(1)Whether she has been informed of the position expressed by an official of the South African Central Authority at an African regional and international conference held recently that the principle of subsidiarity necessitates that adoptable South African children be institutionalised within their communities rather than adopted into families outside of those communities or internationally; if so, what (a) is the position of Government on the issue, in light of (i) the principle that the child’s best interests are of paramount importance in every case involving that child, (ii) the constitutional right every child has to family life and (iii) the hierarchy of placement options that the Republic has committed itself to by acceding to the Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention in which institutionalisation is seen as the last resort, (b) steps will she take to formally retract the statement made by the official, (c) steps will she take to advise the Hague authorities and conference delegates of this retraction and that such statement is inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and case precedent and (d) steps will she take to ensure that the specified official and all members of the department are empowered with the correct information regarding the applicability of the international legal principle of subsidiarity in the Republic; if not,
(2) whether she will investigate the allegation; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?