The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture having considered the letter, dated 7 February 2011, by the Minister of Arts and Culture, requesting in terms of section 7(2)(a) of the National Council for Library and Information Services Act, 2001 (Act No 6 of 2001), the relevant portfolio committee to approve the composition of a panel to reconstitute the National Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS) reports as follows: