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Christopher Famous, JP, MP

Christopher Famous, JP, MP

2498
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24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
42 words
So, with the retirement of Mrs. Venetta Symonds ,—not Ms. Pearman, as som eone said earlier —there was made a way, in a few years’ time, for another Bermudian to be CEO of our Hospitals Board. With that, Mr. Speaker, thank you.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
6 words
I heard that, Mr. Speaker. [Laughter]
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
2 words
Mr. Speaker.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
6 words
Yes, sir. Can you see me?
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
5 words
Can you see me, sir?
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
5 words
Let me help you out.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
10 words
It’s blue and blue, it says St. George’s Cricket Club.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
11 words
I just wanted to make sure I was grabbing your attention.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
12 words
I have got my blue- andblue tie on. Is that parliamentary code?
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
36 words
Okay. Mr. Speaker, it is not much I can add to this robust debate, and I will not even attempt to try. What I will say . . . Mr. Speaker, can you hear me? Hello?
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
477 words
Okay. What I will say, Mr. Speaker, is I am going to give a little chronology of how this Bill came to fruition today. Mr. Speaker, whether we admit it or not, sometimes politicians are rightly blamed for things taking too long to come to fruition. For quite a long time we as Black people, we knew that the war …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
9 words
Point of order! [ Inaudible interjections and laughter ]
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
3 words
Yes, Mr. Speaker.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
666 words
Mr. Speaker, some years ago we heard the claim that the taxpayer will not pay for the new airport terminal . We knew then, as we painfully know now, that that claim was complete and utter hogwash. Is that parliamentary? On December the 2 nd, hundreds of Bermudians held their ground outside of Parliament as they wanted to see the …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
32 words
Thirty -six months ago we became Government. Mr. Speaker, last week every MP of the PLP, including yourself, went to their constituents and took them a hamper of goods that they needed.
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
1,583 words
Well, sorry. It must have been somebody in your branch that did it. Mr. Speaker, basic food items, sugar, honey, bread . . . nothing fabulous, but just the basics. And our people as they opened their doors . . . I was with Minister Hayward as we went to one lady on Elliott Street. She opened her door and …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
18 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: What would happen at that time, Mr. Speaker —
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
2 words
Mr. Speaker?
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
283 words
Mr. Speaker, the OBA continued this narrative that we were going to spend $500 million solely on a ter minal, but it also included work to the Causeway, which the OBA and Aecon have not done. So, let us be honest in what we are saying, sir. Thank you. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: Mr. Speaker, that is the Honourable Member …
24 Jul 2020 House of Assembly
Official Hansard Report - House Of Assembly
15 words
Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: —the loan as you moved through—