 Members, when I was elected Speaker, I sought members support in ensuring that Parliament, which in my humble view had never been given the recognition it deserved, be accorded the respect assigned to it. Two years later I am happy to report that the support of the members for castries east and castries south in the capacity as Prime Minister and leader of government business respectively have gone a long way in ensuring that we achieve our goal. To this end I must tell members that even though we are still not yet concluded the 11th month, 2023 we have had more meeting days and passed more legislation than ever since independence. The statistics would show in the House 2018-13 meetings, 2019-15 meetings, 2020-17 meetings, 2021-16 meetings, 2022-15 meetings, 2023-24 meetings.