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The Hon. Dennis Lister, JP,MP

The Hon. Dennis Lister, JP,MP

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5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Thank you, Minister. Members, the next Statement this morning is in the name of the Minister of Health. Minister. Hon. Kim N. Wilson: Good morning, Mr. Speaker .
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Good morning. B ermuda House of Assembly STRENGTHENING BERMUDA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ADVANCING OUR PROGRESS TOWARD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COVERAGE (UHC) Hon. Kim N. Wilson: Mr. Speaker, this morning, I rise to reaffirm the Government’s commitment to strengthening Bermuda’s health care system and accelerating our progress toward the implementation of Universal Health Coverage [ UHC] . …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Thank you, Minister. Members, the next Statement this morning is in the name of Minister of [Public] Works. Minister. Hon. Jache Adams: And Environment, Mr. Speaker.
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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And Environment. Yes. [ Laughter] Hon. Jache Adams: Good morning, Mr. Speaker.
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning. Hon. Jache Adams: And good morning to the listening audience. BERMUDA’S GROWING FERAL CHICKEN POPULATION Hon. Jache Adams: Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to speak about an issue that has been steadily increas-ing across Bermuda: the fast -growing and uncontrolled feral chicken population. What once may have been seen as a small inconvenience has become a serious …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Minister. Members, I believe the next S tatement is in the name of the same Minister. Minister, would you like to continue on with your second Statement? Hon. Jache Adams: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. BERMUDA’S ROADS RESTORING AND MODERNISING Hon. Jache Adams: Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to update this Honourable House and the people of Bermuda …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Minister. Members, that brings us to a close of the S tatements for this morning, so we will now move on. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES The Speaker: We have one R eport this morning that's going to be tabled by the Chairman of the Public Accounts [Committee]. PARLIAMENTARY STANDING CO MMITTEE ON THE P UBLIC ACCOUNTS
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Thank you, MP DeCouto, Chair man of the Public A ccounts Committee. Th ank y ou for that. QUE STION PER IOD
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
This morning, before we do the questions from the S tatements that were given today, we also have questions which were submitted in writing from Members to M inisters to be answered today. The first of those questions this morning is a written question to be answered orally that has been presented to the Premier and Minister of Finance on …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Premier . Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, I am actually surprised that this question was allowed as it does not deal with anything within the official cognisance of the Minister responsible in anything dealing with government business. Nonetheless, the answer is none.
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Any supplementary questions? B ermuda House of Assembly Dr. Douglas DeCouto: No, we are grateful for the answer. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hon. E. David Burt: Are you?
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay, the next question this morning is a written question from the same M ember to the Premier, and being that it is [for a written answer] , there i s no response given here other than . . . have you received a written answer ?
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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The Speaker
Thank you. The next question, again, is from the same Member, MP DeCouto , to the Minister of Health, and this is for an oral response. Ministe r. QUESTION 3: GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO THE BERMUDA HOSPITALS BOARD
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay . Are you good with the response, t hat the M inister is trying to produce a more comprehensive response to you, and she has asked for it to be deferred until later ?
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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No problem. The next question is also in your name. It is to the Minister for the Cabinet Office [and Digital Innovation], and it requires an oral response. So, would you like to put the question? Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Speaker — [ Crosstalk] Hon. Diallo V. S. Rabain: Mr. Speaker, we did send notice that those questions …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes, you did. I think you a re simply trying to compile all the information. Yes, yes. I think, as the Member just reminded me, they did ask for it to be deferred because the information needs to be fully compiled . . . he is trying to compile the relevant information. So, it is carried until a further …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Okay, thank you. And the final set of questions this morning is to the Minister of Youth, Social Development, Seniors, from MP Tucker. Again, they r equire d written responses. Have you received your written responses ?
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Good. Members, that takes care of the written questions. Now we can go to the [questions on the] Statements from today. And there are quite a few questions from the many Statements that were given this morning. The first Statement, Mr. Premier, in reference to your recent J MC [Joint Ministerial Council] meetings . We have questions from the O …
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Good morning. H on. Robert King: —and Members of this H onourable House and the listening public. QUESTION 1: JOINT MINISTERIAL COUNCIL 2025 Hon. Robert King: Minister of Finance and Premier, What issues have been specifically raised by Bermuda at the JMC to ensure that [our] interests are protected with dealings with the UK Government?
5 Dec 2025 House of Assembly
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Premier. Hon. E. David Burt: I a m really not certain I understand the question. If the M ember wants to rephrase. . . I a m just not getting it.