Hon Speaker, hon members, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, I thank you for the opportunity to address the House on this very important matter of the land audit. We do so because the land reform agenda of the democratic government rests on a series of actions that we have to take, and these actions must be seen together and not in isolation.
In the recent past, for example, this House passed the Restitution of Land Rights Act, which is an important pillar of the reform agenda of this government. In addition to that, the department has been working systematically in consultation with people affected by these measures, who informed this agenda and reached conclusions and agreed with proposals to create, for example, a Valuer-General and, in addition, institutions such as the Land Management Commission that would have a major impact once in place and operational. Thus ... [Interjection.]