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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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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Have there been any submissions regarding the use of natural gas? Thank you.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, thank you, my apologies. Expressions of interest or applications or anybody coming forth wanting to use that technology. Thank you. Hon. Alexa Lightbourne: I am unaware of an LNG expression of interest at this time. The Speaker: Supplementary? No further questions. Okay. Thank you. Minister, that is the end of questions for yours today. The next Statement this morning …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We support this Bill. We understand that for the BMA to carry out its functions it needs to acquire certain amounts of information, certain types of data, and it needs to have a certain view of the businesses that it is regulating. And, of course, it being 2025, Mr. Speaker, it would like to receive …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some of the classes . . . it is clear from reading the Bill and going back to the original Act, are actually regu-lated by the Authority and some seem to be regulated by the Ministry.
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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It is more of a general question because you can see that there are different clauses for the different situations. And if the Premier was able to make a general comment as to why these classes are handled separately and if we should have any concerns about inconsistency in the sorts of data and re-turns and statements bei ng requested …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. Yes, Mr. Premier was correct. My question was in relation to the clause 3 [new section 15 ( 3A)] and noting that subclauses [(3A)]( a) and (b) split the regulation of various classes between the Minister and the Authority. And my general question related to that is, given that this is , in my view …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Pregnant pause. There was a very strong comment from the previous Member, which is not my topic, but I am just silently reflecting. Do you know today, Mr. Speaker, we received some very good and useful reports from the Govern-ment. We received the survey about why people emigrate. I am not reflecting. This is just …
13 Jun 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Premier is misleading the House. In fact, they often bring reports such as population projections and estimates based on statistical methods. That is one example of the kinds of approximations and estimates that are done by experts, informed by data, according to well -known approaches that are useful for decision making. So, I believe …
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, good morning, and thank you, Mr. Speaker.
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please provide information for this Honourable House on the outstanding principal , the interest rate, and the remaining term of the financing guaranteed by the Government of Bermuda for the Bermuda Hospitals Board? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Could the Honourable Premier please provide some examples of the . . . I believe it was the life- cycle maintenance obligations? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hon. E. David Burt: I'm not sure what he's asking me to answer.
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, the Premier identified an amount that was due for, I believe it was like, I believe it was . . . he was speaking quickly, so I did try to write it down, $303 million for those life- cycle maintenance obligations. Perhaps I misheard, and if I have mis-heard, then I apologise. I was seeking a concrete example of …
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Hon. E. David Burt: I'm not sure if it was life- cycle, but I'll try to read the answer again. I would advise the Hon-ourable Member, if he's asking questions of figures, it might be easier for him to ask for written [answers] . Nonetheless, as of 31 March 2025, the total financial obligation stands …
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Second question, Mr. Speaker?
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you kindly. Will the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance please provide for this Honourable House the fractions of the total estimated Corporate Income Tax (CIT) to be paid in fiscal year 2025 /26 that are expected to come from the top 10 largest and the top 25 largest CIT payers? Thank you.
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand the G overnment has quite a lot of confidence in its CIT projections. Perhaps the question could be answered—
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, yes. [Inaudible interjections]
30 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Based on the G overnment's CIT projections as used in the budget that have already been computed, what would be the top 10 or top 25 payers according to that modelling? Thank you, Mr. Premier . . . I mean, thank you,