Speeches by Ben Smith, MP

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Second question. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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The Minister pointed out that the Purvis Primary has the lead number at 214. Can the Minister please provide us what the intended capacity will Bermuda House of Assembly be for each of the parish primary schools at the conclusion of this reform process? Thank you.

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you. Supplementary. Is the Minister able to provide whether Purvis Primary, being the one that has the highest number, are they close to capacity? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Purvis Primary being one of the larger schools that we do have currently has two streams in some of the school years —two streams in all of …

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would hope that one of the goals at the end of this reform would be that more parents would want to—

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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No . . . no, so my question is based off of, Is there going to be capacity? For the hope that more parents are going to want to move their students to public primary schools. So, I just want to make sure that we have a situation where that capacity has been built into the reform.

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My question now is —

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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My second one was a supplementary to—

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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I apologise, Mr. Deputy Speaker. 122 24 November 2023 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly The Deputy Speaker: No problem. QUESTION 3: EDUCATION REFORM UPDATE

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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This question is about teachers. So, as we shift toward a lower number of schools, the Minister has stated on page 2 that we have had to shift some of the teachers to the new schools. Is the Minister able at this time to give us that total number of teach ers and staff who will be needed at the …

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. First, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the technical officers for providing an opportunity last Friday to go through the changes. Minister Tinee Furbert and Junior Minister Kim Swan were in attendance. Thank you to Ms. Marva[ -Jean] O’Brien and Ms. Brett, who were able to take us through the process. Mr. Deputy …

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Point of order.

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So, I guess it is a point of clarification because—

24 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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It is a point of clarification.

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would like to give congratulatory remarks to Bermuda’s Pan American Games team that just competed in San Diego, Chile. Overall, great results throughout our team, multiple personal bests, also records that I think it is important to point out t hat this time of year is not always the peak performance …

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the first thing I would like to do is thank our Honourable Leader for listening to the population.

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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Because Mr. Deputy Speaker, I found it interesting that the Honourable Minister who just took his seat pointed out that the people at the PGA did not see the issues that were pointed out in our Reply to the Throne Speech. But Mr. Deputy Speaker, maybe they did not see the buildings that are boarded up through-out our city. Maybe …

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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So, I am going to start with a story of a mother who had to make the decision to pack up from Bermuda House of Assembly Bermuda and take her young son, leave and move to England because the neighbourhood that she lived in was going to prey on her young son and bring him into a gang lifestyle whether …

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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So, the Minister who continues to chirp as I talk needs to understand that not everybody is feel-ing the same way that he has put out. [Inaudible interjections]

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, the senior who has lost her husband, who was the breadwinner in the house, the person who paid the bills, the person who was making sure that everything was done for her, who now cannot get around and is having her neigh-bour get her around, and w hen she gets to the store she cannot afford …

10 Nov 2023 House of Assembly

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So, what we are pointing out to you, the negativity that they are referring to is the reality of our people. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, when we talk about that we would like to get together to work together, what we are actually referring to is real collaboration, not the pretend one where you send the WhatsApp to tell you …