Chairperson, the report is mostly sound with good recommendations. Several of the recommendations include demands for Ministers to give account on various matters within 60 days. This must be followed up and the responses received are interrogated.
Key in this report is the discussion around whether local government is under funded or not. This discussion needs to be heard in the appropriate forums urgently. The committee has recommended, amongst other things, that Treasury needs to engage more fully with the FFC and also with Salga, not at the last minute during budget forum meetings but earlier in the process in time to influence planning. The Western Cape supports the report. [Applause.]
Well, it is just a point of emphasis to say that of course the issues that she is raising are issues that we have already raised at the committee level. Our view is very clear and it is that Medium Term Budget Policy Statement is very central to the