3. The Committee supports the need for more practitioners to increase coverage in all courts. It strongly feels that insufficient capacity (including relief capacity) has a considerable adverse effect on case- flow, contributing to backlogs and, generally, to delays in the criminal justice system. The Committee, therefore, supports the additional funding request to increase practitioner capacity at courts at district and regional court level and at the High Court Units by R70.4 million, R81.6 million and R36.5 million respectively over the medium term.