Select Committee on Public Services: Consideration and adoption of committee minutes

NCOP Public Services

16 November 2009
Chairperson: Mr M Sibande (ANC; Mpumalanga)
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Meeting Summary

The Committee adopted minutes dated 27 October 2009. Members agreed that the minutes dated 3 November 2009 would be adopted in a joint sitting with the Portfolio Committee on Public Works as the meeting itself had been a joint sitting. The Chairperson informed members about an invitation that the Committee had received and also about possible oversight visits to Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Meeting report

Adoption of Committee Minutes
The Chairperson placed the minutes dated 27 October 2009 before the Committee for consideration.

Members adopted the minutes without amendments.

The Chairperson also tabled the minutes dated 3 November 2009 for consideration.

Mr Z Mlenzana (COPE; Eastern Cape) noted that the minutes were for a joint meeting between the Committee and the Portfolio Committee on Public Services. He asked for clarity on how the minutes should be adopted. Should it be adopted separately by both committees or should it be adopted in a joint sitting? He also added that the minutes reflected that two members of the Portfolio Committee were DA members when they were in fact COPE members.

Ms M Themba (ANC; Mpumalanga) proposed that the minutes should be adopted in a joint sitting between the two committees.

Mr M Jacobs (ANC; Free State) stated that the joint rules would provide guidance on this matter.

The Acting Committee Secretary suggested a joint sitting of the two committees for the adoption of the minutes.

The Committee agreed.

Invitation
The Chairperson informed members about an invitation that had been extended to the Committee. Four persons from the Committee could attend the event. He suggested that two persons from the ruling party and two persons from the opposition parties volunteer to honour the invitation.

Ms Themba said that a distinction should not be made between the ruling party and the opposition parties. The Committee had been invited and hence any of the members could honour the invitation.

Mr Jacobs felt that the Chairperson should decide which Members should honour the invitation. The Chairperson should lead the Committee

The Chairperson said that the issue was not major and was not worth the debate. The only reason why he had informed Members about the invitation was that it was difficult to get hold of Members when Parliament was in recess. If the Committee wished him to choose, then he would do so. He asked Members to remain flexible as anyone could be called upon to honour the invitation.

The Chairperson indicated that possible oversight visits to Mpumalanga and KZN were on the cards given the recent disasters that had taken place in those provinces.

The Chairperson advised Members to have a good break whilst Parliament was in recess.

The meeting was adjourned.



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