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Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

Dennis Lister III, JP, MP

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22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Just to the point made by the [Member] having a catchall, that is why they left conscription when the previous Government. I can be c orrected, but in the Regiment’s constitution, there is still foresight so that if a national disaster, or we went into war, any former serving soldier in the army can still be called out. So at …
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Say that again? [Inaudible interjections]
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Right. You still stand a chance. So—
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Oh. Oh, yeah! As the Honour able Member Dunkley said, I will just go away.
22 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But just to her point, to clarify, there is a catchall in their constitution.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good evening to the House. Good evening to the listening audience, and good evening to those in the Gallery. Mr. Speaker, I was hoping that we would not be in this late, because we all know what this weekend is. It is —
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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—the 7th also, my Honourable Member. It is Father’s Day weekend, but it is also Bermuda Heroes Weekend, Mr. Speaker.
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I know most of us are in a hurry to go up to some party tonight or something, Mr. Speaker. I know cousin Derrick was hurrying to go to his bed, but we can minus cousin Derrick. [Laughter ]
15 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I wish to use this opportunity, though, in the light of all the festivities this weekend to send a road safety message to Bermuda, as we enter into this festive weekend. Mr. Speaker, there are some sobering stati stics that I would like to highlight. Within these 21 square miles there is a history of road traffic incidents …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Good morning to the House and to our public gathering. First, I would like to also send congratulations to the Alpha Beautillion, but not only to them, but to the winner, Mr. Aaron Ratteray, whom I had the priv ilege of sponsoring. And I am always proud to see fellow Bermuda Institute students succeed and do …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Bermuda Institute has a history of winning the Alpha Beautillion. So I j ust want to say congratulations not only to Mr. Ratteray, but also to all of the former BI students who have won it. The real BI, Bermuda Institute.
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Also, Mr. Speaker, like you said, congratulations lately, because they did qualify last week, the Bermuda under -20 team. But also, I would like to specifically thank Ms. Akelah Furbert, who scored the winning goal in the last game, who hap-pens to be a constituent of mine. So, congratulations to her. And finally , to reiterate what MP Foggo said, …
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I guess I can call you Old Man now. [Laughter]
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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MP Burgess said he is not as old as you yet. [Laughter]
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But, yes. [Inaudible interjections] Mr. Dennis Lister III: But, yes. On Wednesday, we did have a good cele bration to celebrate your 60 th. And we found out some good things and some bad things about you. But I would like to keep that between us. [Laughter]
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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But, thank you for your . . . congratulations on your birthday. And, hopefully, the rest of us here can live to see as long and as many years as you have. [Desk thumping]
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. POINT OF ORDER
8 Jun 2018 House of Assembly
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I think the Honourable Member is missing the point of what the speaker next to me said. We go out and ask personally for the numbers. So w e do not rely on a list. I know, personally, when I knock on a door, I ask them, Do you have any contact information that we would have, email or phone …