Port-of-Spain North/St Ann's West MP Stuart Young has labelled the recent award of an export licence to Studley Park Enterprises Ltd by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as “political gimmickry”.

At a media conference at the Opposition Leader’s Office in Port of Spain on November 6, Young denied the previous administration was spiteful in its decision not to grant the THA the licence.

Young said aggregate from Studley Park was used in a number of local projects, including the Diego Martin Interchange. He said the local demand for the high-grade materials at Studley Park was higher than the quarry could provide.