Questions to Ministers

Would the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance please say why, in this time of economic crisis, he approved the purchase of a $160,000 vehicle for his Minister of Health? Can the Prime Minister say if he is aware that while the Minister of Health has two vehicles parked in front of his yard, nurses at the Corozal Hospital are forced to walk home after the night shift because they have no access to transportation?

Would the Minister of Natural Resources confirm or deny reports that he has granted his brother a permit to export ten container loads of hardwood from the country? And if this is so, can the Minister explain his rationale, since the exportation of hardwood is illegal?

Would the Minister of National Security please say why the Minister of State in the Ministry of Works has been assigned a Police Officer/bodyguard/driver? Would the Minister not agree that in this crime infested period we need every officer we can get on the streets and not babysitting Ministers?

Would the Minister of National Security be able to confirm or deny reports that all UDP Ministers are in the process of receiving firearm licenses from the Police Department? Would the Minister be able to say if this move is a result of fear because of the rampant crime in the nation?

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