Speeches by David A. Burch

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I have no idea of the concession fees. That is not something that those entities would report. But I do have full details (so far, initially) on the attendance records and the money raised. So I will give the broad totals, and I am quite happy to share all of this information with the Shadow Minister if he …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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So the estimated number of tickets sold over the three days is 10,227, and the estimated revenue was $79,900. I would just say that these figures are estimated because they are coming in from all over the place. But the actual finance of collecting tickets and producing these results was done by the accountin g section in Ministry Headquarters led …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I am not aware. This is the first I have heard that groups would have to pay. Usually they are charities. I will look into it, but I would be surprised if there was a fee.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. I did not feel like exer cising myself by jumping up and down. [ Laughter]

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to be associated with the congratulations to both the new Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ms. Na’imah Astwood, and to the new Chief Fire Officer, Chief Lovell, both of whom I obviously had an opportunity to work with when I was in the Regiment and found them both to be outstanding officers in their …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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It was an outstanding occasion on Sunday to witness his widow participating in the unveiling of the name of the new building and to express her and her family’s thanks for the acknowledgement of Mr. Burrows. I never served in this House with him, but he was my MP for a number of years, he and Mr. Lowe before single …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move that the House do now take under consideration the following Motion, notice of which was given on the 24th of March 2023: BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable House in accordance with section 8 of the Base Lands Devel-opment Act 1996 (“the Act”), approve the dissolution of the Bermuda Land Development Company (BDLC) so …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, I rise to seek the approval of this Honourable House for the dis-solution of the Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC) in accordance with section 8(b) of the Base Lands Development Act 1996. Mr. Speaker, the House will recall that on July 15, 2022, I informed this House that Cabinet, exercising fiscal prudence, had approved the merging of the …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Mr. Speaker, let me first say that if you were my principal, I would happily accept detention today. [ Laughter]

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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And I say that because I say to everybody in the Ministry who says, You said that last week , or You said that last one, you do not need to say it again. But I believe in repeating myself because I know that it takes a while for messages to get through. The Opposition Leader . . . and …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Yes. SAGE Commission. The SAGE C ommission did talk about quangos. And so, that was 10 years later. And now we are 20 years on. In any case, let me answer some of the easy ones. There will be a name change. I announced that. I also said that I have no skill in that regard and so I have …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Sorry?

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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What did I say?

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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[I said] $30 billion? Oh no, no, no. [ Laughter]

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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We would have a lot more things going on if they gave me $30 billion. [We spent] $30 million dollars sorting out that problem, and we expect that we will be able to market Southside now with some reliability to be able to come up with new ideas about how it can be developed. And the . . . I …

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Oh, I cannot?

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Well then, in that case, I will happily move that this Honourable House in ac-cordance with s ection 8B of the Base Lands Development Act 1996 approve the dissolution of the Bermuda Land Development Company and that the appropriate message be sent to the Governor.

5 May 2023 House of Assembly

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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Good morning, Mr . Speaker.

24 Mar 2023 House of Assembly

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M r. Speaker, I have today as Minister with responsibility for Housing the pleasure of tabling the most recent audited financial statements for the Bermuda Housing Trust , the statutory body charged with providing seniors in Bermuda with the most affordable rental accommodation possible. I am pleased to note for the information of Mem bers that the Trust is current …