Simpson Miller to speak in Budget debate

Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller is to make her contribution to the Budget debate this afternoon.

The sitting at Gordon House was scheduled to begin at 2 o’clock.

Simpson Miller will be the third speaker in the debate.

She is expected to discuss the policies and programmes being funded by the 2016/2017 National Budget.

Already, the opposition has ripped into the government’s plans for the financial year.

On Tuesday, opposition spokesman on finance, Dr Peter Phillips, labelled the budget a sham and said the projections in it were not credible.