Mr Geordin Gwyn Hill-Lewis

National Assembly

@geordinhl

About Geordin Gwyn Hill-Lewis

Mr Geordin Hill-Lewis is a member of the South African Parliament representing the Democratic Alliance. He previously served as the chief of staff in the DA leader's office. He holds an honours degree in politics and economics from the University of Cape Town and is a former student representative council member.

For more on this member, read his blog post.

2020 committee attendance as mp

77% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 26

2019 committee attendance as mp

74% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 27

2017 committee attendance as mp

70% attendance rate

Attended 16 meetings out of 23

2016 committee attendance as mp

80% attendance rate

Attended 40 meetings out of 50

2015 committee attendance as mp

70% attendance rate

Attended 44 meetings out of 63

2014 committee attendance as mp

(From the start of the Fifth Parliament)

72% attendance rate

Attended 21 meetings out of 29

Attendance records reflect Committee not Plenary Attendance
Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
Plenary Attendance is not made public by Parliament although it has been requested.

Recent meetings attended

Finance Standing Committee — National Treasury on procurement of PPE for COVID-19; with Ministry — 5 Aug 2020
Finance Standing Committee — Disaster Management Tax Relief & Tax Administration Bills: response to submissions — 28 Jul 2020
Finance Standing Committee — Disaster Management Tax Relief & Administration Bills: public hearings — 22 Jul 2020
Finance Standing Committee — Disaster Management Bills: briefing; Committee Report: Treasury Adjustments Budget — 14 Jul 2020
Finance Standing Committee — Committee Report on 2020 Revised Fiscal Framework; National Treasury on Adjusted Budget & Revised APP, with Deputy Minister — 7 Jul 2020

All meetings attended

DISCLAIMER: This information has been obtained via the Parliamentary Monitoring Group. PMG makes every effort to compile reliable and comprehensive information, but does not claim that the data is 100% accurate and complete.

Currently

Member at Standing Committee on Finance (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Party Whip at National Assembly (Parliament) since 13th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

9th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 21st May 2014 until 7th May 2019
Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) from 20th June 2014 until 7th June 2017
Member-elect at National Assembly (Parliament) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: N2 Lagunya (Constituency Area) from 10th May 2014 until 6th May 2014
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) from 19th August 2011 until 6th May 2014
Member at Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry (Committee) until 6th May 2014
Constituency Contact at DA Constituency Area: N2 Greater Philippi (Constituency Area) until 6th May 2014

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership	Type of Business
Future Asset Finance	Holding Company

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Mmusi Maimane	Fitbit Watch	/-R2000.00

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Main House	300m2	Edgemead, Cape Town

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R115 000	4000	Standard Bank	Standard Bank - Savings Account

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Flights to and accommodation in Senegal	N.E.D

SPONSORSHIPS

Source	Description	Extent
N.E.D	Conference in Senegal	/-R5 000.00

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
None	Trustee	Hill-Lewis Trust	IT/2799-2012

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Visit to Israel	LINK
Visit to Amsterdam, Netherlands	BKB Campaigns

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
none	Trustee	Hill-Lewis Trust	IT 2799/2012

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Mr J Kantey	Montblanc Ball Point Pen	R5500

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	/-300sq.m	Edgemead, Cape Town

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

Directorship/Partnership
Hill-Lewis Family Trust [Trustee] Saving

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
House	312sq.m.	Edgemead, CPT

PENSIONS

Source	Public/Private
Parliament	Public

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
-R50 000	Standard Bank	Savings Account

BENEFITS

Source	Description
SAA	Silver status on voyager

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts
None thus far	Trustee	Hill-Lewis Trust

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
R45 000	Coronation Unit Trust	Unit Trust

BENEFITS

Source	Description
SAA Voyager Gold Card	Access to airport lounges

TRUSTS

Details Of Benefits	Trustee/Beneficiary	Name Of Trusts	Registration Number
None	Trustee	Hill-Lewis Trust [hold 2 residential properties - no benefits]	IT2799/2012

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	No	Name of Company	Nature
R26 000	208	Coronation	Unti Trust

BENEFITS

Source	Description
SAA	Platinum Elect Voyager Card

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential home	350sq.m.	Edgemead

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

Nominal Value	Name of Company	Nature
R9 000	Coronation Unit Trusts	Ordinary
	Trust to purchase a property	Trustee

BENEFITS

Source	Description
SAA	Platinum Voyager card
BA	Silver Club card

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
Gold Circle	Tickets to Vodacom Durban July	+-R800
SAAMBR	Tickets for uShaka Marine World Animal Encounter	R1 000
NEF	Gift basket from National Empowerment Fund	+-R300
SA Breweries	Tickets to rugby	+-R400

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Property held in trust	+-120sq.m.	Edgemead, CPT
Single semi-detached house	+-300sq.m.	Edgemead, CPT

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

TRAVEL

Description	Sponsor
Cape Town to George to visit SAB hop farms	SA Breweries

BENEFITS

Source
SAA
British Airways

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

Source	Description	Value
SA Empowerment Fund	Gift basket	+-R500.00
SA Breweries	Tickets to Cape Town - Beer Festival	+-R650.00
SA Breweries	T-shirts x 3	+-R300.00

LAND AND PROPERTY

Description	Extent	Location
Residential house	300sq.m.	Cape Town

Committee appearances

National Treasury on procurement of PPE for COVID-19 5 Aug 2020

Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) referred to slide 13 which referred to new controls being considered. The Minister had said he would like departments and entities to publish details of PPE contracts, the names of those companies that had won the contracts and those that had not won the contract, why ...
Disaster Management Tax relief Bill & Disaster Management Tax Administration Bills: National Treasury & SARS response to submissions 28 Jul 2020

Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) raised the example of a pensioner who earned a pension and passive income lower than the total tax threshold. That person still had to pay provisional tax and reclaim it at end of year. Could the provisional tax requirement be removed, as it was a burden ...
Disaster Management Tax relief Bill and Disaster Management Tax Administration Bills: public hearings 22 Jul 2020

Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) thanked the presenters for their helpful presentations. He asked that when referring to presentations, there should be specific clause references for clause amendments, particularly when dealing with legislation. He asked for a written note of their recommendations to supplement their presentations, as he feared he may ...
Committee Report on 2020 Revised Fiscal Framework; National Treasury on Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan 7 Jul 2020

Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) stated that it was not a National Treasury prediction as stated in 6.12 but a commitment of the Cabinet that primary balance would be achieved by 2023 and he believed that it was a very welcome commitment and that the legislature should very rigidly hold ...
Committee Report on 2020 Revised Fiscal Framework; National Treasury on Adjusted Budget & Revised Annual Performance Plan 7 Jul 2020

Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA) stated that it was not a National Treasury prediction as stated in 6.12 but a commitment of the Cabinet that primary balance would be achieved by 2023 and he believed that it was a very welcome commitment and that the legislature should very rigidly hold ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans 30 Jul 2020

What (a) are the relevant details and (b) is the total (i) number and (ii) amount of all disbursements made available to each province by (aa) her department and (bb) the SA National Defence Force in response to the Covid-19 pandemic?
Questions asked to the Minister of Finance 4 Jun 2020

What is the position of the Board of the Public Investment Corporation on proposals by the Congress of South African Trade Unions, which are alleged to be supported by the Minister of Public Enterprises, to commandeer R254 billion in funds from the Government Employees Pension Fund for the purposes of ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Finance 2 Jun 2020

What (a) number of applications have been received for the fast-tracking of value-added tax refunds to date in each province, (b) number of the specified applications have been approved in each province and (c) was the Rand value of each approved application in each province?

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

This is hon Hill-Lewis in the chamber.
GOVERNANCE - CLUSTER 3 27 May 2020

It's Geordin Hill-Lewis.
Mr Faber's question can be summed-up in one sentence: Who is co- conspirator 15 and 16?
Maybe this microphone is clearer than his.

All Plenary Appearances

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2018 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

TRAVEL

SPONSORSHIPS

TRUSTS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2017 [Source]

TRAVEL

TRUSTS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2016 [Source]

DIRECTORSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS

LAND AND PROPERTY

PENSIONS

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

BENEFITS

TRUSTS

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2015 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

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Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2014 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

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LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2013 [Source]

SHARES AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERESTS

BENEFITS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Parliament Register of Members' Interests 2012 [Source]

TRAVEL

BENEFITS

GIFTS AND HOSPITALITY

LAND AND PROPERTY

Committee appearances

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