Mr Mathew John Cuthbert

National Assembly

@TheMatCuthbert

About Mathew John Cuthbert

Mr Cuthbert serves as the DA’s Shadow Deputy Minister for Trade, Industry and Economic Development. Some of his achievements include being the youngest councillor in Ekhurhuleni. He holds a Bachelor of Political Science, a Post-graduate diploma in Business Administration at the Wits Business School, and is currently pursuing his Master of Management with a focus on economic policy at the Wits School of Governance. Read more here.

2021 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 20 meetings out of 20

2020 committee attendance as mp

96% attendance rate

Attended 46 meetings out of 48

2019 committee attendance as mp

81% attendance rate

Attended 22 meetings out of 27

Attendance Methodology

Recent meetings attended

Trade and Industry — Competition Commission 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan — 2 Jun 2021
Trade and Industry — Negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine waiver at WTO, with Minister & Deputy Ministers (DTIC & DIRCO) — 1 Jun 2021
Trade and Industry — National Credit Regulator 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan; Status of Report on Remitted Bills — 26 May 2021
Trade and Industry — DTIC Budget: Committee Report; Remitted Bills: Committee Report — 14 May 2021
Trade and Industry — DTIC Budget Report discussion; Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills remitted — 12 May 2021

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee On Trade and Industry (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

15th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
60th Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

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Committee appearances

Competition Commission 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan 2 Jun 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) understood that the founding of the Competition Commission had been to ensure a level playing field for all and that it had not been set up to ensure racial bean counting within the market itself. Unfortunately, the B-BBEE Commission had been set up to monitor those ...
Negotiations on COVID-19 vaccine waiver at WTO 1 Jun 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) concurred with Mr Macpherson and asked if the country could not have used the money stolen by Digital Vibes, the Mitha and Mather families and the rest of the cadres who had decided to take money from the public purse for their own benefit, to pump ...
Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills 5 May 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) agreed with the previous input by Mr Macpherson and Ms Yako and suggested that positions of all parties be circulated to all Members before the next meeting. In the next meeting, the Committee could go down each reservation. It would be a waste of time to ...
DTIC 2021/22 Annual Performance Plan 4 May 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) addressed the matter, in his view, of double-speak by the Minister who spoke of protectionism at home but promoted free markets across the continent. It seemed to him that SA was wanting to take a mercantilist approach: SA closed its market but wanted to extract economic ...
Minister on position of Acting NLC Chairperson; Update on NLC process 31 Mar 2021

Mr M Cuthbert (DA) did not see an issue with discussing the permanent appointment of a board chairperson (

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 21 Jun 2021

(1)(a) How will beneficiaries who qualify be allocated to their units in the Alliance Extension 9 Housing Project in Ward 71 in the City of Ekurhuleni and (b) by what date will the units be allocated; (2) what are the reasons that local sub-contractors and general workers have not been ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 21 Jun 2021

(1)What (a) are the time frames for the completion of the Alliance Extension 9 Housing Project in Ward 71 in the City of Ekurhuleni and (b) number of beneficiaries have been approved for the specified project; (2) whether she will provide Mr M J Cuthbert with a detailed list of ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation 21 Jun 2021

(1)With reference to the Alliance Extension 9 Housing Project in Ward 71, City of Ekurhuleni, what (a) is the total number of units that have been completed of the 1629 units that were promised and (b) are the (i) reasons that the contracts of several contractors have been terminated and ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019 3 Dec 2019

House Chairperson, Minister you have just spoken about the steps being taken to broaden black-owned businesses in the panel beating business, but can you tell us what you have done with respect to the neo monopoly of Nzabanzaba Attorneys which continues to receive 70% of the Competition Commissions legal work ...
ADVANCING THE AFRICAN UNION AGENDA 2063 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE TWIN PILLARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY (Subject for Discussion) 7 Nov 2019

Hon Speaker, never did I think I will see the nationalist socialist party of Wakanda over there arguing in favour of free markets, but it seems that things happen everyday. The ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, AfCFTA agreement, by 27 member states is a victory for ...

All Plenary Appearances

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