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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.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Minister has not yet given an undertaking to this House that he will come back with a response to the question. He said he does not have the paper — [Inaudible interjections]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will ask the Mini ster, as he has not yet given an undertaking. I have asked a question, and I am asking that he will give an undertaking, under the [Standing Orders], to come back to this House next week, seeing that he says he does not have the information in front of him to confirm to …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, if I could, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, in the Honourable Minister’s answer he just spoke about, you know, long-term items and maintenance not being done. Does the Honourable Minister believe that there are some schools that should be reconstructed or rebuilt?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The question was not on the realism of som ething ; the question I asked very specific . And I would appreciate a yes or no answer f rom the Minister . Does the Minister believe that there are some schools that need to be rebuilt?
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, I have a few notes of congratulations and I apologise if some of these may have already be en given as I was out of the Chamber for a small while during the Congratulatory and/or Obituary Remarks. But the first one is and I would associate the whole House if …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon, Madam Deputy Speaker. Pursuant Standing Order 28 I rise to seek the leave of the House to introduce a Bill for its first reading by its title only, the Statutory Interest Rate Amendment Act 2016, and ask that it be placed on the Order Paper for the next day of meeting.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, I thank the Minister of Finance as it is . . . typically for such . . . I would call it housekeeping amendments and minor changes to the regime which supports our international busi ness sector and our international reputation, that we work hand in hand and the amendments …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Just as a point of order —
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Just so we do not have to come back and do this again, do we not have to go through the clauses, then the amendment, and then vote on the amendment, and go through the other clauses? [Inaudible interjections] Berm uda House of Assembly Mr. E. David Burt: Okay. So what are we doing right now? We are doing . …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you very much. I appreciate the Minister’s amendment and we have no objection.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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No. [ Inaudible interjections ]
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be brief. But I could not resist the invitation by the former Minister of Tourism, after he decided to get up and, you know, pat him self on the back for the work which I guess he feels that he is responsible for for the Ber-muda Tourism Authority. But I find it interesting that …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I will accept the correction and withdraw the remark about the MRG being withdrawn. But what I will state is that the Government lost the air routes for the winter service, which we had never lost bef ore. And now, when the air routes have come back in, when there is this seeming increase, because we still have …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I love when the shadow . . . the former Minister of Tourism makes my point. So, what he is saying is that the airline was considering leaving and things got so bad under the OBA withdrawing investment from tourism that they decided to leave. He has made the point for me, Mr. Speaker. And this year tourism …
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Michael H. Dunkley: That is a significant i ncrease.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of or der, Mr. Speaker.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Premier may be confused because I am looking at a 2015 report from the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s website which says total visit or arrivals quarter 1, air, 20,966. That’s off the website. Someone has changed how they are counting the numbers. The Premier and the Gover nment need to reconcile it.
20 May 2016 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. Point of order, Mr. Speaker.