Due to the re-alignment of departments and ministries, the National Assembly referred Budget Vote 28 to the Portfolio Committee on Mining and the Portfolio Committee on Energy to consider jointly and report. Whilst the departments undergo the process of re-alignment, Budget Vote 28 (for this financial year) is to be debated and approved by Parliament as a single vote, Parliament constituted its portfolio committees as per Cabinet's re-alignment. This thus entailed the establishment of two portfolio committees - one of mining and the other on energy.