Reports "being shelved"

The government has refused to say how much it was spending on the large number of reports it was commissioning, Labour leader Alfred Sant said yesterday.

Speaking during a social activity at Mellieha, Dr Sant said the government was commissioning a large number of reports which were ultimately being shelved.

The only people who were getting something out of these reports were the few `blue-eyed` boys who were earning good money from people`s taxes.

Dr Sant said government ministers had refused to say how much was being spent on the reports when asked about this in Parliament.