Speeches by The Hon E. David Burt, JP, MP

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is no different than, I guess you could say, the theme of which has been going on for the night, that the Government is increasing the cost of doi ng business, increasing the cost of living, increasing the cost of basically everything, while persons inside the economy will have less money …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Minister could have saved us a whole lot of time and just said that every single fee has gone up by 4 per cent. I mean, I have no idea why the Minister was talking about a new fee structure. It is the exact same fee structure that existed when we passed …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this time, as we are talking about the Commiss ion of Inquiry Amendment Act, because we understand where the genesis of this has come from. And this has come from the genesis of an actual Commission of Inquiry. Now, typically, commissions of inquiry are very rare, and that is …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. Just following on from what the Honourable Member said, I would hope that the Minister, the Premier, could give an answer to, what is the rest of the money being spent on (absolutely, clause 2)? In addition, and I think this is important, whatever the rest of the money is being spent on, is …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the amendment which has been laid by the Junior Minister. Just one, I guess, technical issue is that it says joint select committee of the House. And you cannot have a joint s elect committee of the House. I understand you inser ted “joint,” but you have to make it …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Could I have a point of order, please, Mr. Speaker?

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Can I have a point of order, Mr. Speaker, please?

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Yes, Mr. Speaker.

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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The point of order is that there was an amendment on the floor. I just want to make sure that we approve the amendment, seeing that there is no objection to our side, so we can g o back to debating the primary motion. The Speaker: We have the amendment. So we will speak to the amendment, and then we …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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I have got you, Mr. Speaker. I am saying there is no objection to the amendment from our side, so we can approve the amendment. So we can proceed to the main debate.

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to say that on behalf of the Progressive Labour Party members of the House, we look forward to this committee noting that the Government has looked to make this a joint select committee and assuming that they have the votes to carry and pass this, it will happen. The one …

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Good evening, Mr. Speaker.

9 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Good morning, sorry, good mor ning, absolutely. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to take to my feet for very long but I think it is important. I did not want to speak at the very late hour on Monday morning —or, sorry, I should say Tuesday morning —on this, but I think that what we have seen transpire over …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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No! [Inaudible interjections and l aughter ] Bermuda House of Assembly The Speaker: Honourable Members, I have made my decision. And I certainly appreciate the manner in which the Honourable Members also who object have put their views forward. And I hope that it can continue in this way always, because things are not always g oing to go the …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker . Mr. Speaker , I rise to the point of order. The first thing is that there was no motion laid, as the Ho nourable and Learned Member who took his seat [said]. There was no motion laid. The reference in [Standing Order] 19(10) speaks to the conclusion and the speaking order of the …

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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So from this aspect, the Rules of Debate as constructed under [Standing Order] 19, debate must proceed and if the Government wants to invoke that thing at the very end, they can invoke that at the end. But it cannot be used to prematurely cut off debate on a substantive motion which Members are still speaking on.

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. Madam Deputy Speaker, the Honourable Member is misleading the House. There is no legal opinion that states it that, and if the Minister has a l egal opinion that states that, he needs to table it. But he should not be quoting from such a thing because that is not correct.

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Point of order. Mr. Sylvan D. Richards, Jr.: —were granted by the PLP Government.

7 Mar 2016 House of Assembly

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Point of order.