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Ben Smith, MP

Ben Smith, MP

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24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you. And just a final question. The Minister points out the age of the boats and that, potentially, there was going to be budget changes to bring in more boats. Can the Minister give us an indication of any impact of using 30- year-old boats at the level that we are having to use them to police the waters, …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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And, Mr. Speaker, just a supplementary to that. Is there potentially an increase in cost of maintaining a much older boat than, obviously, a new boat that would be more efficient in how it is using fuel and all the other pieces that go along with it? Hon. Renee Ming: Mr. Speaker —
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker. 4382 3 July 2020 Official Hansard Report Bermuda H ouse of Assembly The Speaker: Yes, it sounds like MP Smith?
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
3 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, I would like to start off by echoing the sentiments of my colleagues in that we support this amendment. But Mr. Speaker, I guess what I want to say is this little carve -out that we are going to do over this three- month period is something of a stopgap b ecause of all of the issues …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning. The Speaker: Good morning. QUESTION 1: GANG VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM RESPONSE TO HEROES WEEKEND INCIDENTS
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Firstly, I would like to join the Minister in giving my condolences to the family of Mr. Rowse, who lost his life over the weekend. I, as the Mini ster [sic], will say that the weekend was not what we were expec ting with the amount of violence that was going through our community. Hon. Wayne Caines: As the Shadow …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Yes. So on page 10 of the Statement, Minister Caines, would you be able to give us a little bit more information around the increased number of outreach workers and community case workers? Do you have an idea of how many more are going to be needed in order for us to tackle this situation? Hon. Wayne Caines: Thank you …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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I have one, but I will let MP GordonPamplin go first.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Thank you for the answer, Minister Caines. So with the answer that you just gave w hen you talked about where you had kind of shifted the (my word) priority , because the level of violence had kind of gone down in the last year, and prior to what we were dealing with in the pandemic, would you agree that …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Second question.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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So, number three in that same portion on page 10. There is discussion of jobs and men-toring programmes. Can the Minister give us some Bermuda House of Assembly details on who he will be looking for to provide those jobs and mentor programmes? Is this something that they will be discuss ing with the private sector? Where are these jobs …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Supplementary.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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So following on from what the Mini ster just said in that answer regarding the Redemption Farm, Honourable Minister, are you able to tell us whether some of the people from the Redemption Farm who have gone through the 28- week pr ogramme . . . now that maybe some of those connections are not happening will they be doing …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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No supplementary.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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A new question.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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So, Minister, within the Statement you referred to, there are some young people who were part of a programme in primary schools. With public schools not being able to come back until September, will there be some connections with summer camps so that these same people can get som e of that atte n4216 19 June 2020 Official Hansard Report …
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
19 Jun 2020 House of Assembly
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So, I guess my question on from there would be, Should summer camp directors be reaching out to somebody specifically to see if they can engage with some of these children who need a structured activity during this period? And to get i nformation from the programme on how they will deal with the special needs of these individuals?