 As on the section 1091 of the value added tax at cap 15.42 the act it is provided that the minister of finance may by all the published in the cassette amend the schedules in the act and whereas it is further provided on the section 1092 of the act that an order made pursuant to section 1091 of the act is subject to an affirmative resolution of parliament except where the amendment is to custom tariff headings only and whereas the minister of finance seeks approval of the draft value added tax amendment schedule 3 number 3 order to amend schedule 3 of the act by an affirmative resolution in parliament to exempt imports of personal items food, clothing, toys and other household consumables contained in barrels for the period commencing from the first day of November 2023 and terminating on the 29th day of February 2024 be exempt imports of toys food supplies and care packages by a member of the house of assembly for the benefit of children the vulnerable and needy persons in the constituency of the number of the member of the house of assembly for the period commencing first day of November 23 food supplies and care packages by a member of the house of assembly for the benefit of children the vulnerable and needy in the constituency of the member of the house of assembly for the period commencing from the first day of November 2023 and terminating on the 41st of January 2024 Mr Speaker this is the most emotional Mr Speaker to exempt items in barrels imported between the months of November and I think February Mr Speaker in point solution to exempt it from value added tax Mr Speaker and Mr Speaker we must pay tribute Mr Speaker to the member the former prime minister the member for view for itself who started that that barrel import for solutions way back in 1990 1998 Mr Speaker and we are continuing Mr Speaker continuing that tradition in exempting these barrels from the items in these barrels from that Mr Speaker the upper limit on the value per barrel is 3000 EC Mr Speaker and the qualifying items must be for personal use and not commercial use and electronics are excluded Mr Speaker I want to tell the people of Selnosha that this barrel concession is a privilege that they should not abuse Mr Speaker and the customs and law enforcement have been mandated to pay strict attention to what is included in these barrels these barrels will not be used for illegal activity they will not be used Mr Speaker as a cover for illegality Mr Speaker so I want to tell the people of Selnosha that we are going to law enforcement is going to be very very strict because we cannot use these barrels as an excuse to import firearms or other illegal items Mr Speaker for them Mr Speaker you notice that this incentive is also will also be enjoyed by parliamentarians Mr Speaker and look at the difference in the way we do our things and the way they do our things they do their things we came we come to the parliament in the open and we say all parliamentarians regardless of your political color regardless of who where you represent or what party represent Mr Speaker we are in the open and we say everyone Mr Speaker when they did it the last time we had to literally squeeze it out of them as if we are pulling teeth Mr Speaker for them to allow us to do the same thing when they were doing it privately on their own account Mr Speaker that's the difference that's the difference between them and us that's the difference Mr Speaker we are transparent and we are open Mr Speaker that's the difference and we accept the will of the people of this country in 2016 the people in 2016 the people of this country went to the polls and they elected the opposition six of us sat on this side of the parliament they abused us they gave us no incentives they took their CDB funds and they share it among themselves they gave us nothing they did us that for five years six years nearly six years Mr Speaker we sat and we took it we never went on the outside to spread the economy and the lies that they have spread on that side Mr Speaker if you listen to the opposition you think we live in two different solutions you think there are two different solutions that a solution that is something in their own imagination and the reality that exists in solution Mr Speaker the opposition there are people who are saying to their relatives in solution they will not send barrels for them because the cost of goods in these places is too high after they pay the shipping they will not be able to make any gains they prefer to send the money for them in solution so they can buy the stuff in solution but if you listen to them you will believe that I am the prime minister of the world you will believe I am the one who caused the Ukrainians and the Russians to fight I am the one now who caused the Palestinians and Israelis to be in problems and I am the one who caused the Panama Canal to be suffering from a drought that will affect supply chain issues that's what they say that's what the pyramid is bigger all because they do not have the patience to lose the last two seasons that they have in the next election they do not have the patience to wait to lose the two seasons they have in there so if they had that patience they would sit and represent the constituencies take the CDP money that we give them do something in the constituencies and stop this calamity and this recklessness and these lies that they tell and they do not come inside and ask Mr Speaker what they do they rush out run outside children running as I said daddy they took my toys running outside the run outside is bigger run to the press run to their favorite media and few lies that's what they do they do not come and sit down and argue the facts put pen to paper through documents and deal issues of the country no no no no go outside go in safe environments and lie go in safe environments and spread calamity go in safe environments and say that they are completely untrue go in safe environments go in safe environments Mr Speaker and say and make pledges that they do not believe but to come in this parliament when the people send them instead of coming here and do what they have to do Mr Speaker they go outside and in their shame and their rootlessness they refuse to speak the truth Mr Speaker they want elections before independence next year but why is the opposition so much in a hurry to lose their two seats Mr Speaker the man from Mekunov in a few minutes will support a motion that will improve the wallet supply in Brazil he also next month will begin work on the Mekunov jet he also next year will deal with the Mekunov preschool when I have when you know Mr Speaker I came one day I said that we are going to win two then we see two seats two seats so said so done but you know Mr Speaker for the very fact that they do not respect the will of the people the fact that they do not respect the will of the people and they don't understand that the majority fell from a thousand to four hundred next election we are going to be taking the four hundred votes so when we come to this honorable house next election Mr Speaker they will have to be on the outside and you know sometimes I laugh because they seem to forget who calls elections they have forgotten that you see they seem to forget who will call elections they forget Mr Speaker we have a lot of them all their attitude talk call well cause people lie we will use all the rope you want threaten people do all kind of things calling people to attack people's families Mr Speaker do you know Mr Speaker I do not listen to these things that come from certain sections of the these so called tunnel villages only somebody from abroad called me and the sad thing is the person was a friend a friend of the people who spewing they rubbish and he said to me what has politics and Russia turned on where are we what kind of politics you are playing in this country where is this country Mr Speaker where is this country a prime minister comes to visit and to speak to the convention Mr Speaker that's not the first thing that has happened several prime ministers the Prime Minister of Grenada was here speaking on the platform of the United Workers Party the Prime Minister of St Kitts was here speaking on the platform of the United Workers Party the Prime Minister of St Venson one day he came to make peace but he also came to speak on the platform of the United Workers Party we listened they said all kinds of things a prime minister comes the one from Belize is not a prime minister the one from Belize is not a prime minister something else the one from Belize the one from Belize the one from Belize so the one from Belize came Mr Speaker and he went to view fort and you know the hypocrisy in these guys the hypocrisy the bluff the one from Belize went to view fort that is the same man the same man who spoke about horse racing in view fort the same man the same man who stopped the people's horse racing the same man who wanted to change the name of the people's country or the people's town to pole of the Caribbean the same man who gave one thousand acres of land some of it at 99 cents per square foot one thousand acres of land one thousand acres that's the same man who did that in the parliament member for Mr Speaker the same man on the point of order who spoke what is the point of order the members misleading the house because he is saying that there was a lease of a thousand acres or he is giving the impression that there was a thousand acres there was a qualifying wood most of which but it's not even most of which so the fact is how could a hundred and ninety acres be most of a thousand so there was no not even close to a thousand member for castries east please proceed so the fact is that if we are going to I have the same person I have asked the member for castries east to proceed the same man who the same man who one thousand acres of land in few four most of it for 99 cents per square foot the same man the same man Mr Speaker wants to say the member for Miku south I have ruled the member for castries will proceed so he is correct I have ruled Mr Speaker the same man who put one thousand acres of land in few four south who list who list one thousand acres of land most of it for 99 cents per square foot the same man the member for Miku south member for castries east in accurate statement Mr Speaker and I cannot sit in the house Mr Speaker and allow that statement to be made because it is a lie and the member knows that Mr Speaker so I am asking you which one the same man the same man who list one thousand acres of land who list one thousand acres of land most of it at 99 cents per square foot wants to call a solution Mr Speaker who want a few acres I have ruled the same man wants to call an entity wants to call is not member for castries because it is a product of Canada the same man who is a product of Canada member for castries east member I have ruled on three occasions I will not allow you to raise this issue again but I have ruled Mr Speaker no you will not have to I am sorry that he is misled you as well but reality is Mr Speaker that is not as much as member for microsoft please take your seat Mr Speaker member for microsoft I am asking Mr Speaker please take your seat there is a member prove that there was more than 500 acres that was the least member I am not going to ask you to take your seat again but I am asking you Mr Speaker no I am not going to ask you again do not debate with the president how can you allow a member of the house to mislead the house how can you take your seat Mr Speaker I am sergeant are you going to take your seat I am not taking my seat until you can give me a satisfactory answer remember I have made a ruling please take your seat it is a lie Mr Speaker and I am asking you to stand up members of GIS under the standing orders I do have the authority to ask you to turn off your cameras while I am about to do what I have to do please take your seat Mr Speaker Mr Speaker the leader of the opposition does not want to come in this horrible house and listen to argument and listen to fight and defend himself what he wants to do is go in a safe environment in a safe environment and say what are they want when nobody will challenge him you are going to be challenged on the truth and nothing you can do about it nothing you have to sit there and listen Mr Speaker you see Mr Speaker they believe because they are products of Canada they can come to this horrible house and because they believe that they are products of Canada Mr Speaker they can come to this horrible house or go into this country and completely mislead the public about what the Prime Minister of Canada said the Prime Minister of Canada never said to be Prime Minister Lucia he never said so he never said so and the record will show that he never said so but you know these old nazi tactics repeat the same thing all the time Mr Speaker they tried that for five years between 2016 and 2021 we beat them in the elections you know what they said they said a 15-2 majority is no majority you ever heard that we beat you 15-2 you say you have no majority but you know what we will do we will take this too if they believe that they can threaten us if they believe that we are weak and because we are focused on running the country if they believe that they can call there and say what everyone means talking about people's body parts you want to believe that you want to believe that in a public meeting calling people dogs calling people mongrels you want to believe that but you know this is habit calling people dogs let the jackass break let's say man but you know what happened to him his history will come back to hunt him because technology has made it possible for everything I see and every day everybody is on about houses to be replayed and we just begin to replay what has been said we just begin to replay because Mr Speaker we can't allow it to happen because young people are listening Mr Speaker young people listen to these lies we don't tell Mr Speaker we decided and tomorrow the prime minister of Britain and I'm talking about that and items conserved by Mr Speaker the prime minister of Britain tomorrow will go to parliament on feminine products tomorrow we in his own other house pass legislation to remove that on feminine products they made a joke out of it they had a demonstration happy with pampers what can I respect you have for the elderly of this country happy with pampers in a demonstration because the government removed that on feminine products they know nothing about pure poverty and when you talk to them about that they draw them and say I can identify you said Lucia hypocrites Mr Speaker suddenly they no longer products of Canada suddenly they no longer want to make they no want to follow Norway but they can identify you said Lucia Mr Speaker there are some hypocrites in this society when you use some words they pretend as if these words they pretend about these words they pretend as if these words are these words are these words are something that you mustn't say you mustn't say this word Mr Speaker because of the hypocrisy they accuse us they accuse us Mr Speaker they pretend about racism Mr Speaker Mr Speaker on a platform in Shorzel a member of the United Workers Party said in public and you know I want to open it up if they believe they'll make us say some words run behind it boy there's racism there's racism I'll open it up I'll open it up went on a platform in Shorzel and he said he will not vote for black man as prime minister he will vote for white man no member of the United Workers Party ever said he should not say that never corrected him the member for the member of you for self the member of yourself the member of yourself he had to go on the television and the radio and say that he was not what they were saying he was not what they were saying they never corrected him they never corrected Mr Speaker but suddenly if you speak about your identity if you speak about your identity if you speak about you are proud if you speak about to be proud of what you are Mr Speaker they talk about racism racism Mr Speaker to make people run and hide and hide behind these emotional we are not going to hide behind it we are proud Mr Speaker to say where we came from where we are now we are very proud Mr Speaker and you know Mr Speaker I'll put the public of solution notice we are now going to call them out for their lies and call them out for their deception that is starting now we are not going to allow we are going to go on the radio and soil the names of men and women in this country and lie and sell candy that never happened blame us for things we have absolutely no control over Mr Speaker we put Mr Speaker on speaking about that again these items Mr Speaker they will not attract the 2.5% like me they will attract it the items in the barrels the 2.5% like me but if you heard them if you heard them if you heard them Mr Speaker if you heard them 2.5% like me but I was the same man and the cabinet conclusion show who had a cabinet meeting and in that cabinet conclusion he said they have to consider putting a health and security level and that's the same man who was in the government and the member for the cabinet is not member for Mr Speaker members misleading the house if there is any cabinet conclusion that says that Mr Speaker I think that he ought to make it a document but you can bring the cabinet conclusion at a subsequent meeting your word today that he is misleading because he has to bring it Mr Speaker all I know is that we spoke about the health insurance program but we've never spoken about a health and security level that's his imagination that's his baby that's the bucket he has to carry not me Mr Speaker he was in the government when they came here and they passed a security tax they were in the government and you know Mr Speaker that hypocrisy he was in the government when they came and they passed a security tax and it and the member for castries north has admitted that he was prime minister when they passed a security tax he admitted that the prime minister he said they passed it at the right time because he was a nurse at the time but if you have him if you have him talk about health and security level you think that we have we have done something that is out of this world we have destroyed the economy we have destroyed everybody but he cannot tell us he spoke about health insurance there is not one document I have seen that speaks about anything about health insurance that's what I have seen Mr Speaker again the member is misleading the house member for castries east just take a seat yes there has been press conferences there is document there were consultants hired by the world bank specifically to do with health insurance we have held meetings throughout this length and breadth of society we spoke about it in every single document so again the members misleading the house in suggesting that there was never any discussions Mr Speaker Mr Speaker member for castries east member for mikus south if you are going to rise on points of order you respond to what was said the member for castries east said he has never seen he never spoke about press conferences said he has never seen are you going to tell him what he has seen thank you no Mr Speaker but I would make the point as prime minister if he has not seen it then I am even more worried than I am now that's not a point of order that's the point I have to say Mr Speaker he said that there is a program in which we spend money member for mikus south I am more worried because it means that he is misleading the whole country he is mismanaging the country member for mikus south member for mikus south it would appear that one of your purposes here today is to cause me to do something that would not happen but member if you are going to rise I have allowed you to rise on six occasions if you are going to rise on a point of order it ought to be a point of order if the member for castries east says he has not seen I don't know what point of order you can rise on to tell him what he has seen please proceed member for castries east thank you Mr Speaker I have not seen any document in the office I have not seen that says anything about having insurance I have not seen it Mr Speaker in the same way they render one and they abuse reporters tell him I am ashamed of you a reporter ask me whether I have read I have done this business what I read is my business how are you going to ask me what I read I said to him that's not your business because what I read is what I read what's wrong with that I didn't say I didn't insult him I didn't walk out on him I didn't call him a criminal I didn't call him a jail-board all I said was that is not your business what I have read that's all I said and anybody who ask me what's in my business I tell him that's not your business so Mr Speaker we are we are again again trying to give continuing to give relief to the people of this country and that is why as I said previously there is no there is no health and security level on the items in this bar so Mr Speaker as I end because today is a very long day we have a long day today Mr Speaker because today we will begin the government's response because they believe that we have been sleeping but while we have been focused and managing the economy as the Carrie Chris report says we are politicians and we shall respond so I am putting them on notice anytime anytime they lie anytime they deny that they said they are products of Canada anytime they deny that they were in government they behave as if they were not in government they were never in government you just start to cry they forget these things all of these things will come back so I am putting them on notice that we are now going to respond we are going to make we are going to tell the public about what this government is doing because the public is feeling the public is seeing how this country is progressing Mr Speaker next year I have one of them say I said that next year so what happened to this year Mr Speaker no one of these guys lost elections no one of these guys lost elections they are guys who are failures they are out of government now they are out of government but Mr Speaker I am proud to say I have won six elections six and you can do whatever you want the fact is you must put it in your pipe and you must smoke it I have won six elections you lost one I will tell you how you got the other one that you won you lost one I will tell you how I won't tell you I lost one and I won six and that's what you can take you have to take it all the time because you see your hatred and your envy will get you nowhere I don't love you I don't love you your hatred and your envy will get you nowhere and I am saying to you that when you continue like that we might leave Brazil but not you thank you very much