Prime Minister Sherif Ismail is scheduled to deliver a final speech to Parliament on Wednesday on his government's policy statement, which he delivered before the House of Representatives on 27 March. Minister of Parliamentary affairs Madi El-Agati told reporters on Tuesday that Ismail and most cabinet ministers were expected to answer questions raised by MPs during a marathon of debates between 10 and 20 April. Ismail will also respond to a 340-page report prepared by a special parliamentary committee on his government's programme. Most political forces have said that they will vote in favour of Ismail's government not out of conviction, but because of the lack of consensus on an alternative government. (ahramonline)