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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

COMPOSITE COMMITTEE PROGRAMME FOR THE PERIOD FROM 17 JANUARY – 13 APRIL 2005, INCLUDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE ALREADY APPROVED PROGRAMME

DATE	MEETING TIME	VENUE	AGENDA	COMMENTS
Tuesday, 18 January 2005	09h00-13h00	S26, 2^nd Floor, NCOP Wing	Committee meeting on internal matters.	The scheduled meeting will afford the committee membership an opportunity to be jointly reoriented on tasks ahead.
Wednesday, 19 January 2005	09h00-13h00	Room 1, Upper Ground, 90 Plein Street	Joint presentation by the member Departments of the Steering Committee on the Children’s Bill on issues that came up during the *Intersectoral Workshop on the Children’s Bill* which took place at Willow Park Centre, Johannesburg on 01-02 December 2004.	NB. The joint presentation should where possible entail, among other things, the following: Comprehensive Report on identified gaps and overlaps on social protection of children. A report on possible gaps and overlaps identified between the Child Justice and Children’s Bills. A report by different Departments on areas where they utilise social workers. A clear policy on child-headed households. Report on social security issues across various Departments. Report on different aspects to Age.
Thursday, 20 January 2005	09h00-13h00	Room 1, Upper Ground, 90 Plein Street	Joint presentation by the member Departments of the Steering Committee on the Children’s Bill on issues that came up during the *Intersectoral Workshop on the Children’s Bill* which took place at Willow Park Centre, Johannesburg on 01-02 December 2004 (Continues).	NB. All the affected Departments should be present during the joint presentation to deal with arising questions. Relevant people like state law advisors and legal drafters should also form part of the meeting. Document material essential to the Bill should always be brought along to meetings.
Friday, 21 January 2005	09h00-11h00	Room 1, Upper Ground, 90 Plein Street	Joint presentation by the member Departments of the Steering Committee on the Children’s Bill on issues that came up during the *Intersectoral Workshop on the Children’s Bill* which took place at Willow Park Centre, Johannesburg on 01-02 December 2004 *(Continues).*	NB. All the affected Departments should be present during the joint presentation to deal with arising questions. Relevant people like state law advisors and legal drafters should also form part of the meeting. Document material essential to the Bill should always be brought along to meetings.
24-28 January 2005			MEMBERS’ TRAINING	NB. The committee can utilize this week if there is sufficient agreement from among its membership that it prefers the committee meeting to training.
Wednesday, 02 February 2005	09h00-13h00	V454, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Joint briefing on the Justice on the Child Justice and Children’s Bills.	Postponed The cardinal aim of the briefing is to expose the Committee to possible gaps and overlaps between the Children’s Bill and Child Justice Bill.
Thursday, 03 February 2005			CAUCUS
Friday, 04 February 2005	09h00-11h00	V454, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced with particular focus on how the Bill is structured	Postponed NB. The Department of Social Development’s legal drafter will take the Committee through the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced clause by clause. The legal drafter should at this stage be in a position to inform the Committee, in decisive terms, of which issues that are currently in Section 76 Bill the Department has decided to reincorporate into Section 75. All references to Section 76 that are entailed in Section 75, if any, should at this stage have been done away with. Mr Masutha said one could not refer to something that still must be
Tuesday, 08 February 2005	09h00-13h00	S26, 2^nd Floor, NCOP Wing	Briefing by Health and Social Security Branch on issues arising from the past briefings
Wednesday, 09 February 2005	09h00-13h00	Committee Room 1, Upper Ground, 90 Plein Street, Parliament	Briefing by the Department of Social Development clarifying Sections 75 and 76 issues in terms of structure of the Children’s Bill.
Thursday, 10 February 2005			CAUCUS
Friday, 11 February 2005			President’s State-of-the-nation address	NO COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Tuesday, 15 February 2005	09h00-13h00		Briefing by the Department of Social Development clarifying Sections 75 and 76 issues in terms of structure of the Children’s Bill (continues)
Wednesday, 16 February 2005	09h00-13h00		Briefing by the Department of Social Development clarifying Sections 75 and 76 issues in terms of structure of the Children’s Bill (continues)
Friday, 18 February 2005	09h00-11h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - clarifying policy issues
Tuesday, 22 February 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - clarifying policy issues (continues)
Wednesday, 23 February 2005	09h00-13h00		Budget Speech (Appropriation Bill)	NO COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Thursday, 24 February 2005			CAUCUS
Friday, 25 February 2005	09h00-11h00	V454, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - clarifying policy issues (continues)
Tuesday, 01 March 2005	09h00-17h00		Hearings on the DSD’s Budget Vote. This should cover briefings by the: DSD on its strategic plans and programmes for 2005. NDA on its strategic plans and programmes for 2005. CDA on its strategic plans and programmes for 2005. SASSA on, among other things, how well the preparations for 01 April 2005 are going.	Necessary documentation should be made available for Committee members in good time to allow for thorough preparations before meetings. NB The affected Departments should take cognizance of the fact that 3 members of the Committee are blind and therefore their documentation should be adaptable to their condition.
Wednesday, 02 March 2005	09h00-14h00	V475, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Hearings on the DSD’s Budget Vote (continues).
Thursday, 03 March 2005			CAUCUS
Friday, 04 March 2005	09h00-13h00	V475, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Hearings on the DSD’s Budget Vote (continues).
Tuesday, 08 March 2005	09h00-13h00	M201, Marks Building	Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – (Clarifying issues of public interest)	The exact area of focus for consideration on the Bill will be determined by the preceding briefings on the Children’s Bill.
Wednesday, 09 March 2005	09h00-13h00	V475, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - Clarifying issues of public interest (continues).
Thursday, 10 March 2005			CAUCUS
Friday, 11 March 2005	09h00-11h00	V475, Fourth Floor, Old Assembly	Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – 1^ST draft and agreement on conceptual issues.
Tuesday, 15 March 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - 1^ST draft and agreement on conceptual issues. (continues).
Wednesday, 16 March 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – 2^nd Draft
Friday, 18 March 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – 3^rd Draft – finalizing policy
Tuesday, 05 April 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – 3^rd Draft – finalizing policy (continues).
Wednesday, 06 April 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – 4^th Draft – consolidating and cleaning up the Bill
Friday, 08 April 2005	09h00-11h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - (continues) 4^th Draft – consolidating and cleaning up the Bill.
Tuesday, 12 April 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced - 4^th Draft – consolidating and cleaning up the Bill (continues).
Wednesday, 13 April 2005	09h00-13h00		Consideration of the Children’s Bill [B70-2003] Reintroduced – finalizing work on the Bill.

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Mrs TJ Tshivhase

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee of Social Development

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G Q M Doidge DATE:

House Chairperson (NA)