 that an order made position in the section 1091 of the act is subject to an affirmative resolution of parliament except where the amendment is the customs tariff headings only. And whereas the Minister of Finance six approved all of the draft value added tax, a man of schedule three number two order to amend schedule three of the act by an affirmative resolution of parliament to include as an exempt import for a period of two years commencing from the second day of august twenty three and ending on the first day of august twenty five medical equipment for basic or advanced diagnosis whether for purchase or for lease a computerized topography scan a city scan and Mr Speaker these are medical terms and when i went to school i didn't learn to be a doctor so i and i wasn't allowed as the attorney general to allow me to be a doctor friend so these are medical terms Mr Speaker so the Minister of Health will speak at extreme and whereas the Minister of Finance six approved of the draft value added tax amend of schedule three number two order to amend schedule three of the act by an affirmative resolution of parliament to include as an exempt import for a period of two years commencing from the second day of august twenty three and ending on the first day of august twenty five medical equipment for basic or advanced diagnosis whether for purchase or for lease a city scan endoscopies upper gastrointestinal lower gastrointestinal retrograde so land japan create create create geography let me spell it Mr Speaker c-h-o-l-a-n-g-i-o-p-a-n-c-r-e-a-t-o-g-r-a-p-h-y atchoscopy historoscopy ciscoscopy ultrason 3d-4d eco cardio graphy ultrason mammogram coloscopy fluoroscopy c-h-o-m-m-r-i magnetic resonance imaging be it resolved that parliament by a phone be that ready be it resolved that parliament by affirmative resolution approves the draft value added tax amendment of schedule three number two order which amends schedule three of the act to include as an exempt import for a period of two years commencing from the second day of august twenty three and ending on the first day of august twenty five medical equipment for basic or advanced diagnosis whether for purchase or lease four city scan endoscopy gas gas intestinal PM you may do like a formal leader of government business and simply say the same list that i read a while ago okay thank you mr speaker the same list that i read a while ago mr speaker inspite of the fact that i'm not a doctor mr speaker and i'm not dr freezers i i think this is because this is really a resolution that i am proud of and i'm sure the minister of health is also very happy about the mr speaker mr speaker so many solutions have to travel abroad to get diagnosed for in lessons too many solutions too many solutions mr speaker and part of the reason why is we do not have the equipment instant lucha for that diagnosis god the equipment mr speaker so mr speaker it comes as for every parliamentarian and every charity organization people come every day to want to go to matnik for city scan to want to go somewhere for MRI to want to go somewhere for diagnosis that we can do here if we have the equipment mr speaker what is the complaints the medical fertility says to you that they can't afford to buy the equipment because of the of the taxes and the value of the tag like an MRI machine mr speaker the value the vat on the MRI machine because this this that equipment costs millions of dollars so what we did mr speaker and you know and when we said that the budget was a budget for health and security we we meant that mr speaker so what we are doing today is we are zero rating the vat on all the equipment that is needed for these diagnosis we take out the family speaker not before there was no vat on the given of the service now there is no vat on the machine itself mr speaker so the medical fraternity fraternity can import these materials and pain no vat and no health and security level mr speaker what better statement that a government can make to support health service in the country mr speaker and that decision was not made lightly because there was some some who said to us said to to the minister finance these these people can afford to bring that equipment because the church use it but the government sort no we sort no that we have to give them added incentive mr speaker so the people who travel all the time who have to go have to pay the passage how to come and we hoping that the medical fraternity can invest in these machines and can do the tests necessary for the people of solution mr speaker we really hope they can do that so that we and it's a given take the government has paid the spot the government has removed the vats the government has refused to impose the health and security level we hope that and they remove the the vats and they each have a security level on the service we really hope that the charges made to solutions are moderate because the government has paid the part has paid the spot mr speaker again when you they tell you about with tax and health and security is tax tax tax what you've done is actually the opportunity cost of this tax is the government has waived it and i'm sure people people will understand what i mean by the opportunity cost because the government has forgotten is now an opportunity it's an opportunity cost that means that they would have had to pay to that to pay it again so we hope we we hope that the consumer can benefit mr speaker that is a shot in the arm for health services in solution mr speaker a shot in the arm so the two and a half percent we are we are being asked to pay on certain books musical look at what you've got in return look at what the government is giving return the government is giving up all the vats that had to be paid on that equipment on this and that equipment and that equipment is expensive very expensive mr speaker that is an investment in health a confidence in the medical practitioners of the country so they can invest in in in in in in in in that equipment and give the public of solution this needed service mr speaker so no longer no longer will we have to be right away going away paying a passage with the issues of in air travel air transportation so you can stay here and get diagnosed the diagnosed with the speaker i'm sure the minister of health is pleased with with with that with that resolution mr speaker i'm sure all my colleagues are pleased because all the time every one of us even a member of shows that i'm sure can feed experience we have to come to ask for money to go to this test abroad because the machine is not available in solution so we um this is a testimony mr speaker to the government's commitment to the health of the nation mr speaker and mr speaker very soon mr speaker very soon i'm going to we're going to make make a definitive and a progressive statement on senjudo hospital because mr speaker the public of senlusha will see that this government is serious about senjudo hospital and senjul hospital with the grace and the help of god will be completed for the people of the south of this country will be will be completed mr speaker and i said that any fear or favor will be the speaker and then the people of senlusha will see what this government means when we say putting people first mr speaker this speaker this is i'm very pleased with the speaker very pleased very pleased to ask my colleagues members of house to support this right this resolution to make these medical services more accessible and hopefully more affordable to the people of senlusha i thank you mr speaker