E/C.12/EGY/CO/2-4 The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to ensure that ownership of houses and land is formally registered, and that the State party actively raise awareness among affected groups of the population, including through the dissemination of knowledge, on relevant legal provisions and registry procedures. It recommends that the State party establish legal definitions for, inter alia, adequate housing, informal settlements and security of tenure, including with regard to the Egypt 2052 Plan, that are in compliance with the Covenant. Moreover, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure that persons affected by forced evictions have access to an adequate remedy, restitution of their property and compensation, as appropriate, taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 7 (1997) on the right to adequate housing: forced evictions. The Committee also draws the State party’s attention to its general comment No. 4 (1991) on the right to adequate housing. 21. The Committee is concerned that health-care expenditure as a percentage of the budget of the State party has declined significantly; resulting in a fragmented and increasingly privatized health-care system. It is also concerned that this results in a large percentage of the population, particularly those in vulnerable situations, being excluded from health insurance and deprived of access to health facilities, goods and services. Moreover, the Committee is concerned that the highly fragmented structure of the State party’s health-care system is exacerbating the resource scarcities that are resulting in poorer health outcomes for the population which, inter alia, include increased maternal mortality rates and decreased rates of vaccination (art. 12). The Committee recommends that the State party increase public spending on health with a view to providing health insurance for all, non-discriminatory access to health facilities, goods and services, provision of essential medicines, access to reproductive, maternal and child health care and immunization against major infectious diseases. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party undertake measures to ensure effective intersectoral coordination on health programmes and policy, particularly with regard to addressing geographic disparities in the provision of health care. 22. The Committee is concerned that the State party has decreased the budgetary share of its expenditure on education, resulting in poor quality public education, particularly in rural areas and informal settlements, and exacerbating the problem of unequal access to education for children in vulnerable situations (arts. 13-14). The Committee recommends that the State party increase its expenditure in education. In doing so, the Committee recommends that the State party prioritize educational reforms that ensure the equitable provision of free and quality education for children in rural areas and/or situations of socioeconomic vulnerability and ensure the regular review of quality of teaching and school conditions. 23. The Committee is concerned that the destruction of churches by violent rioters has resulted in hindrances to the full enjoyment of cultural life by Copts, including freedom of worship (art. 15). The Committee urges the State party take steps to ensure the full and unrestricted enjoyment by all persons, including the Copts, of their right to take part in cultural life, including through the protection of places of worship. It also invites the State party to facilitate the reconstruction of damaged places of worship. The Committee also refers the State party to its general comment No. 21 (2009) on the right of everyone to take part in cultural life. 24. While appreciating the State party delegation statement that the Covenant had been directly invoked in the case concerning a strike by railway workers, the 6