Speeches by Ben Smith, MP

12 Jul 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good mor ning, colleagues. Good morning, Bermuda. Last week, the Member from constituency 16, MP Michael Weeks, spoke regarding the gay pride parade scheduled for Augu st 31 st. He seemed to suggest that the permission to hold the parade be denied. Does the Honourable Premier agree with this sentiment?

12 Jul 2019 House of Assembly

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Yes. Just following on from that. I am asking whether he agrees with the position that was presented by the Member last week, MP Weeks.

12 Jul 2019 House of Assembly

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Second supplementary. Does the Honourable Premier intend to attend the par ade? [Laughter]

12 Jul 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker . I would like congratulations to be sent to the Bermuda team that is repres enting at the West Island Bermuda House of Assembly Games in Gibraltar. At this point we have reached 11 medals, so I would like to congratulate all of our people that are participating on behalf of Bermuda in G ibraltar. I …

12 Jul 2019 House of Assembly

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—that is showing beautiful pictures of Bermuda and giving a bit of a story about his journey to the two Olympics. And I know, having been with him as he went through that journey, from the heights of being at the Olympics to the lows of, you know, having that catastrophic injury, I know that this book has been a …

7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Firstly, I would like to give congratulations to Bermuda’s Football Team for the 1 –nil victory in the Friendly last night. I know I saw quite a few of the MPs there. Bermu da House of Assembly The Speaker: Do the whole House, do the whole House. Yes.

7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly

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So, I associate the whole House with that. I would also like to give congratulations. Last weekend was the Bermuda National Swimming Champions hip. And we had the high point winners in the 12 and under, and 13 and over. So, the female 12 and under winner was Imogen Judd, and the 12 and under male was Giulo Ligori. And …

7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly

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I would also like to send good luck to all of our track athletes who will be participating in the Bermuda National Championships for Track & Field over tonight and tomorr ow, and hopefully, everybody will go out and support our youngsters as they conti nue to strive for success.

7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly

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Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker.

7 Jun 2019 House of Assembly

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First, I would like to thank everybody who was involved with putting together this report. It was extensive. Obviously, a lot of work went into get-ting the information that we have been provided. The thing that is interesting about transport is that most of the time people do not think about it until it is som ething that is not …

22 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for th e opportunity. So, if the Minister would be able to just . . . with the increase in the no fly zones, is he able to give us any idea of what the penalties are going to be for this? Because, obviously, we do not want people to be breaking the no …

18 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Looking on page B -290, under 8301, Status and Naturalisation, I was wondering if the Minister can give us some information regarding the belonger sit uation in Bermuda. Obviously, this is something, being involved with sport, which has been in the news and highlighted. I know that a lot of the national sport organisations are interested …

18 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just following on from the question, thank you to the Minister for starting to give us some clarity around what we are trying to do. But, specifically to the belongers issue when it comes to sport, under-standing that while this process is happening, the challenge is that teams have to be selected. So, in that process, …

18 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was wondering if the Minister can give us some information regarding the belongers. Overall, how many applications have been processed recently and how many are in process at the moment for belonger status? Hon. Wayne Caines: I do not have those numbers. Those numbers could be obtained. Again, the be-longers issues, I would have to …

13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Madam Chairman. I would like to start out by saying that I appr eciate the opportunity to give feedback and ask for some information on Heads 20, 52 and 60. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Honourable Minister Foggo for a very detailed brief, answering a lot of my questions. I appreciate that, so …

13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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[Page ] B-251, and I am looking at —

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Under expenditure, yes.

13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you. So, where it says Clothing and Uniforms. So, what I was saying is that the Minister would know that I also sit on the Association of National Sports Go verning Bodies, which has been looking at some of the initiatives to actually increase the national pride and for us to try to show what it means to be …

13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Sorry. Page B -250. The Minister gave us some details about a youth development policy. If she could give us a little more detail on that policy and the targets for impl ementation so that we have an idea of when we should be able to see these changes come into effect. On page B -253, and I am looking …

13 Mar 2019 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Madam Chairman. Just that some of the answers to the questions have act ually prompted some other questions. And I had a couple of questions that I did not ask the first time. So, the Honourable Minis ter just explained that the pool facility has a cost of about $50,000 a month to run. When you add that …