 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it would be egregious of me as a former minister of commerce, a former banker, not to support this resolution. And I definitely support the resolution in front of us, Mr. Speaker. However, Mr. Speaker, I will say the current minister of commerce who, outside of politics, I have a lot of love for her. We share the same both dates. We share the same principles as it relates to finance, Mr. Speaker. But I would have preferred, I would have preferred to have heard the former minister of commerce say that the current minister of commerce say that the ministry of commerce is continuing, continuing what was done by the former minister of commerce in 2019. And I say so, Mr. Speaker. Because Mr. Speaker, you would remember, you would recall in November 2019, we came to this house and we passed an amendment to the finance act, particularly to assist the service sector. And you would know in the past, it was only the tourism sector, the agricultural sector that were benefiting from various incentives. And we came into this house and we identified five services sectors, professional services, ITC sector, health and wellness, creative sector, and the entertainment sector, Mr. Speaker, where we identified these sectors so that they would have been able to access items coming into St. Lucia duty-free once they qualify. And this was significant, Mr. Speaker, because a lot of these small businesses fall under that bracket. And the intention going forward was to widen that scope of services sectors because a lot of people were struggling, particularly in paying the kind of duties that they had to pay upfront on the job. And the minister I'm sure would have gotten quite a few memos to cabinet where people have been requesting such approvals. So this is not to say today that this is the first time. I was a bit disappointed minister because I think it's continuing in terms of what we do in the ministry of commerce to help small businesses. I would also wish to mention, Mr. Speaker, that I came to the parliament as well to ensure that that which was being paid by the manufacturing sector upfront when goods were raw material was being brought in. We removed that upfront payment so that they could have paid after production, Mr. Speaker. And that was significant because the manufacturers were complaining that upfront payment was a bit, you know, strenuous on them. So these are things that was done, Mr. Speaker, to help small businesses, Mr. Speaker. And I want to echo, you know, previous contribution by the member from GeForgedSouth where he spoke to the exorbitant fees administration fees. It's something we need to look at. It's significant in terms of the kind of administrative fees. And minister spoke to it. She said, I think 8 million and the other 2 million goes into other technical areas. This 2 million, 1.5, 1.5. That's significant. And it can help quite a few businesses in my community of Chosal Saltibas. And I think also the prime minister in the youth economy also had a 10 million dollars and about 4 million that was going into the whole technical thing. And so it is something I think we need to look at in terms of the amount of money that goes into this technical administrative aspect of thing. That can help. But I think this is wonderful. I'm looking forward to a lot more than that because we have a lot of young people who now want to be their own bosses. And they want, you know, that kind of support from them. And particularly in post COVID, we have a lot of young businesses that are suffering. And I want to make a plea, Mr. Speaker, if you allow me this afternoon, for the government and particularly the minister of finance to look at the matter which is hurting quite a few small businesses, if we can call them that, the vendors, the malouis. When we have entertainment activities, when we have big shows, you know, the amount of things that these promoters have to go through. First of all, they have to ensure that they don't owe inland revenue. That's one of the requirements. It's not anything new. It has been there. But I think post COVID, we need to look at providing a sort of a break because don't underestimate the dependency on a lot of vendors outside of these shows, okay? It's significant. And without these shows, they don't make a bread or they make less bread. So I think we need to look at maybe, you know, softening it a little bit in terms of the number of things that they need to, they're asking for. I also want to take the opportunity, the minister of fisheries stepped out, but I wanted to take, because fishermen are small businesses too. And recently a lot of the fishermen in my community have been complaining about the high cost of the nets, the wire net to catch the port fish and also the quality. And I think, and what is this? See? Well, that's another thing altogether. So one of these days, we will have that conversation, you know, minister of housing about the discovery because it's a very interesting story. Okay? I may have more background information than you. Okay? So, Mr. Speaker, whether we should, you know, look at various subsidies for the fishermen as it relates to the cost of that wire of this, Mr. Speaker. So I'm looking forward, madam minister, member for Sufra Fonsejak at the business forum, which is going to be held in Sufra Fonsejak, which was on Sunday. And I expect quite a few business, young business people from the community to attend that they will be, you know, be in a position to qualify for assistance under that facility, you know, and the process is very equitable across the board. So that being said, Mr. Speaker, I support the resolution for others. Thank you very much.