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Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

Dr. Douglas De Couto, JP, MP

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28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker.
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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He is both a . . . the Member — [Inaudible interjections ] POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]
28 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I am pretty . . . The Member I believe is alluding to another Member, and he is both mischaracterising and misrepresenting the Member’s remarks. So, he is misleading the House of Assembly, and he is also imputing improper motive. Thank you,
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wanted to associate myself with all of the comments congratulating the athletes, the performers, the participants, and the spectators who brought the energy for the festivities on Bermuda Day. And I'm sure that the whole House would like to be associated with that as well. [Desk thumping]
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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So, thank you very much,
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chairman. I am looking on Head 6, Defence. And I do have some questions —
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Oh, of course. [Crosstalk]
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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I will start on page B -269, which is the department objectives. And I just note under Objective 8, Recruiting, it refers to a standing deployable force of up to 420 personnel. And on page B-272, the performance indicators for the second business unit listed, 16010, Regiment headquarters, refers to a regiment establishment of 265. And then lists the percentages …
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Madam Chairman, point of clarification.
26 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes, I am seeking a point of clarification. I didn’t quite hear the retention rate or the attrition rate. If he could repeat that I would appreciate that. Thank you, Madam Chairman.
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Specifically, increasing participation and ensuring equitable access. As many Members know, I am a big sailor and an advocate, and I wanted to point to our sailing traditions. We have had many numerous Olympians in that sport competing at a top, top level. I know we have two young Bermudians out there actively campaigning to qualify for the Olym-pics. We …
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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—maybe we should take the Minister out for a little test and see. Now it is certainly true that many of the private clubs have expanded the scope of the programmes that they are generally available to the public. And they also do include (many of them) financial support and bursaries for . . . because not everybody can. You …
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker . And before I get into this, it is public information, but I do have the benefit of some commercial real estate in Hamilton. And for those listening, you can look information up on the parliament.bm website. It says it is not new information, but I think people ought to understand it. Hon. Zane …
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. So, I urge them. I urge members of the public to go to that website and take a look. I will try to keep it tied to things that have not already been said. If we want things to change, we have to change how we do things, Madam Deputy Speaker. So, this plan is a great step in …
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Well, that would be a close second, I think. [Inaudible interjections ]
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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That would be a close second. Maybe Southampton or Warwick. [Laughter and i naudible interjections ]
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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And the plan also talked about a cyclical process of getting the energy and develop-ment going in Hamilton. And often when I talk to people, and they say, Well, what are your plans? How can we grow the economy? How can we get things going? And it looks like nothing will work. No one wants to come here; there is …
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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The Minister. Hon. Zane J. S. De Silva: The Honourable Member .
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member referred to the mix of cultures — [Laughter and i naudible interjections ]
21 May 2025 House of Assembly
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Yes. And then it makes me reflect, Madam Deputy Speaker, on, If you build it will they come? So, how do we attract people? We have to build housing for people 830 21 May 2025 Official Hansard Report B ermuda House of Assembly we have here now. But we probably have to build housing to attract new people. This is …