Madam Speaker, with your permission, before I move for the adjournment of the House, I would like to present to you, to your family, to the hon. Members of the House, the staffs of the National Assembly, and the Police Officers who work here, the season’s greetings. Thank you.

Thank you, hon. Prime Minister. Hon. Leader of the Opposition, please!

Thank you, Madam Speaker, may I kindly request on behalf of the Opposition and in my personal name to present season’s greeting first to His Excellency, the newly elected President of the Republic and Mrs Gokhool and their family, to the newly elected Vice-President, Mrs Hungley and their family, to the hon. Prime Minister and Mrs Ramgoolam, to the hon. Deputy Prime Minister, to all Ministers and to all Members of Parliament. I am also pleased to extend my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the Acting Clerk, the two Clerk Assistants, the attendants who are always attending upon us, to the Sergeant-at-Arms and his officers, to all civil servants, Madam Speaker, who are involved and works in the precincts of the National Assembly. To end, Madam Speaker, may I wish everyone, the country at large a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Hon. Members, I wish to associate myself to the season’s greetings extended by Dr. the hon. Prime Minister and the hon. Leader of the Opposition to his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Mauritius and Mrs Gokhool, to his Excellency the Vice-President of the Republic of Mauritius and Mrs Hungley, I am pleased to convey the season’s greetings to them. In my own name and on behalf of the officers of the National Assembly, I thank Dr. the hon. Prime Minister and hon. Leader of the Opposition for their kind words and warm wishes and extend my best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2025 to Dr. the hon. Prime Minister and Mrs Ramgoolam, the hon. Deputy Prime Minister and his family, the hon. Leader of the Opposition and his family as well as to all hon. Members and their families. This is a time for rejoicing and I wish each Mauritian the very, very best for the coming year.