Live - The Budget debate - Enemalta withheld €65m in taxes last year

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna is presenting the Budget for 2013 - the same Budget, with the same measures, as presented by the Nationalist government last December, when it was defeated Following the minister's speech, the opposition's reaction and the prime minister's statement live in the livestream above on in text below. 20:21 pm : Dr Muscat insists that several programmes launched in the November Budget speech did not have funds allocated to them. That showed how right the then Opposition was in voting against it, because that was not a serious exercise. 20:20 pm : On the President's Address, Dr Muscat said that on Saturday he had expected far better from the Leader of the Opposition. His objections were to be expected, but it was pointless of Dr Gonzi to have trumpeted the fact that he agreed to attend the Freedom Day ceremony. He (Dr Muscat) was never invited to attend the Independence Day commemoration by the former government. He would have attended had he been invited. 20:17 pm : It was unfortunate that the leader of the opposition tried to sow uncertainty in the workers of various sections. This government would create new jobs, including a new leader of the...