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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

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13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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I think this is an important topic. I am sure the Members on the other side will be interested.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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When will the Tax Reform Commission report be made available to the public? Thank you, Mr. Premier.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Premier did not actually answer my question, which was when is the Tax Reform Commission report planned to be made available to the public? But let me leave that there. My supplemental is, does the Government have a timeline for putting recommendations from the TRC report into effect, such as, producing draft legislation and …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you. I will ask, just to be sure I am clear on the answer, does the Government intend to make any quali-fied refundable tax credits available for businesses to use in this financial year? Thank you. Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, I am not going to prejudge what the Tax Reform Commission may do. The Honourable Member …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please inform this Honourable House of the current status of several regulatory initiatives identified in the Bermuda Monetary Authority's 2024 Business Plan ? Specifically, the f ramework for designating Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) compliant funds, digital identity pre-consultation, basic banking services draft proposals, Appeals Tribunal Framework alignment, and embedded supervision for …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Second question, Mr. Speaker. No supplementals.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please advise this Honourable House what actions the Government is taking in response to the reported 13.8 per cent decline in—
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Sorry.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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In response to the report 13.8 per cent decline in ILS listings on the BSX, and how it intends to protect Bermuda's global leadership in this critical market? Thank you.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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For the H onou rable Premier, could he please confirm whether the Ministry or Authority has conducted a formal impact assessment on how our jurisdiction compares to other jurisdictions for these products in respect to competitiveness ? Thank you. Hon. E. David Burt: Yes.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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We do appreciate the short, concise answers, Mr. Speaker. Could the Premier provide a brief summary of that assessment? Or where it may be found? Thank you. Hon. E. David Burt: Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that we are not going to publish a competitive analysis in the public domain around the comparisons of which we have done to …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, third question, please, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Premier please inform this Honourable House whether the BMA's year 2024 cyber strategy has led to measurable improvements in the cybersecurity of Bermuda's financial sector and whether the Ministry has received any formal reports or updates confirming such. Thank you.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Honourable Premier advise whether the Ministry has reviewed or acted upon any recommendations from the Authority’s cyber risk assessments that would require cross -government coordination? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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I would like to perhaps clarify the first supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Because the orig-inal question, in fact —
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, okay. Given that the first question with respect to Ministry reports from the Bermuda Monetary Authority 1126 13 June 2025 Official Hansard Report Bermuda House of Assembly on cybersecurity of Bermuda’s financial sector, given those reports and feedback from the Bermuda Monetary Authority, which the Minister was kind enough to inform us about, has the Ministry or Government had …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to the Honourable Minister for the information in her Statement about the regulations to the Electricity Act. My question is, has the M inistry or RA received any specific , I will call , material expressions of intent to make use of these innovative regulations for innovative electricity generation ? Thank you. …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, please, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Could the Honourable Minister let us know roughly how many expressions of interest and what sorts of technologies or types of innovative types of generation are involved ? Thank you.