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E. Grant Gibbons

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24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I also would like to say, in a preliminary way, that I would like to thank former One Bermuda Alliance Ministers Cole Simons and Sylvan Richards for moving this legislation along, and certainly the current Minister for bringing it to the House, as well. Mr. Speaker, I was quite interested to see some of the new areas that …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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But actually, it is exqui site. As the previous Member who just took his seat said, it is almost an area of old Bermuda that I would encourage others to go have a look at. The beaches out there, the protected bays, you can almost imagine Bermuda hundreds of years ago. It was also, I would say . . . …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank y ou, Mr. Chai rman. Just on clause 5, I wonder if I could get the Minister’s guidance on how he might see . . . let us see, it is [clause] 5(b)(vii) “four members who may be considered by the Minister to have a sufficient interest or expertise in environmental protection, conservation Bermuda House of Assembly of natural …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chai rman. Mr. Chairman, not to pursue this to the nth degree, but with respect to clause 3 in this Act, the No. 2 Act, which, as my honourable colleague, Mr. Moniz, has said, has taken out the pro vision about prosecution, clearly the drafts people in the first Act had a feeling that it was necessary …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. D eputy Speaker . Mr. Deputy Speaker , let me start by saying that, and perhaps you would share this as well, that I think the House has certainly evolved over the years that I have been here. I remember when you could not wear Bermuda shorts up here, computers were not allowed to be used on …
24 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Where do the Opposition Members go?
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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We do not have a copy of the Statement.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Actually, Mr. Speaker, point of order on that. POINT OF ORDER
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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I do not recall that the [former] Government allowed the funds to be trans-ferred. I think it was the Corporation of Hamilton, in the form of the mayor and the business manager, who allowed those funds to be transferred out of that par-ticular escrow account.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, point of order. The Speaker: Point of order or . . . POINT OF ORDER [Misleading]
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes. It is a point of order, actually, yes. I think the Honourable Member is uni ntentionally misleading the House. Because the release of the funds from the escrow account, which was es-sentially required under the guarantee, had no per-mission from the Government to do so. That was the mayor and the business manager of the Corporation. That was well …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you , Mr. Speaker . I was going to make that explanation, but you have done it for me. So, I will simply proceed. Mr. Speaker , I give notice that at the next day of meeting I propose to move the following Motion: “That this Honourable House take note of the ‘Economic, Environmental and Social Impact of the …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Do you swim? Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: We just go swimming. The sun crosses the line and you jump overboard, at least in Hamilton Parish we do. All right? So it is not about . . . all of sudden it is the 24 th of May, let’s go swi mming. [Inaudible interjection] Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: That should not …
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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So your argument is false. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: No, they said they do not want it because . . . and let me just talk about a certain affiliation with yourself Honourable Member [Dr.]. Gibbons. They do not want it, and you know who I am talking about.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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No, I do not. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Yes, you do.
17 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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They did not talk to me about it. Hon. Wayne L. Furbert: Yes, they did.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, a supplementary,
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Honourable Member refers to the government system as being “robust.” Can the Honour able Member state how many breaches have occurred within the last year?
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Supplementary, yes.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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So, this minimum stan dard has not been made public, but, apparently, it ex-ists for businesses in Bermuda. Could the Honourable Member confirm or deny?