention of the Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members Interests. Budget Votes for the Department of Basic Education and Social Development will also be considered during the sitting.

On Wednesday, both Houses will, during their separate sittings, debate Youth Day.

On the same day, the NA will also consider the candidate nominated for appointment as Inspector-General of Intelligence Services and the report on the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry to recommend suitable candidates for appointment as Chairperson of the Board of National Lotteries Commission.

The House will wrap up the day and its programme for this term with a debate on a matter of national importance on fuel price hikes.

The National Assembly Members are scheduled to go on constituency period from 20 June, while the NCOP constituency period will start on 27 June.

The Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries is currently holding the Northern Cape leg of public hearings on the National Veld and Forest Fire Amendment Bill. The Bill aims to improve the administration of the Act, deal with several critical technical enhancements and align the legislation with the post-1996 Constitutional framework.

The Northern Cape hearings started in the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality on Friday, went to John Taolo District Municipality on Saturday, and are currently in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.

The Committee will then proceed to Mpumalanga for the next round of public hearings.

There are twenty-five (25) committee meetings scheduled this week that include:

TUESDAY, 14 JUNE:

Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, Further responses by the Electoral Commission on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B 1 - 2022]; Inputs by the Parliament Legal Services on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1 - 2022]; Further Committee deliberations on the Electoral Amendment Bill [B1 - 2022]

Standing Committee on Finance, Response by the Parliamentary Legal Services to submissions received during the public hearings on the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41 - 2018] and the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B13 - 2020]

Portfolio Committee on Communications, Briefing by Department on an update on: (i) the vetting of SABC Executives, (ii) progress towards implementation of controls to improve audit findings of the portfolio, (iii) progress towards the recapitalisation of State entities, (iv) merger of regulatory authorities, (v) Plan of Action on the forming of a State Digital Company, Briefing by SABC on the status for the implementation of the 'Turnaround Strategy'; Consideration of Legal Opinion on the referral of the Public Protector Report 114 of 2021/22 and the referral Public Protector Report 113 of 2021/22; Adoption of the Report on the Annual Report of SAPO 2020-21; Adoption on Report on its Revised 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan

Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour, briefing by the DTIC and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) on the progress and challenges in implementing the Black Industrialist Programme and uplifting of companies owned by women, youth entrepreneurs, particularly those operating in targeted industries and Special Economic Zones (SEZ) towards the promotion of localisation in product development and trade. The presentation will highlight the challenges of specific SEZs and the geographic spread of these programmes across all Provinces

Select Committee on Health and Social Services, Briefing by STATS SA on their plans for the current financial year and the Census update report;

Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, briefing on an updated status report on the implementation of Portfolio Committee Recommendations on an Oversight Visit to the Western Cape Provincial Education Department; and Briefing by DBE on its Fourth Quarter Report 2021/22

WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE

Standing Committee on Finance, Consideration on Motion of Desirability (MoD) on the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B41 - 2018] and the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill [B13 - 2020]

Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Progress report by Eastern Cape Province on addressing the challenges raised in the Auditor-General's Special Report on financial management on government's Covid-19 initiatives

Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, Briefing by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) on the fourth-quarter report 2021/22 financial year; Consideration of Committee Minutes and Reports

Portfolio Committee on Social Development, Consideration and adoption of the A list (clause by clause) of the Children's Amendment Bill [B18 - 2020]; Consideration and adoption of the Motion of Desirability on the Fund-Raising Amendment Bill [B29 - 2020]; Adoption of minutes

Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour, briefing by the Essential Services Committee on its proposals to the legislature on improving essential services legislation in South Africa

Portfolio Committee on Health, Clause by clause deliberations on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill

Select Committee on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works, and Infrastructure, Consideration of the Protocols relating to amendments to articles 50(a) and 56 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation [Department of Transport]

For the latest full schedule of committee meetings (updated regularly), please click: https://www.parliament.gov.za/parliament-programme

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