In addition, the portfolio committee has deliberated extensively on the matter and held public hearings on the Bill. I am convinced that the Bill will assist us in curbing the recent spate of disease, especially avian influenza and other diseases, we are facing as a country. Our smallholder communal farmers still face the challenge of providing a veterinary service for their animals. I think it is important and incumbent on the state to provide this facility, especially to black smallholder farmers.