 Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Deputy Speaker before I go into the motion at hand I just want to add my voice to the members who have spoken for regards to very speedy recovery to the Honourable Virginia Poyatt. I must say when I heard of a medical situation yesterday I was in total shock but it was just a reminder of our own weaknesses and you know how we must all be you know sympathetic you know to our brothers and sisters because you know only at the Friday pass at the economical economical service I was teasing her about her legs being sore because she was I saw her doing that katumbah dance and very vibrant I mean no no no I fitter than that you know so it was really a really shock I mean so I really want to wish her a speedy recovery I think she's a person with a very strong mental capacity and when you seek your your your mental strength is very important to get you through so I really wish her very best. Mr. Speaker also before I really go into the substance before us I a little confused with the Prime Minister's clarification of your appointment or his statement yesterday because as soon as I came in this morning and I saw you I congratulated you on your promotion because you know we do have that that kind of rapport because I'm very certain that in the Prime Minister's statement and I saw that you know he said that you would be acting in the role and it's written in the in your statement so but I'm hoping that you know further clarification will come. So Mr. Deputy Speaker as we as we address the the motion before us the House must be reminded and Senatorsions must be reminded the fact now that the value added tax will be removed on the items listed and the schedule amended it would naturally mean that these items would not attract the health and security levy and you know which is a very good move but it also highlights to me the bad decision with regards to the health and security levy because I think this may be the four for the fifth time we've had to come to the House to amend the schedule with regards to either that or health and security levy and it means that every time you know something comes up and when we pass legislation there is room for us to come back to the House to make adjustments but the frequency of making the adjustments highlights to me Mr. Speaker the decision was a poor one and Mr. Speaker I say that because I look at C and that's why I asked the minister the Honourable Member for Castro East clarification because C speaks to goods and services imported by a person who in conjunction with the government embarks on an undertaking that has been approved by cabinet and that's very open and that could mean anything so it really and truly because it's not specifically for the spotting that's something complete it's a completely new line or server so it means that as people will come with concerns with regards to that at the wheel of you know the cabinet and Prime Minister you know that can be adjusted and that really opens the door to any number of items being adjusted under the under this amendment so Mr. Speaker it's concerning to me but pleasing at the same time that we recognize the importance of particularly this spotting issue because it's been over a year someone from my constituency had brought in some spotting equipment for a school and items were held by customs and I've been trying to get them out until finally the customs officer guided me that if I could get him to give me a because I actually showed him the the authorization that members of Parliament could get these spotting things duty-free and he said to me but it's not in my name but he did advise that if I could get an authorization by the individual then customs would have a look at it so now that clears that and hopefully the items can be released you know to the to the school in question but it goes on to and the Prime Minister in his opening statements spoke about the Senegal Football Association and some work they had to do with a field and the lighting and all this kind of thing and it reminded me of a particular situation in my community where the lighting on the Lafag plain field had not been used for a little while and then when the Schoesel cricketers wanted to engage in another Schoesel smash which the very first one was a resounding success a number of the lights were not working and obviously everybody was a little bit helter-skelter trying to get this thing working we were able to get the provider and I think an amount of just about 200,000 EC dollars was quoted to repair the lights and unfortunately we the Ministry was not able to provide us with that assistance at the time and it left for room for a lot of speculation as to whether it was because it was in an opposition constituency and you see Mr. Speaker the consistency of helping sportsmen and women must be across the board you know because $200,000 is a drop in the bucket a drop in the bucket when it comes to assistance spotting spotting individuals Mr. Speaker so I was very concerned Mr. Speaker that you know that item that these lights were not were not repaired on time for us to continue with our Schoesel smash Mr. Speaker but Mr. Speaker as we speak to the list of sporting interests that has been listed there I note and I thought that must have been an oversight knowing the Minister of Sports and his passion for for gym I don't see anything with regards to gym equipment or the gym the gym sense and Lucia so so so no no no you cannot put CCC when you have listed items okay I don't see fishing I don't see diving and we recently been promoting drag racing I don't see you know so I just want to highlight some of the the omissions that I recognize I want to get buff like him too you know but put Jim yeah put bring in Jim bring in Jim yeah so so Mr. Speaker these are some of the concerns I have but are they I am very happy that the you know the government has you know become a little more conscious of you know some of the things that matter and I'm sure we will see a lot more as people come and well maybe not because now it doesn't have to come to Parliament but you know so the young people now will recognize that the government you know it initially when they made that time health and security implementation and how it has impacted on prices so I I support I support the motion if regards to removing that and I'm ending the schedule but I'm just concerned that you know you know this thing had to come to this point where we had to you know make that a man thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker