The National Assembly has begun mini plenaries for budget vote debates. Parliament has until the end of this month to conclude and pass this year’s national budget. The budgets for Health and International Relations and Co-operations are among those that will be debated during today’s mini plenaries.
The National Assembly Programme Committee, which met this morning, has confirmed which budget votes will be debated. Doctor Kanyaza Twala from Parliament’s Committee section outlined the Programme to the committee:
“At the moment we have a budget vote for the Office of the Justice by the Public Commissioner on Justice and Constitutional Development and International Relations and Cooperation.
The Portfolio Committee has published its report, and the Minerals and Resources and Petroleum Committee, as well as the Health Committees, have also done so. These four will be debated today. I also want to mention that we released the budget votes for Statistics SA and Labour and Employment last night.
