Thank you, hon Speaker. Hon Deputy President, you have referred to various pieces of legislation that would in effect promote an ethical code of conduct for both business and politics. However, in the recent past, we have had incidents of either senior Cabinet Ministers or directors- general or senior government officials either resigning from government or leaving government and, within a short space of time, joining companies which do business with government.
Would the hon Deputy President, in looking at the code of ethics, promote a cooling-off period where hon Cabinet Ministers or senior government officials do not involve themselves in business with companies for a period of 12 months or so, or any period that may be determined? Thank you.