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The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

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20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I t hank the Premier for his answer, or the answer that he gave. However, I asked what steps would his Government take in ma king this a reality? I know that he went back to 1998 and was talking about this. However, the specific question was, in light of his St atement, which spoke about economic diversification, …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Honourable Premier for his answer. And the question that I will ask is, would the H onourable Premier —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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The second supplementary on the first question.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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If in this consultation with the Mi nister of Economic Development, would the Pr emier like to work with Members of the Opposition as well, to be included in this various item so that they can, as in his words, work together to advance this initiative? Because I think that all of us can recognise the ben efits that economic …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my second question is, Will the Honourable Premier please advise this Honourable House what was the total cos t to the Government and the taxpayers of Bermuda for his trip to the Azores and the America’s Cup World Series, which has not been disclosed on the Ministerial Travel website?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as a supplementary question, will the Honourable Premier please, as I have asked the question— he cannot provide the answer —if you will undertake to provide the answer to us at our next sitting, as per the rules?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Sp eaker, I . . .
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Just want to make sure. Regarding this visit to the United Kingdom, will the Honourable Deputy Premier please inform this Honourable House the total cost to the taxpayer for this trip?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I note the Honourable Minister of Finance has said in the regular fas hion. However, the Honourable Finance Minister’s last trips were not disclosed on the Ministerial Travel website. Hence the reason we ask the question. Will the Honourable Minister of Finance give the commitment to the House today to update all of his travel on the Ministerial …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on the Minister’s Statement on page number 2, the Minister of Financ e says, “ I am pleased to note that the annual accounts of the Consolidated Fund of the Government of Bermuda were given an unqualified audit opinion for the third co nsecutive year, following six years of qualified [audit] opinions.” Regarding the …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Honourable Minister for his answer. The reason I was asking the question is, I think that it is important for the public to understand the reasons why the qualification happen ed and not b ecause the Government keeps talking about the qualif ications. If I may, Mr. Speaker, ask the Honourable …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Would the Honourable Minister please agree that there were no changes that were made to the account that changed the Berm uda Government’s position going from a qualified audit opinion to a qualified [sic] audit opinion?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I thank the Minister of Finance because I will go down that road exactly! Because in the answer that the M inister of Finance said—
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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He stated, the answer he just gave, he stated that the Auditor General thought that those items were overvalued. So I will go back to the question again. Were there any corrections made to the valuations of those capital projects which led the audits from going to be qualified to unqualified? Were there any modifications made to those valuations?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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I do have a second question, Mr. Speaker, and I would like to use that second question to follow -up with what the Honourable Minister of F inance just stated. Because I do think that it is very important that the public understand this particular issue.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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So I will go back again to the statement that was made by the Auditor General on March 10 th, 2014, where the Audi tor General said, and I quote, “I have obtained sufficient appropriate audit evidence that these transactions were measured and recognised in accordance with public sector account-ing standards.” So they were recognised. They were recorded properly. Hence, …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, the public will know that the Minister is not answering the question. So I will ask it again. Will the Minister undertake to com e back to the House next week, seeing that you yourself, Mr. Speaker, said you should not be asked to give speci fics, if he will come back to the House next week to …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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To hate to sound like a broken record, will the Honourable Minister undertake to come back to this House? [Inaudible interjections]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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You have not yet said you will come back to the House.