 Mr Speaker, in May of this year, a technical team from Prima visited St. Lucia to ascertain the state of readiness to recommend trade with the UK. In May of this year, a technical team from Prima visited St. Lucia to ascertain the state of readiness to recommend trade with the UK. I am pleased to report that the findings are indicated that our visited sample farms were among the highest standards and comparable to any well kept banana farm found in other parts of the world. We are in a state of readiness to recommend trade with the UK. Mr Speaker, it is best upon the external evaluation of the hard work of our banana farmers. Mr Speaker, I am pleased to report to this honorable House that we have recommended the shipment of our bananas to the UK for the past nine weeks. We are in a state of readiness to recommend trade with the UK. Today we are able to restore production levels back to our contractual obligations of 2,000 boxes per week as of the end of July 2022. The hard work and commitment of our farmers, field officers, government, the banana task force and the NFT has paid off.