URGENT BUSINESS UNDER S.O. 17(3)

Madam Speaker, I beg, under Standing Order 17(3), to take the time of the Assembly for urgent business. The Deputy Prime Minister rose and seconded. Question put and agreed to. SUSPENSION OF S.O. 29(1)

Having obtained your permission, I beg to move the suspension of Standing Order 29(1) in order that I may present a Financial Resolution without notice. The Deputy Prime Minister rose and seconded. Question put and agreed to. FINANCIAL RESOLUTION

Madam Speaker, having obtained your permission, I now present a Financial Resolution. Madam Speaker, I move that this Assembly resolves, with effect from 20 June 2026, that excise duty shall, in respect of the excisable goods falling under their respective H.S. Codes, as specified in the Schedule to this Resolution, be levied at the corresponding rate specified in Column 5 of the Schedule (Appendix I). The Deputy Prime Minister rose and seconded. Question put and agreed to.