After nearly six months, the 7^th Parliament will rise this week for the December recess.

In customary fashion, the National Council of Provinces ends a week later than the National Assembly. The upper chamber will conclude its business on Wednesday, and delegates will join their NA counterparts in constituency work until Friday, 13 December.

Lawmakers from both Houses will then be on leave until early January, resume constituency work and return to Parliament in mid to late January.

Before it departs, the NCOP chamber has some significant business and has scheduled two sittings.

On Tuesday, the House is provisionally scheduled to consider four bills—the Older Persons Amendment Bill, the Special Appropriation Bill, the Global Minimum Tax Bill, and the Global Minimum Tax Administration Bill—and assorted committee reports. 

The following day, it will conclude Parliament’s processing of the mini-budget when it passes the Adjustments Appropriation Bill. In addition, the House will consider the Report of the Select Committee on Appropriations on the Proposed Division of Revenue and the Conditional Grant Allocations to Provinces and Local Government. It will round off the programme with farewell speeches by provincial delegates.

Away from Parliament, the Speaker of the NA is leading a multiparty parliamentary delegation to the 56th Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) Plenary Assembly in Livingstone, Zambia, from 8 to 15 December 2024.

The schedule is thin in the committee corridor, with only two meetings.

TUESDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2024

Select Committee on Appropriations, (National Council of Provinces), [Consideration and adoption of Reports on: 2024 Adjustments Appropriation Bill; 2024 Special Appropriation Bill; Proposed division of revenue and the conditional grant allocations to Provinces and Local Government], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-13:00

Select Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Mineral Resources, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on Provincial Conditional Grants - Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (EEDSM) Grant, Electrification and Energy Programme and Project Management; Consideration and Adoption of Committee Minutes & Free State Oversight Report], Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00-13:00
 

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*This summary is based on the schedule as it is published on Monday morning. The programme is subject to frequent updating so the link above needs to be checked daily to confirm the programme for the day.

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