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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, the thanks of this House be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in His Excellency's Presidential Address from the Chair on Tuesday 21st March, 2006. I want to take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President for the excellent exposition of public policy he made on 21st March, 2006, in this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is imperative that all of us wherever we are should try to learn to sustain and maintain the policy of constructive criticism and at the same time give credit where it is due. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Speech by His Excellency the President was very non-partisan. It touched on very many pertinent issues that are facing us today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, legislation is the main business of Parliament. The President chided us that, out of the 25 Bills that were presented to this House, only seven were passed. The rest will be dealt with during this Session. It is very important for Parliament to give this country the necessary leadership and that leadership must start right here with us hon. Members. I will agree with you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, that, yesterday, all hon. Members conducted themselves with decorum. The debate that went on the entire day on the composition of the House Business Committee did not augur well for this House. It is time this House considered the interests of the nation first. We must desist from being political adversaries all the time. I want to take this opportunity to ask all my colleagues on both sides of the House to reach out to one another. It is time we had dialogue and sorted out little matters that tend to divide us. That way, we will save a lot of time and taxpayers' money. Mr. Speaker, Sir, over the last three years, Government policies are producing positive results. When we started this Government, one of the priorities was to jump-start economic recovery. At the time, the economy was growing negatively. I am happy to say that, in the very first year, that is 2003, the economy grew by 2 per cent. Last year, it grew by 5 per cent. If all goes well, 54 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 23 March, 2006 we expect it to grow by 7 per cent this year. That has been as a result of wise monetary policies that this Government has put in place. You recall that we put mechanisms in place to reduce interest rates that were sky-rocketing at the beginning of 2003. Similarly, we made it possible for most entrepreneurs to access credit, particularly small business people. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we created an enabling environment that has brought investments in this country. For example, right now, we know---"
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