Whether she will furnish Ms T Breedt with a list of the State laboratories of the Department of Agriculture in each province that are (a) currently operational and able to conduct clinical tests and (b) not operational; if not, why not; if so; what are the relevant details;
(2) whether there is a backlog of tests; if not; what is the position in this regard; if so, what is (a) the current backlog, (b) being done to improve the response period and (c) the average waiting period for test results at each laboratory;
(3) whether outsourcing is ever used with regard to the testing at the specified laboratories; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how much of the work was outsourced since 1 January 2022, (b) what are the financial implications of outsourcing the work and (c) which laboratories were used for outsourcing?