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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

1768
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18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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131 words
I talked about my disappointment when I came up here. You know, there were many high points but also a lot of disappointment. Clearly, we come up here, and there are many topics we can reasonably disagree on. This is the point. In fact, as the Opposition, it is in fact our job to identify all the shortcomings and issues …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Deputy Speaker . Madam Deputy Speaker. I found out — [General uproar]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I saw a caricature of myself on social media late last week. I showed it to a friend of mine, and they were quite upset. I said: No, man. First of all, it is a good likeness, and it makes me look pretty good. And I said, Second of all, it tells you that they are worried and thinking about …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Also, the fact that they have to resort to caricatures and personalisations means when you bring the material points that are important to the people of Bermuda, they have no answer to that. And they must resort — [Inaudible interjections]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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They must resort — [Inaudible interjections]
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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—to low personalisations. As you know, Madam Deputy Speaker, one of our realisations that we have is that we are competing with the rest of the world. We are competing with them for tourism. We are competing with them for international business. And we are competing with them for the future of our country, for our next generations. And while …
18 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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And some of the things I talked about we have already discussed. So that is what I look forward to. But for those listening in, stay cool. Use a little Limacol. Do not spend all your money. And enjoy the summer. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. [Desk thumping]
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, good morning, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please confirm for this Honourable House whether or not the Tax Reform Commission has delivered its report to the Government? Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Premier please advise this House when the Government expects the report from the Tax Reform Commissioner? Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Second supplementary, Mr. Speaker.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Did I hear correctly that the public should expect to see this report by 22 August? Or is that a private report to the Government? Thank you. Hon. E. David Burt: I am happy to repeat the answer. The answer is that we will share backing information throughout July and the report on July 31 with the Ministry of Finance …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister for Economy and Labour please inform this Honourable House which stakeholders were consulted with regarding the BEDC vertical farming initiative with Growy and the conclusions of those consultations? Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, my supplemental is, was the DENR [Department of Environment and Natural Resources] consulted and what was their view with respect to the Growy initiative? Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of clarification, Mr. Speaker. Point of information, I can provide.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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I am most particularly interested in whether the DENR supports this specific initi-ative with Growy, not the general topics. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Jason Hayward: There has been no objection from the DENR. DENR is a government department, and the government department supports the initiatives that are set out [by] the Government. But what I would ultimately want to …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Will the Honourable Minister please inform this Honourable House whether the BEDC or Government has provided, or plans to provide, or has discussed with Growy or its affiliates —well, simply with Growy —the possibility of providing any commercial incentives or concessions to Growy for the vertical farming initiative, and the nature of any …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Appreciating the preliminary nature of the discussions, is the Minister able to provide a rough esti-mate of the magnitude of those concessions? Thank you.
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, is my understanding correct though, that the Government in principle would support providing these concessions, understanding that of course the Government provides the funding to the BEDC, that the Government would support using some of that funding to provide these concessions to Growy? Thank you. Hon. Jason Hayward: The Government will continue …
11 Jul 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I am very grateful to the Minister for that information as are all of the riders of the ferry. And also, very grateful to the workers who he called out in the Statement because they have been working very hard and juggling quite a lot and making innovative use of things like WhatsApp and …