Chairperson, you know the point has been made about the groundbreaking nature of this private member's Bill. One thing that we have learnt in this first Bill that is processed is that people at the Table, the committee and the legal advisors of Parliament are all on a learning curve. I think it is to their credit that they have enabled this first Bill to reach its final conclusion.
The other points around the Bill regarding the new National Credit Act that has come through have all been made by colleagues in previous speeches. However, what I think one must recall is that after Dr Mario Oriani- Ambrosini overslept or missed his meeting for one hour he was so embarrassed that he not only apologised but he offered all the members of the committee a lunch at the Mount Nelson Hotel as his penance. I then said that, I thought he should use his Cadillac to drive the chairlady of the Portfolio Committee of Trade and Industry to the lunch. I must say, as a good communist, she looked very comfortable in that Cadillac. [Laughter.] So, we had that interesting human side before us.
However, we have two other private members' Bills, one of which has also gone through and the one that the hon James Selfe proposed on the Electoral Amendment Act. Of course, there is a very important Bill coming from the hon James on indigenous knowledge and intellectual property - a sui generis Bill. Then we will have dealt with three private members' Bills. However, I do believe that this has been an important Bill. Our whole parliamentary system owes a debt of gratitude to Dr Oriani-Ambrosini for this precedent.