All hands on deck What this move will mean:

A member of parliament currently has two houses and two cars but when parliament moves to Pretoria, they will no longer need a house and car in Cape Town;

One seat of government would also save on travel costs and time.

Various departments had previously been allocated responsibility to do feasibility studies on the matter in 1995, 1997 and 2011;

The department of public works was tasked by Cabinet to investigate the merits of relocation;

National Treasury was tasked with looking into the financial and budgetary implications;

The department of justice and constitutional development was looking at legislative requirements and processes;

The department of public service and administration was looking into the administrative and human capital implications;

The transport department was looking into the logistics and transport implications;

The SA Police Service was leading an investigation into the safety implications;

The department of labour was looking at the human resource implications;

Public works was also looking at accommodation service to parliament, and it did a needs analysis and the space audits conducted in the 2006-07 financial year.

The department of justice and constitutional development was looking at legislative requirements, while the Saps was leading an investigation into safety implications.