 To improve the government's financial ability to equitably provide quality health care services to the public and reinforce St. Lucia's national security infrastructure, Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre, with the support of his cabinet of ministers, engineered the health and citizen security levy. The health and citizen security levy will be applied at a rate of 2.5% on the cost of a limited number of business services and imported goods. Gold items and medical products are exempted and will not be affected by the levy. The revenue generated by the health and citizen security levy will give the government the financial latitude to secure the resources, equipment and tools needed to enhance the operational and tactical efficiency of St. Lucia's protective services. We have bought 33 vehicles for the Royal St. Lucia Police Force. 33. We have bought 5 motorcycles. We have bought 150 ballistic vests costing $461,000. We have bought two sets of firearms and ammunition. One set costing $154,000 and another set costing $215,000. Firements and ammunition. We have spent already $246,000 on the regional security system to help us in our security issues. We are now in the process of recruiting 80 new recruits. We are now constructing the Gross Delay Police Headquarters. Prime Minister Peir's government will also use the levy to fund health projects and expand access to health care services at lower costs to the St. Lucia public. The Labour Party took positive steps towards universal health care when we removed the fees for high potential and diabetes. That's what we did, Mr Speaker. And now we are back, Mr Speaker. And the universal health care, the process continues. We have removed from maternal and childcare all these services will be free, Mr Speaker. And I want to make a point, Mr Speaker, that the removal, the progress towards universal health care is not targeted at making any individual person or any group of persons worse off. They are targeted at improving the quality of health care by making it affordable, making it accessible and a certain level of equality for all the population, Mr Speaker. The health and citizen security levy is expected to annually generate at least $33 million for the government of St. Lucia. From the office of the Prime Minister,