DATE

ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED

VENUE

TIME

9 February

Consideration of Business and Strategic Plan and Budget, 2005 – 2006.

Consideration of Annual report, 2004.

Input on follow-up study tour to Kwazulu-Natal

M201

11H00 – 13H00

11 February

State of the Nation Address – Joint Sitting

National Assembly Chamber

11H00

16 February

Overview of Successes and Challenges confronted by the Departments’ of Land, Agriculture, Water Affairs and Forestry and in 2004.

Challenges faced in 2005.

Key legislation for 2005.

To be confirmed

11H00 – 16H00

23 February

Budget Speech (Appropriation Bill) (NA)

24 February

Consideration and adoption of Annual Report, 2004.

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

28 February – 4 March

Provincial Week – Kwazulu-Natal.

Select Committees to follow-up on issues arising from the Taking Parliament to the People provincial week. Issues pertaining to the work of the Select Committee will be the focus of this study tour.

Kwazulu-Natal

9 March

Consideration and adoption of report of provincial study tour (November 2004) to Eastern Cape, Western Cape, North West and Mpumalanga.

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

14 – 18 March

Taking Parliament to the People.

Mpumalanga

To be confirmed

21 March

Human Rights Day

Mpumalanga

To be confirmed

22 – 24 March

Constituency Period

25 March

Good Friday

28 March

Family Day

29 March – 1 April

Constituency Period

6 April

Briefing on Budget Vote by the Department of Land.

Briefing on Budget Vote by the Department of Agriculture.

To be confirmed


To be confirmed

9H00 – 11H00

11H00 – 13H00

8 April

Briefing on Budget Vote by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.

Briefing on Budget Vote by the Department of Environment Affairs and Forestry

To be confirmed


To be confirmed