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E. Grant Gibbons

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10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, before lunch we were debating the Contributory Pensions (Amendment of Benefits and Contributions) Order 2017, and I started to say, based on what the Junior Minister had said, that, as he noted, this was a pay-as-you-go fund, which means that those making contributions (which means all of us who are working and are employers) are obl …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, apart from the fact that this is getting tiresome, the Honourable Member is misleading the House. Half of his front bench is gone as well. People are in the coffee room. I think he is being certainly mischievous to say the least. [Inaudible interjection]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, just because you are here, Wayne, does not mean that everybody else has to be in here. [Inaudible interjection]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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That is not arrogance; that is my job.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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The Honourable Member is misleading the House. I recall the former Gover nment increased the debt 700 per cent in five years. That is what they left us.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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That will be my next one.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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How many buses are on the road today?
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Point of order, Mr. Speaker .
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Yeah.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, we ordered, I think it was, six Lamborghini buses — [Laughter]
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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—if I remember correc tly. So, the Honourable Member is clearly misleading the House. He has got to stick to facts here if he is going to be all over the place.
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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What money?
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Well . . .
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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You have to read what you promised? [Laughter ] Hon. Walter H. Roban: I may . . . I at least have something to read that I promised. They made no promises that could be kept, Mr. Speaker , all right? [Inaudible interjection] Hon. Walter H. Roban: I have promises that I can actually go over and read, they have …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker .
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Yes, point of order. The Honourable Member is imputing improper behaviour. The OBA Government was prepared to do nothing of the sort. My understandi ng was the Member he is talking about actually was trying to lease . . . sublease the island to somebody else. And that is why— Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: That is [not] a point …
10 Nov 2017 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker , the Ho nourable Member is misleading the House, again. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: Is there a point of order? Because I have not heard any p oint of order —
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There certainly was no intention whatsoever to do that. Hon. Derrick V. Burgess, Sr.: —being asked, Mr. Speaker .