Ashor Sarupen

National Assembly

Formerly: Gauteng Provincial Legislature

ashors@da.org.za

@AshorSarupen

About Ashor Sarupen

2020 committee attendance as mp

69% attendance rate

Attended 18 meetings out of 26

2019 committee attendance as mp

78% attendance rate

Attended 32 meetings out of 41

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Recent meetings attended

Standing Committee on Appropriations — 2020 Supplementary Budget: Minister of Finance briefing — 25 Jun 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — National Treasury on Quarterly Expenditure of Departments & Public Entities; Performance of SOCs — 17 Jun 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Appropriation Bill [B4-2020]: Committee Report — 9 Jun 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Appropriation Bill [B4-2020]: National Treasury briefing; with Deputy Minister — 3 Jun 2020
Standing Committee on Appropriations — Eskom, SAA, SA Express financial challenges; with Finance & Public Enterprises Deputy Ministers — 27 May 2020

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Currently

Member at Standing Committee on Appropriations (Committee) since 27th June 2019
Alternate Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

66th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
27th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture & Rural Development-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member at Education Portfolio Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Alternate Member at Finance Committee-gau (Gauteng Provincial Legislature Committee) until 7th May 2019
Member-elect at Gauteng Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
10th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Gauteng Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014

Committee appearances

Appropriation Bill [B4-2020]: Committee Report 9 Jun 2020

Ms Peters moved the adoption, and was seconded by Mr A Sarupen (DA).
Financial challenges facing Eskom, SAA & SA Express: National Treasury & DPE briefings 27 May 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked what the odds are of finding a strategic equity partner for SAA considering the global airline crisis. The business rescue practitioners have made a way for SAA employees to be paid, but what about SA Express? He asked if SA Express has paid over PAYE ...
National Treasury & Land Bank on the financial issues affecting the entity 20 May 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) asked if the restructuring of the Land Bank includes a plan to diversify its income streams and increase its reach further down the value chain. He asked how it intends to attract downstream value players given their strong cash flow so that they service their loans ...
Appropriation Bill: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing 11 May 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) said the following:
Appropriation Bill: Human Sciences Research Council briefing 6 May 2020

Mr A Sarupen (DA) raised two concerns regarding the cuts in Vote 4:

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Police 17 Dec 2019

(1) Whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to build a new police station for the Bedfordview area; if so, on what date will the construction of the police station commence; (2) whether his department has a (a) budget and (b) plan to house the inspectors at ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development 12 Dec 2019

Whether her department has programmes to help small farmers like Mr Mphishi Daniel Gumede from Mboza in KwaMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality, who suffer losses as a result of natural disaster (details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what steps must affected farmers and/or victims follow to access such programmes ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs 2 Dec 2019

(1)With reference to the reply of the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation to question 994 on 4 November 2019, has her department been informed that the rehabilitation project for the Jan Smuts Dam in Brakpan has failed; (2) whether her department will provide a breakdown of the ...

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Plenary appearances

CONSIDERATION OF 2020 FISCAL FRAMEWORK AND REVENUE PROPOSALS AND REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE THEREON 11 Mar 2020

House Chair, I think this fiscal framework is a very sobering assessment because it demonstrates that the ANC has completely given up on fiscal responsibility and that they happily want to lead South Africa down the fiscal abyss. And I have a lot of sympathy for the Finance Minister because ...
WEDNESDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2019 4 Dec 2019

Chair, the budget in terms of the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement and Adjustments Appropriation Bill is not pro poor. It is pro poverty. Anyone who disagrees with this statement is a denialist of note.
I'm glad that my committee chair, the hon Buthelezi, agrees that government must create an ...

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