Speeches by Ben Smith, MP

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Once again, we obviously are not trying to get fear with this. We are just trying to get information because the population is feeling anxious mainly because the international news is showing quite a different outlook than where we are presently in Bermuda. So my question is around . . . we have seen some major changes in how people …

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. First, I would like to thank the Minister for a detailed presentatio n covering almost everything that is in the Budget Book so that, at this point, I am going to try to give some questions and then see if I can get some answers from the Minister because time constraints will, obviously, determine how many …

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. So, on page C -7, 75128, National Sports Centre Capital Grant, speaking specifically to the track that I asked about earlier under CARIFTA, if the Mini ster can give us some details on the last time the track was resurfaced, what the lifespan of the track is, so that we can have an anticipation of how …

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Just another question —

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Just wondering if t here had been any discussion of moving Sand ys 360, which is a sports facility , from Works and Engineering to Youth and Sport, considering that it seems odd for it not to be under that domain. The Minister spoke to the numbers I was referring to on page B-258 when it comes to the outcome …

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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This i s still under H ead 60, Workforce Development on [page] B- 272. The Minister spok e to summer employment programme, that bei ng switched to wages. I f the Minister c an giv e us an idea of t he jobs t hat ar e available for t his s ummer pr ogramme— like, so what fields and …

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Yes, the Minister spoke of a hospital ity survey a nd a job fair that was done with Hamilton Princess. So, with the several kind of hospitality pr ojects about to come online and obviously the introduc-tion of, hopefully, lots of jobs, can the Minister speak to the interest that has been shown in Bermudians training and being involved in …

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. So, Minister when you discuss ed going through the process, in other words, there were so many applicants and then they had to be vetted and you go through all of the different, and you end up, I believe you said the number was 48— [ Crosstalk]

11 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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With the Hamilton Princes s. So, I guess the —out of 100- and-something. So, I guess the part that I am kind of querying is, it looks like there are going to be jobs , more like 650 jobs potentially , with the Southampton Princess project and when those come online, if we are only able to get a certain …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Madam Chairman. The Ch airman: Good afternoon.

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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First, I would like to thank the Minister for the information that he presented this morning. Obviously, the Ministry of National Security is an extremely important Ministry, it covers so many different areas, specif ically a lot of the service areas. The pr otection of our citizens, the overall feeling of safety in our country, is based off of a …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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I am actually going to start on page B-281 under 16005, Recruitment. The Minister mentioned that there was a total number of soldiers that would be necessary to have a full complement in the Defence Department, but he also mentioned that we actually have a number presently that is significantly lower than that number. We have been through a transition …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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I was looking for the answers before I move on so that potentially there are going to be more questions on this based off of the answers that I am going to receive.

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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So, before I move on to Head 7, P olice, I would just like to say thank you to all the people within the Bermuda Regiment. A lot of times we do not really give a lot of praise to the Regiment until we need them —when a hurricane happens and there is disaster and they are out immediately, out …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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So, moving onto Head 7 for Police. Over the last several years there has been a significant change in what is expected from the Police because of the changes in our society. With the i ncrease in gangs and gang activity, obviously, the Mi nister has come to the House on several occasions and spoken s pecifically to all of …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Sorry, that is not the right one. Yes, 17120, correct, Marine Policing. So, with the introduction of the Coast Guard, obviously there is potentially going to be an impact on the policing that is done by the Marine police. So, what impact is that having on the Marine police unit? Are those officers being moved to a different part of …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Just finishing out on the Police, still on Head 7, I just have a question when it comes to the emplo yee numbers. So, on page B -288, is the Minister able to provide to us the number of, I guess the average number of, retirees per year just so that we can have an understanding …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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So, I am going to move on to Head 25, the Department of Corrections. And I am just going to start with a question on page B -294, 35000, Headquarters. I just wonder if the Minister can give us some details on exactly what that particula r group does within prisons —where they are located, what the rental is of …

4 Mar 2020 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. On page B -295 I just have a couple of questions for the Minister i n the . . . there are multiple facil ities available within prisons and we have the emplo yee numbers. Is he able to provide us with the numbers of the inmates within each of those facilities? And with that, is …