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The Hon. Dennis Lister, JP,MP

The Hon. Dennis Lister, JP,MP

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12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Go up. Injury time; stop and start. Okay . This morning before we broke, we were on the Question Period, and we were doing the written questions still. And the next written question was actually the last series of written questions. It was questions from MP Robinson to the Minister of Tourism and Transport, Culture and Sport , Minister Darrell …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Minister. Hon. Owen Darrell: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to start with a procedural point of clarification. I believe that these questions were intended for the Minister of Economy and Labour who deals with workforce and the like. However, in the interest of transparency, I have had conversations with that Minister , and we have agreed that …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Go right ahead. Hon. Owen Darrell: Mr. Speaker, these functions, as I just stated, fall within the Ministry of Economy and Labour. However, the Ministry of Economy and Labour, through the National Workforce Advisory Board, established a hospitality subcommittee in August of 2025 to ensure t hat Bermudians are well prepared for a broad range of roles that will emerge. …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Supplementary? SUPPLEMENTARIES
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Minister . Hon. Owen Darrell: If I may, Mr. Speaker, may I defer to the Minister of Economy and Labour for the answer?
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Hon. Jason Hayward: Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Go ahead. Hon. Jason Hayward: The Minister of Economy and Labour has been on public record to say that we are assessing the gap between the skills demanded and the skills that are possessed within our domestic econ-omy. We are working directly with the hotel to identify what that gap is. 1766 12 December 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay. Supplementary?
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Did you hear the question? I sort of lost it. Did you get the question, Minister? Do you need to have it restate d? You got it? [Crosstalk ]
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay. Hon. Owen Darrell: Mr. Speaker, as my colleague said a moment ago, it is very much on record, the work that the Government is doing to not only expose Bermudians to the hospitality industry, but there have been mul-tiple job fairs at many of the hotels. It is something that the Bermuda Hotel Association takes very seriously in reaching …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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All right . Do you want to move on to your next question or . . . Okay? QUESTION 2: HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY WORKFORCE SHORTAGE
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Minister. Hon. Owen Darrell: Yes, Mr. Speaker, if I may respond to that. Hypothetically, if that did happen, first and foremost, again, that will go to the Ministry of Economy and Labour, who will first be alerted to that, because they are the ones who do the checks. And upon repeat of such notice, the Ministry of Tourism and Transport, …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Supplementary? SUPPLEMENTARIES
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Minister. Hon. Owen Darrell: Again, Mr. Speaker, I think these questions are misguided in the Ministry, but I will go on record. And rather than talk about hypotheticals, I will speak as to what is happening right now. And in accordance [with] section 5(5)(d) of the Tourism Investment Act 2017, a new hotel is eligible for full exemption and land …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Minister. Hon. Owen Darrell: Mr. Speaker, I will refer back to my answer on the previous [question] . I am not going to get into hypotheticals. I have clearly put on record what is happening and the positives that are coming out of this policy that the Bermuda Government has put in place to assist and ensure that the tourism …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. Would you like to do your third question now? QUESTION 3: HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT TRAINEE PROGRAMMES
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Minister. Hon. Owen Darrell: Mr. Speaker, not to sound like a broken record, but once again these questions do fall under the remit of the Minister of Economy and Labour. However, again, in full transparency, I will answer for the edification of the Bermuda public and my Honourable Me mber on the other side. These functions fall within the Ministry …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Supplementary ? SUPPLEMENTARY
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you. No further . . . No. Okay. Members, that brings us to a close of the written questions. We now move on to questions from the Statements that were given this morning. Premier, your Statement, your first Statement this morning, the Opposition Leader would like to put questions to you. Opposition Leader . Hon. Robert King: Good afternoon, …
12 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon. Hon. Robert King: —Members of the Honourable House and listening public. QUESTION 1: PROTECTION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS Hon. Robert King: Regarding the public officers bullying, harassment, intimidation and assault incidents over the past year, 2023/ 24, can you give a breakdown in the types of incidents that that is referring to? Hon. E. David Burt: I cannot at …